I would think the Q400 might be able to. In ground school they mentioned the base engine can produce 8,000+ horsepower. In this application they are using a little over 4,000 for normal operations. I would think there would some extra here. Though with the Q400 I wonder what it would do to common type rating to change the system. The plane could have probably been made better had the common type not been such a huge concern (ironic considering I don't know of any U.S. carriers that have pilots fly the Q400 and another type of Dash 8).