Word via Auto Epxress suggests you’ll be able to buy a Subaru BRZ STi at some stage in 2013. They elaborate with the details that the BRZ STi’s peak power will be around 230hp (approx 170kW). If correct that’d be an increase of some 16% over the 200hp in the standard BRZ.
What’s most interesting is the claim that the BRZ STi will be normally aspirated. This is despite an earlier rumour from the States suggesting Subaru have been developing a 200kW+ turbo engine for the the BRZ.
According to the Auto Express report the BRZ’s engine bay cannot accommodate the intercooler required for turbocharging. Instead they’ll increase the 2.0 boxer engine’s beyond its current 7500rpm limit to help increase power.
STi enhancements such as suspension, wheels and body kit will apply, as you’d expect. And, of course, the Nürburgring already has and will continue to feature heavily in the car’s development cycle.
[Source: Auto Express]
3 replies on “No turbo for Subaru BRZ STi?”
Why not make a smaller intercooler?
Everyone is having great success with one that fits into the front grill area?…
Interesting to see what they do to increase the red line and how much they increase it by.
Only Subaru could take a good looking car like the 86 and turn it into this ugly thing.
What they did to the liberty was so bad it should be outlawed.
Yawn