Subaru Boxer Turbo Diesel

http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring/news_reports/subaru-diesel-engine.htm

looks good to me. better gas mileage and 250ft/lbs stock? i wonder what the application of this are. Stonger crank, diesel....

 

From the link:

"The superb rotational balance of the horizontally-opposed engine allows low vibration because the pistons counteract each other to cancel it out," said Subaru Europe's man in charge, Hiroyuki Ikeda.

Must be a PR guy. Has he ever sat in an Impreza? My car shakes like a WWII bomber.

 

lol true that. however it is kinda true that the pistons moving opposite each other does reduce vibrations and wieght shifts caused by the engine.

you might need some harder enign emounts to hold in all that powa!

 

Maybe better placement of the engine mounts would hold to motor better...

 

time for new spark plugs?
I frequently wonder if mines even running, until the P/S pump starts whining....


I suppose he's probably meaning compared to your average diesel.

 

In the summer, I can hardly tell when my '06 is running!

 

All I hear is ticking from the lifters/injectors....

Time for exhaust, right?

 

that's high on my list of mods if/when I ever build a lifted subaru again.

 

Haha, me too!