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OKAY guys, so I was at Barned and Noble tonight going through the magazine section and what did I happen to see? It was a Sport Compact Car magazine with a test of the elise it it. I know I know, that this magazine is for children, but you shoudl pick it up. If you can agree to buy a magazine in which the COVER STORY is how to spray paint a SUBARU Sti black - no kidding - it is worht your time. They did a dyno test of the Elise and compared it to the Celica. Admittidely, they were running the 91 octane gas, which is crap, but it look as though there is not a lot of differnece between these two engines.
The final numbers:
Elise
166 wheel hp
120 lb-ft
Celica
162 wheel hp
119 lb-ft
There is a little more mid range on the Elise, and there is about 5 hp differnece from about 7500-8000, but that is it. The graphs follow each other almost exactly.
For the life of me I don't know why it takes this magazine to be the first to report dyno numbers, especially since there are companies with products "under development". Also, this company is based out of California, so that means that all test will be conducted with 91 octane gas. It is impossible to tell if the ECU is pulling timing, and to be honest I doubt that 93 octane would make all that much differnece on a NA car anyway, but who knows. I thought this might be useful information for all of you. Again, I will reiterate that I don't know why it takes a magazine that SPRAY PAINTS A CAR AS THEIR HOW-TO TECH TIP to bring us this information. The only thing I can say about the articles is BBBWWWWAAAAHHHHHAAAAAA HHHHAAAAA HHHHHAAAA

The final numbers:
Elise
166 wheel hp
120 lb-ft
Celica
162 wheel hp
119 lb-ft
There is a little more mid range on the Elise, and there is about 5 hp differnece from about 7500-8000, but that is it. The graphs follow each other almost exactly.
For the life of me I don't know why it takes this magazine to be the first to report dyno numbers, especially since there are companies with products "under development". Also, this company is based out of California, so that means that all test will be conducted with 91 octane gas. It is impossible to tell if the ECU is pulling timing, and to be honest I doubt that 93 octane would make all that much differnece on a NA car anyway, but who knows. I thought this might be useful information for all of you. Again, I will reiterate that I don't know why it takes a magazine that SPRAY PAINTS A CAR AS THEIR HOW-TO TECH TIP to bring us this information. The only thing I can say about the articles is BBBWWWWAAAAHHHHHAAAAAA HHHHAAAAA HHHHHAAAA