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Old 11-02-2012, 04:24 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by ayau View Post
no point dumping the EJ engine when they've put a lot of R & D into it. the GT300 BRZ is basically the old legacy GT with a BRZ body on it. it was more of a marketing strategy to promote the new brz more than anything IMO.
The old Legacy was AWD but the BRZ is RWD so there are some differences. I would agree there isn't much point in developing a new engine for the car when the older EJ motor works for now. Maybe an FA20 version will show up in the future.
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