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Old 11-02-2011, 01:33 PM   #41
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Excellent!

Love the drag coefficient being 0.27. It also makes sense now seeing the 4 tire diagram, how they expect us to transport track tires. The fold-down rear seat looks useful. Interesting to see they're bragging about a 500mL bottle fitting in the door pocket.

The engine specs look good; 12.5:1 static CR is typical for n/a DI. The problem I see is the torque/power graph; it doesn't jive at all with the 197HP peak @ 7k RPM and 151LbFt peak @ 6600 RPM. There's no numerals for RPM on the graph, however torque and power peak appear to be much further than 400 RPM apart, more like 1400 RPM apart. Also, I'm not a fan of that torque curve; it's too much like an n/a 2ZZ or F20; it won't feel natural, linear, or flexible like the Miata engine.

Edit; just noticed the 7400 RPM redline, not bad.
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