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Turbo, or Not Turbo, That is the Question

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Mazda ponders "Whether tis nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of a wrong-sized engine"

http://wardsauto.com/ar/Mazda_turbochar ... er_110211/
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This coming from a company who uses a rotary in a passenger car? And whose past couple of turbo engines have been so-so in terms of quality/performance characteristics? Hmmm...
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You take that back! The MS3 is an awesome car and 263HP and 280ft-lb of torque from a turbo 2.3 is better than so so.
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But power dies quickly up top stock, were issues with power output on less than 93 octane, and rods like to try and escape or try to limbo on a fair number of them.

Not necessarily bad, but not all that great either...
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RX needs rotary because it is the right engine for the right car, whose top priority is to one of the best handling car with graceful moves. Lugging around a big heavy engine in the front is not going to make that happen. You can also do that by putting a big engine behind the driver's seat. But that introduces a lot of packaging issues.
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It seems to me that small-displacement, turbocharged engines are making a big-time comeback. It's not just Ford doing it...

As much as I'm a V8 guy and love my torque and V8 rumble, I can appreciate a smaller forced induction engine in a relatively light weight car. My old Diamond Star was an absolute blast to drive.
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DKaz wrote:You take that back! The MS3 is an awesome car and 263HP and 280ft-lb of torque from a turbo 2.3 is better than so so.
Not really when you consider a '99 2.3L turbo engine produced 225hp and 252tq.
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watkins wrote:
DKaz wrote:You take that back! The MS3 is an awesome car and 263HP and 280ft-lb of torque from a turbo 2.3 is better than so so.
Not really when you consider a '99 2.3L turbo engine produced 225hp and 252tq.
And demonic torque steer.
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