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Originally posted by AzCivic
Well since japenese cars can't make more than 290hp, I dont think Japanese cars will match american cars when it comes to stock HP #'s, luckily they(manufacturers) make it easy(with turbo's) to make a crap load of power after you buy the car.
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supras and 3000gt's came with 320hp in america? the new nsx is projected over 300 i thought... when the 350z twin turbos and GTR g35 coupes get over here... look for over 350hp.. that was the gentelmans agreement of the mid 90's to not make a car with over 280ps(276hp) but the thing was... the rb26dett, 2jz-gte, and 20b(triple rotor) may have been rated at 280ps, but throw it on an engine dyno, and it cranked out major hp.
as far as the future of hot-roding i see people looking for more than strait line speed, that is why i think the s2k is selling well, because, quite frankly they arnt fun to drive strait. i drove one, and its a toy below 5000 rpms. i dont think that hondas have much of any chance in the real world of performance, because honda overprices their good cars, and wont make a low end(price) potential car. also honda will not build torquey engines for some reason, they are still stuck on vtec is better than tq.
i see the 350z doing very well in performance, nissan is bilding larger engines(more tq) and still plans on turbocharging them, which they have proven their dominance in. im glad to see mazda back on the scene with the rx8. the rotory engine is an wonderful design, and i just hope they got it right this time.(FD's had cooling probelms to say the least)
america is starting to cater to the fwd sport compact scene too... the focus SVT, the neon turbo, i think that the lancer evo8 in the states with 276hp and more tq will be a huge hit. it is kinda a hefty little car at 3300lbs i believe, but with the evo8, and the wrx sti (also around 280hp) that if any manufature wants to be in the game, they have to start offering bang for buck. cause honestly, theres no way in hell im going to choose a 240hp n/a rwd 9000rpm car for 35k over a 280hp turboed awd, 3 lsd's, badass brakes, and a legend of a car for 28k.
an idea car that someone needs to develope would be a rwd coupe much like the prelude(not to heavy, but not too light, so you can toss and turn well), but rwd, that had power(maybe 220-240hp) throughout the rpm band for around 20-25k that has potential for working on and making a monster.