That may be true of the earlier EJ motors, but this FA20 I am not so sure, at least with respect to forced induction. Heat rejection has been a big issue with the new model WRX, even in stock form, with a much lower compression ratio than the NA BRZ engine. The offset connecting rod geometry is a weak link as well,…

If you are a tuner, a lot of things can be done, not much liability if things blow up...

He obviously hasn’t read anything regarding FA20 con rods and the failures that have occurred on the WRX engines the moment owners start cranking up the boost on them even a little bit. I used to own a 2015 WRX and I sold it before the warranty expired after hearing about too many of them going into limp mode on track…

Which is a shame, because you have been a voice of reason about these cars for years and one of the few reasons I come here to post or read anything. I guess we are “fake news”.

The Gen 2 and onward Prelude was a sweet car, I agonized between it and a Toyota Supra. The Supra won out only because of RWD. That said, the BRZ/86 is a totally different car, at least with regard to feel and handling in my opinion.

I think Subaru has been “meh” about the BRZ from the beginning and still are judging from their complete lack of marketing support for this car. Furthermore I don’t see them being very enthusiastic about performance cars in general for the future. The WRX/STI will continue only because the fanboys will march on every…

Basically all that is true, but you are either forgetting or unaware of the main reasons Toyota and Subaru started collaborating in the first place, namely that Subaru wanted access to Toyota’s hybrid technology and Toyota wanted AWD technology from Subaru.

That fact is so well documented I can’t believe people still hang on to other “conspiracy” theories. Toyota actually had to build a full mule of the car and bring it to Subaru to convince them to plug their engine in it. Toyota has and always will call the shots on development of this vehicle, with Subaru acting as…

I don’t know if you are talking new or used, but other than when the new models just come out they haven’t been marked up at all. I bought a 2015 WRX new for $26,000.

I think the fact that we will probably see another iteration of the 86 is proof of your statement. But Toyota is going to have to be very careful with price point or it may canabilize sales from the new Supra. And it probably can’t be much more powerful than the current model. With a tuned up version of the 2.4 engine…

I agree with all of that, except I am not sure Subaru was that worried about it cutting into WRX/STI sales, and the Supra wasn’t even a glimmer in the eye of Toyota when they conceived the 86. I honestly believe the chief engineer of Toyota when he said the primary goal of this car was handling, and contrary to the…

I think Toyota is actually calling the shots on the whole turbo/non-turbo issue, and now with the eventual ( I think?) release of the Supra they have even less room to do so. If the base model Supra is rolling out at 40-45 grand, a BRZ/86 at 35 grand becomes a competitor. And since the current base model is at nearly…

I have owned inline and boxer fours & sixes, V6 and V8's. I guess the best I can say about the FA20 in this car is that I embrace it for what it is. Kind of noisy and crude, yes, but willing to rev right up to redline, and honest about its power delivery, even if it isn’t the smoothest. The new Supra will have a silky…

1. You assumed I was your mother.

I don’t know about that, but I certainly won’t waste my time replying to you again.

You might want to actually listen to her once in a while.

Actually 167 ft. Lbs, according to the Porsche Club of America publication Excellence. Also, even with a little more torque it managed to be about a second slower than an automatic equipped GT86. Which is not to take anything away from an older 911, they are a delightful and fun car to drive. But they were…

220-230 hp is probably going to be the most we are going to see, for the very reason that any more in lighter car than the new Supra is going to be a threat to its success. This is going to be very similar to the problem Porsche has had with the Boxster/Cayman and the 911. They could easily make the Cayman as fast or…

The base Supra will have almost 350 hp and close to same amount of torque, while weighing only around 250-300 lbs more. It was designed usin the new Boxster/Cayman as a benchmark, and they are substantially faster than a BRZ/86. If the new Supra is not substantially faster than the 86, they are going to have a lot of…

Toyota is going to have a 300 hp variant out soon. It’s called the Supra, and it will cost over $40,000. And if you think they would upgrade a new model GT86 to have that kind of horsepower only to bleed off sales of another  brand new more expensive model you are crazy.