Toyota confirmed to be exploring forced induction for GT86 mid-cycle refresh

[SixSpeed]

The only refresh they should do, here in america at least, is bring more options to the FR-S or, at the very most, bring the TRD GT86 here, because this whole mono spec thing is becoming ridiculous now.

[Karl07]

You think you have it bad...in Australia we get the GT and GTS...that's good...but you go across a small stretch of water and get them and the TRD...now that's just teasing us...it's horrible having it so close but knowing they have no plans on bringing it here...most places here won't even deal with the trd stuff for you to buy separately.

[dem00n]

Forced induction sucks, i'm so tired of Turboed cars. NA all day.

[cfusionpm]

Originally Posted by Gen

328i 23/34
335i 23/33
Veloster Turbo 25/34
GTI 21/31
Optima Turbo 22/34
A4 24/31
Dart 27/37

Ah, so the only ones that get reasonable gas mileage are small displacement, less or equal power to the FR-S, or commuter sedans. And the fun ones worth driving get mediocre-to-bad mileage.

[fatoni]

Originally Posted by cfusionpm

Ah, so the only ones that get reasonable gas mileage are small displacement, less or equal power to the FR-S, or commuter sedans. And the fun ones worth driving get mediocre-to-bad mileage.

how many of those cars have a smaller displacement or less power than the frs? in fact, the 335i has bigger displacement and more horsepower than any car you mentioned.

[BRZerk]

Saw this on Jalopnik. Thought I would share with you guys. Personally I would hop all over a SC 86..

What do you all think of a possible HYBRID DRIVE 86 though? Similar to the likes of some of the new cars at Geneva?


Discuss

http://jalopnik.com/could-the-scion-...perf-451712651

[GTB/ZR-1]

Originally Posted by dem00n

Forced induction sucks, i'm so tired of Turboed cars. NA all day.

Actually it blows--and FI rules... lol

Oh, and BTW abt HP talk in thread. Even w/ non-OEM conforming exhaust setups (no cats & ridiculous sound levels), CAI, e85 etc--50hp hasn't happened yet.

[zooki]

Originally Posted by cfusionpm

Another thing about turbo cars, even the best of them seem to still struggle to get their MPGs in the 20s. I owned two relatively stock turbo DSMs, a 98 Eclipse GS-T and 90 Talon TSi AWD. Both had simple intake and exhaust, nothing else. They were a hoot to drive, but I'd be getting about 17mpg in the Talon and struggling to hit 20mpg in the Eclipse. Even a modern WRX base is advertised 19/25 MPG, with the STi getting 23/17.

More air = more fuel, means worse MPG. I loved the sound of a screaming turbo and the progressive acceleration curve, but having driven a simple intake/exhaust tC for the past 8 years, I've really begun to like the power delivery of N/A engines.

That's funny, my 2008 Mini Cooper S got better gas mileage than my FR-S, and I averaged 36 MPG on a 6000 mile drive from Texas,through the western states, and back, which include a long run up the PCH from San Francisco to Washington state. I just wish my FR-S got as good of mileage as my Mini did. And it had direct injection and the fuel pump didn't chirp...

[ZmZMWagon]

Originally Posted by cfusionpm

Those Subaru numbers are for 2013 Model Years. 19/25 for WRX and 17/23 for STi. Then there's the Mazdaspeed 3 at 18/25 and Lancer Evo at 17/23. The only one remotely reasonable is the Hyundai Genesis Coupe 2.0T at 21/30. What other turbo models are there? And what mileage do they get?

VW TDI........42 mpg.......

[SixSpeed]

Originally Posted by Karl07

You think you have it bad...in Australia we get the GT and GTS...that's good...but you go across a small stretch of water and get them and the TRD...now that's just teasing us...it's horrible having it so close but knowing they have no plans on bringing it here...most places here won't even deal with the trd stuff for you to buy separately.

1. That doesn't cheer me up, that's like saying you have lobster when you want caviar too, while we have crab when we want lobster too
2. Japanparts.com if you want to buy the TRD stuff
3. Talk to Stevo_12v on here

[stilletto]

Americans shouldn't get their hopes up.
Everything boils down to cost here. Just look at the MKVII GTI. They'll strip absolutely everything down to keep it cost effective.

[n2oinferno]

I think they'll have a turbo Mustang with IRS and a lighter weight to box in the ring with, then.

We can only wait and see though!

[Touge Monster]

Originally Posted by fatoni

its already been done and its nowhere near 50hp. if you get an exhaust and intake it will look like it adds more power than it does because its leaning out the engine which it what you would do in a tune. i would love to hear your explanation for using an intercooler though.

Yeah I'm gonna have to agree with Fatoni on this one allthough I'd love to see an n/a cooler that sounds badass

[cfusionpm]

Originally Posted by fatoni

how many of those cars have a smaller displacement or less power than the frs? in fact, the 335i has bigger displacement and more horsepower than any car you mentioned.

The Velostor you listed is a 1.6L, the GTI and Kia are both 2.0L. There are all sorts of tricks to get better gas mileage out of a vehicle, and most have to do with gearing. Kind of like how a 6L Corvette can get 30mpg highway because it cruises at 1200rpm. But when you have a turbo shoving more air in, you're going to burn more fuel all-- other things equal.

I'm not sure what you're trying to argue, unless its that some non-sport-car turbos under certain conditions make decent gas mileage, while turbo sports cars make worse.