Subaru-powered Toyota FT-86 gets closer to production...

NathWraith said:
Looking very promising, although I dare say it will fall into the "looks faster than it is" catergory.
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The thing with Subaru engines is they Swap very easy with one another. So it wouldnt take much to put in a Turbo engine:cool:
 
Assuming these will be around £20-25K, then there could be a good business here for a tuner to install the turbocharged EJ20/EJ25 into it and sell it on for ~£30K. Someone tell Prodrive :)

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Or, according to Drexels' link, Subaru will do it themselves \o/

Doesn't look right with a wing though IMO.
 
Zip said:
The thing with Subaru engines is they Swap very easy with one another. So it wouldnt take much to put in a Turbo engine:cool:
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I imagine we may see a supercharger/turbocharger kit emerge for the standard engine.

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Well the Subaru version means Toyota will have to answer with something, bet their on the phone to Yamaha already ^^
 
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ubersonic said:
I imagine we may see a supercharger/turbocharger kit emerge for the standard engine.

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Well the Subaru version means Toyota will have to answer with something, bet their on the phone to Yamaha already ^^
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I hope so too. Why Yamaha?

Isn't the G version the FT86 equivalent to Subaru's STI in this case?
 
DB_SamX said:
I hope so too. Why Yamaha?
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Yamaha do a lot of engine work for Toyota (who own a lot of Yamaha shares) they did the head work on the 2ZZ-GE (Celica, Lotus Elise), the 1JZ-GTE/2JZ-GTE (mkiii/mk4 Supra) and on the 3S-GE (Altezza) among many others, basically when Toyota need more performance from an engine, enter Yamaha :P
 
Clarkey said:
Don't worry, the final design is just fine. Like any Jap sports car, it will look a bit 'meh' until you give it some nice rims and some low.
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It's no secret I'm not a fan of jap styling, but that looks the dog's danglies :D
 
Can't see toyota producing a hot version in the UK if Subaru are doing it. It would be a different market and probably price them out of the MX5 competition which is where they are pitching it. Is this effectively going to replace the MR2/Celica for the near future?

If anything Toyota are likely to go with an EV/Hybrid variant over the BHP

More BHP and price would put them up against the 370Z segment of the market and used Z4 3.0i possibly?
 
Spunkey said:
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Or, according to Drexels' link, Subaru will do it themselves \o/

Doesn't look right with a wing though IMO.
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I'm not sure what topgear are banging on about, the Subaru press release specifically says the sti concept is still naturally aspirated.
 
That concept makes me cry at the amount of speed bumps that I encounter daily... that poor front splitter would live up to it's name very well... and get split.
 
Major :( What happened to it? I have already signed up with Toyota with a view to get one new to replace the Celica but if they look like that then no way.
 
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