You track guys just keep going around in circles
I agree with you, 100%, but what I'm saying is if you want to stay stock, then that's fine, MIVEC is great, but what about non-MIVEC or if you want something more than stock, then there's not many places you can go with the FTO (even rhymes).
Forget comparing them with GTR's and the EVO is legendary; the GT3000 wasn't a big engineering success & even the earlier models (GTO's) weren't that popular...but they are all economically challenged.
Now the FTO was just the thing! dead right..Jap car of the year
It was definetely radical designing, especially for '94 in a japanese vehicle, nothing quite like it..sleek, unique styling, long wheelbase (for a small car) sporty & very appealing..plus affordable. Drop a FWD power unit into it, and it will appeal to the masses. Even the '2LT' v6 was somewhat radical. The car screams performance, on a limited budget...but comes up a bit short.
Now if you compare a 2Lt v6 to a 2Lt 4 you have an 8 valve advantage, plus variable cam timing, better breathing and more torque. Better to compare it to a Nissan 2lt IL6 and they have huge potential.
FWD is traditionally an economical decision, sure they corner fast, but there are other limitations involved, as you know, so that's where I think they went wrong. No serious performance car had been FWD.They made it a 149Kw MIVEC power limited vehicle. I don't think 2.5Lt v6 conversions do much to the car..turbo or not The factory single turbo 6A12 was a dismal failure, and I really think a v6 was the wrong option.
I still believe that if they had utilised the EVO powerplant in a de-tuned version, with a turbo option, they would have got everything right..even without RWD.
Anyway, it's all hypothetical..unless you want to do it!
