Thread: New Sporty Toyota?
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7th October 2009, 10:56 #11
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It looks alright but if I had one every time I looked at the badge on the steering wheel it would remind me that I was driving a Toyota. Not what I need.
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7th October 2009, 11:43 #12
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Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior
I'd love to see if being 4wd as well and being another GT4. The GT4 was the only Toyota I've ever really liked.Rule 1 of the forum, always accuse anyone who disagrees with you of bias.I would say that though.
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7th October 2009, 17:40 #13
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8th October 2009, 11:47 #14
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It's named FT-86
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8th October 2009, 12:37 #15Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow
I'm most shocked by Jag's comment about getting 275bhp from 2.5l, don't Subaru get in excess of that from their 2l boxer?You're so beige, you probably think this signature is about someone else.
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8th October 2009, 14:21 #16
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Originally Posted by Mr Jan YeoRule 1 of the forum, always accuse anyone who disagrees with you of bias.I would say that though.
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8th October 2009, 14:28 #17Originally Posted by DanielYou're so beige, you probably think this signature is about someone else.
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8th October 2009, 16:45 #18Originally Posted by Mr Jan Yeo
The 2.0 liter EJ205 engine, in the WRX sold here through 2005, made 227 hp. You can (safely) tune them to make well over 300hp (Stage 3). I've heard of radical tunes going to 500hp+, but we're talking about fully worked (virtual) race engines. I believe the 2.0 liter JDM EJ207 is tuned to just shy of 300hp stock - I'm not sure. Mine is an EJ205 and doesn't have a radical tune (Stage 2), and makes 280-290hp, according to the shop.
The 2.5 liter EJ255/EJ257's... I haven't really kept up with. But I believe the turbo version of that engine is now in the Baja(?), Legacy, Impreza GT, WRX and the STI. I don't know anything about Bajas and Legacys, but in the WRX the 2.5 is tuned to 265hp, and in the STI it's tuned (built) to 300hp+ for North America. AFAIK, no Subaru is currently sold in North America with the EJ205/207 (2.0 liter) turbo. Maybe Toyota could/would use it? I dunno.
If Toyota went with any of the Subie turbo 4 engines, the hp figures would depend on how they chose to build and tune it. The biggest advantage that the 2.5's have over similarly tuned 2.0's is torque.
Reaching back in time, I believe the Celica All-Trac (GT 4) that was sold here in the early 90's made 205 horsepower (advertised). I ended up with a Celica GTS, but really wanted the All-Trac (my insurance agent did not agree ). The All-Trac, for the time, was a little monster of a car. I'd like to see Toyota come back with something along those lines for an ultra sport version of the concept above. And yeah, with that, AWD, 300+ hp... whatever."Every generation's memory is exactly as long as its own experience." --John Kenneth Galbraith
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8th October 2009, 17:06 #19
We must have different models over here, I'm fairly sure that the normal 2.0 Impreza is fairly close to the Evo which puts out circa 300 brake. Might just be schoolboy figures though, not something I pay too much attention to as we all know that most manufacturer figures are pie in the sky
You're so beige, you probably think this signature is about someone else.
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8th October 2009, 20:04 #20
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Originally Posted by Mr Jan Yeo"I" before "E" except after "C". Weird.
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