"Forgetful" (forgetful)
08/09/2013 at 11:25 • Filed to: Scion FR-S, GT86, Toyobaru
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"Forgetful" (forgetful)
08/09/2013 at 11:25 • Filed to: Scion FR-S, GT86, Toyobaru | 0
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This time a bump in displacement to 2.5L is the likely route Toyota will go to extract more power from the GT86, roughly 250hp, according to !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . So they say.
"We [have] already tried all possibilities and there are several types of 86 prototypes at the Toyota proving ground now; one is a turbocharger, one is bigger displacement and [the other is a] special hybrid system."
"All possibilities are being considered."
[Tetsuya] Tada would not divulge any further details, but inside sources claim the most likely option is an increase in displacement, bumping the 2.0-litre horizontally opposed engine out to 2.5-litres and increasing power from 147kW to around 190kW.
Unfortunately for current owners like myself, a displacement increase isn't something that can be offered as a TRD bolt on power upgrade the way a turbo or supercharger would. TRD parts installed by Toyota techs maintain the factory warranty.
Of course this is turning in to an !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! saga, so don't go running to the dealer to put down your deposit quite yet.
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NaturallyAspirated
> Forgetful
08/09/2013 at 11:29 |
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A 2.5l DOHC Subaru engine? What a great idea! There's no way that could end badly.
Sparf
> Forgetful
08/09/2013 at 11:29 |
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H6! H6! H6 DAMNIT, GIVE IT TO ME NOW YOU FOOLS!
ZeroOrDie - Powered By MZR
> NaturallyAspirated
08/09/2013 at 11:33 |
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Since the current 2.0 shares hardly anything with the old 2.0. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it will be a brand new 2.5
BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
> Sparf
08/09/2013 at 11:33 |
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Agreed. I didn't hear that in the list of prototypes, but it should be.
2.5L H4/250hp/2900lbs - slight improvement.
3.4L H6/340hp/3000lbs - best on the market short of a Porsche.
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ZeroOrDie - Powered By MZR
> Sparf
08/09/2013 at 11:34 |
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Exactly. That is all it needs. 300hp of screaming H6 fury. I like where your heads at.
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ZeroOrDie - Powered By MZR
> Forgetful
08/09/2013 at 11:35 |
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This was my first thought when I saw that they were sticking to NA and it was only 2.0 liters. All the people who complain it is underpowered. Why not go 2.5? Hopefully this comes true. Because with displacement comes more torque...not responsibility.
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Sparf
> BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
08/09/2013 at 11:38 |
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3.4L H6/340hp/3000lbs - best on the market short of a Porsche
Gimme, gimme!
Casper
> Forgetful
08/09/2013 at 11:41 |
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I don't see this as a big deal. Even though I want to up the power of the wife's BRZ, I am going to bet the better power option will be sticking with the 2.0 and matching it to a good turbo system. It seems very unlikely that the 2.5 will me anything more than a tweaked version of the current engine or a reworking of the old one. Like many, the only way this would have really excited me would have been an H6.
wkiernan
> Forgetful
08/09/2013 at 12:08 |
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I'll bet I'm the only person reading this who said "Oooh, GT-86 hybrid!"
mr. idk
> Forgetful
08/09/2013 at 12:48 |
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250hp
sports
car? What is this, the 90s???
You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> Sparf
08/09/2013 at 13:49 |
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I suspect an H6 would make it too nose heavy and the handling would suffer too much.
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Sparf
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
08/09/2013 at 13:54 |
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Actually, the swap's been done at least once already, with no adverse handling effects apparently. V8 swaps have also been done, so I don't think it's an issue of weight.
valKbau5
> Sparf
08/19/2013 at 14:30 |
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Please don't follow Subaru's mistake of badging B4 or B6 engines as H4 or H6. H-engines are two boxers on top of each other, not even sharing the crankshaft.