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Originally Posted by EvoFire
Something about Japanese current gen 6 cylinder engines just aren't up to snuff.
Honda/Acura's 3.5 turbo V6 is weak
Mazda's inline 6 turbo is also weak
Toyota's V35A has good numbers but it's got reliability issues
Nissan's VR35 has porous blocks
BMW B58 is the gold standard, but even Mercedes M256 inline 6T is quite competitive, and none of them can measure up.
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The Japanese are catching up on 15 years of stuff that BMW and Ford learned about turbos.
Both took 5-10 years to really get it right: B58 and Ecoboost 4 cyl.
Now, Ford 2.3T IMO is the best 4 cyl turbo: strong all the way from idle to redline.
330hp/385lbft from 2.3T is really close to the Acura 3.0T
466hp/554lbft from 3.5 Ecoboost now looking a little weak next to S58 ("503" hp) and Hurricane (510/510)