Brz Turbo Rumor?

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10-28-2012, 06:40 PM

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10-28-2012, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by foosh

Yes this is what i meant with my post. Modding an already turbo platform is easier than modding a na platform with aftermarket turbo

You only see videos of brz with 400hp but you dont get to see what happens behind the scene. They probably work for weeks if not months to produce a 3 minute video and then after that its back to the shop

but who knows this is just my guess and opinion

Or you guys are all missing the simple fact that they could swap a STi motor in it...

10-28-2012, 09:40 PM

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i believe it...

i mean there was a time when everyone was told the STi was never coming to the states...

10-28-2012, 11:15 PM

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Well don't the BRZ and WRX share the same engine? I thought they weren't going to do turbo in the BRZ cause then it would push the car out of the "affordability" aspect.

10-28-2012, 11:19 PM

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Get ready for higher insurance premiums and a lot of wrecked BRZ's when/if they come out with a turbo model.

10-28-2012, 11:21 PM

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Get ready for higher insurance premiums and a lot of wrecked BRZ's when/if they come out with a turbo model.

Once used ones start floating around they'll go up. Because then.. Cheaper price = younger crowd buying them. And attempting to drift them.

10-28-2012, 11:30 PM

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I see more FRS owners crashing then BRZ owners. Hopefully the higher price of the BRZ strays super young teens away. Plus a turbo brz will be up there in price putting it close to 26k-30k.

10-29-2012, 02:30 AM

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hopefully they ditch the direct injection and go back to traditional fuel injectors
or the tuning options will be limited unless the owner wantsto pay to upgrade the factory fuel system

12-12-2012, 07:39 AM

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If no one buys the first model then it will die and we wouldn't see an STi model

12-12-2012, 08:00 AM

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I sure hope you put a lot if work in that e30.

12-12-2012, 08:00 AM

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I am not going to get my hopes up just yet...if it does happen, i really they wont try to make it a ~$40k car...

12-12-2012, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by PikkaGTR

hopefully they ditch the direct injection and go back to traditional fuel injectors or the tuning options will be limited unless the owner wants to pay to upgrade the factory fuel system

Shops are already exploiting the benefits of direct injection. There's a turbo out there already pushing 400bhp with the stock injectors. The turbo variant of this motor will almost certainly show up in the new WRX and is supposedly already the next motor for the Legacy GT.

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http://blog.caranddriver.com/turbo-v...ower-next-wrx/

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12-12-2012, 10:15 AM

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Who wants a stock turbo system anyways? Who cares if subaru makes one with a turbo, it's just gonna get replaced with something better and bigger aftermarket anyways. Already quite a few 400+whp brz/frs whathaveyou running around.

Having it turbo stock brings a lot more smog-leeway when it comes time to modding it. It's a lot easier to increase the power on a turbo car and have it still seem legal than it would be to add a turbo to an N/A car. This is really only an issue for people in CA that want to stay under the radar.