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Old 07-10-2012, 09:05 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by made in china View Post
Why do people keep saying there's "no room under the Hood" for FI? Where have y'all been? There's a ton of room, literally under the hood. This platform has been twin charged even. I've been around a lot of FI FWD cars, many of them have creative FI systems to fit in an engine compartment with far less under hood room than the 86.

A turbo is a bit tricky, but fitting up a SC is straightforward for any experienced tuner.
There isn't any room to place the Legacy's turbo (low and front-mounted).. which was the context of this thread.

The radiator is also tilted, so there isn't nearly as much room in front of the engine as there appears to be when looking at it from the top:

http://www.tune86.com/ft-86-news/210...ed-jeff-perrin

Yeah, you can chop up things and weld in some other braces when you're building a track/drift car (which are the only cars we've seen with turbochargers so far)... but Subaru may have more difficulty doing so with an OEM car.

It's a big unknown at this point in time.
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