Subaru powered Toyota FT-86 Concept

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Yeah 173@the wheels is right in line with 200@ the crank so the FR-S / BRZ are making the claimed 200hp / 151ft lb. torque. The torque though is probably closer to 165-170 considering it put down 143ft-lb. @wheels.

It's just when you look at the GTI's DYNO graph it's deceiving as its severely under-rated. It's 2.0l Turbo 4 makes closer to 235hp not 200hp.

But in terms of power to weight ratios the FR-S / BRZ have roughly the same power to weight ratios as the GTI. I was just pointing this out in response to many of the ridiculous comments posted in the DYNO article.

The fact that it doesn't make much sense to compare the GTI with the FR-S / BRZ. The only things they really have in common is a similar MSRP and power to weight ratio.

So folks seemly don't understand the advantages of RWD vs. FWD; 53/47 F/R balance vs. 38/62; 2770lbs vs. 3200lbs; etc, etc.

But yeah it's good that they got very consistent #'s on the DYNO with the FR-S. I'm looking forward to testing out a BRZ limited with 6MT. I may very well have one in my drive way around September /October. If it turns out to be underwhelming (unlikely) I'll probably just get a new MX-5.

Typical drive train loss via FWD: ~ 12% / RWD: ~ 15% / AWD: ~ 20%