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Originally Posted by EricSMG
Curious IF the G80 manual “feels” turbo-y still or just a super fast NA motor.
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It's sort of in between but feels closer to the "linear rising power" characteristic of an NA motor than any turbo car I've spent a lot of time with, though I don't think a turbo engine can ever entirely feel the same as a GOOD NA engine (not all NA engines are good...I think some folk forget how awful many of them were). It certainly isn't the old-school turbo nothing-nothing-nothing-boom, and it also isn't the flat wall of unchanging torque that a lot of twin-scroll turbo cars have (which I've come to dislike for it's lack of character).
After 10 months with this engine, I can't quite put the words together to answer this question. It doesn't feel like either one to me at this point. I do think it's possible to be disappointed by the S58 if one were to go into it wanting it to feel like something out of a car that the person used to have. Time spent feeling out the engine and getting to know it should dispel any disappointment caused by "it was better before" comparisons.