its dubbed PINKING here in the uk

over here and in japan where emissions are strict, have smaller engines which are more finely or highly tuned, making fuel quality very important. i was under the impression that american cars are typically 6 cylinder or more relying on raw power and fuel quality was not such an issue.

the subaru (scooby) was a 2litre 4cyl flat 4 but was outputting 342bhp on a rolling road (dyno). weighing in much less than a typical american car (had aluminium hood & panels too), the bhp vs wieght got the car to 60mph in 4.1 seconds. a slight downside to some, but not others (inc me) is that all that power driven through a small engine results in alot of awesome noise, backfiring from overfuel and smile inducing whines & drones. i miss my scooby