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To cater to fools who want to ride a real motorcycle but can't be arsed to learn how a clutch works. Jesus gently caress, just ride a scooter.
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Centrifugal superchargers are a horrible match for small displacement engines though. I bet the dyno chart looks like an exponent graph.
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Mar 25, 2013 18:05
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A centrifugal supercharger will magnify an already peaky powerband and won't solve the problems that everybody has with the engine. A twin-screw supercharger or a turbo will give it power at the RPMs you generally drive at. coolskillrex remix posted:Anecdotes are great because I have a 2002 mustang gt with a 6psi 2.1 kenne bell setup and I have a brz on order. I didnt test drive a brz, i test drove a manual fr-s, and i shifted at 5k rpm while on the test drive and while it wasnt as powerful as my mustang it certainly put down the power in a more smooth manner. Having 380 ft lbs of torque at the crank in my car doesnt do me any good when it just shimmys the back end every. single. time. True the car has some stock probably 3.31 (or 3.11) rear end gear ratio which makes every gear tall and awful but whatever (like 2nd gear feels similar to first gear in a frs, while 1st gear will just rip tires up). The live axle probably has something to do with that shimmying, or maybe your control arm bushings are shot. I've never noticed any issues in my SR20-powered 240SX, it makes less horsepower than this kit but has gobs of mid-range torque. I'd trade power under the curve for peak power all day long.
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fag magnet posted:i don't understand what problem everyone has with the engine. it's a peaky high-rpm short-stroke engine tuned not tuned for low-end torque. yes, you can't drive it like a v8 but that's not an inherent design flaw. does everyone say "oh, the miata is crap because it doesn't have 250ftlb of torque at 2000rpm"? no. it's just the nature of the beast. I like the BR-S and what it represents, but for power adders basically anything would be better than a centrifugal blower. I dislike the Z. Heavy, expensive, harsh riding, hate the engine sound, just don't like it.
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Hmm, not a terrible torque curve. Much better than I expected, I guess the last one I had experience with was on a B16. It felt like a 2-stroke dirtbike, with like 50 horsepower coming on in the space of 400 rpm or so at the top of the rev range. A turbo would still be better.
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Thread title delivers again.
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I don't own a BRZ but in the history of cars, no car has ever been made worse by more power. This is a dumb argument.
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I personally don't see why any car needs more than the 120 bhp it was destined to have. I can keep up with freeway traffic in my 1963 Ford Falcon with the 200 ci "Thriftpower" six and two-speed "Ford-O-Matic" transmission just fine, thank you. No need for more. You're just "hot rodders" to want more...why, I have a 23-second zero-to-sixty! Perfectly adequate. All you "Max Wedges" are just chasing nonsense.
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I'm cooler than you all, let me tell you about  my girlfriend
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oRenj9 posted:drat, I wish I could find a decent Cayman around here. Caymans are ridiculously, sublimely good-handling ill-tempered beasts at the best of times. Get an e46 M3 for less money and faster real-world driving with more power and practicality, more reliability, cheaper serviceability and 99.997% less chance of shorting out the front control module (and subsequent random cascading module failures) via the unforeseen act of detailing the loving car. Even disregarding the IMS ticking time bomb, the first gen Caymans are hot garbage. If you ever have to transport a cooler or suitcases or anything other than the regulation Porsche golf bags you will hate life. If this is a track toy, disregard. Get a Miata.
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BoostCreep posted:Are they reliable? My friend's 06 M3 just ate its intake cam with 65k miles on the odometer. It's now a very expensive paperweight in need of a new engine. Between that and e46 cars ripping the trunk floor out due to rear subframe issues, I feel like a low mileage properly modded BRZ isn't a bad choice. The M3's didn't really have the subframe issue, and there's a TSB out on them anyway with a free inspection and repair if needed. I sold my 2004 with 120,000 miles on it with no problems.
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Pr0kjayhawk posted:This post was a bit frantic. Were you the one that lost the ECU to waxing? It sounds like you were personally wronged by the first gen Cayman. Yes, it was me. Just bad luck, I guess. More reliable cars than a Cayman that I've owned: 1972 Ford F100. 2005 E55 AMG. 2004 M3. 2004 Cavalier. 1968 Mercury Monterey. 1988 Cavalier. A Dodge.
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Did you see the last two entries? I didn't mention the '88 CRX because, duh, Honda. Fake edit: also a 1998 Mercury Sable with THAT transmission.
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Larrymer posted:Where do you live that this happens? I've never heard of this. The main pipeline servicing the southeast US ruptured last week, spilling somewhere north of 350,000 gallons. It's still not operational.
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