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| Thread ID: 94770 | 2008-11-11 14:24:00 | 01 Subaru Legacy b4 Rsk | Goldenjohn (14306) | PC World Chat |
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| 719582 | 2008-11-12 21:00:00 | yeah when done right they are apparently so brilliant its painfull :wub its the perfect theory - supercharger for low RPM boost - then cutting to the large turbocharger at high rpm for when the supercharger loses effectivness just needs to be done properly :eek: I've seen pictures of a supercharged twin turbo wrx. Now thats insane. Useless and would probably blow up every 5000 km, but insane. :D forums.evolutionm.net Yes, if done right a supercharger and turbo (a massive turbo) would provide some awesome power, especially off the line. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 719583 | 2008-11-12 21:17:00 | Those are some complicated looking guts... | Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 719584 | 2008-11-12 21:27:00 | Yeah ae. A normal subie is bad enough to work on. Imagine trying work on that!!! :lol: :stare: $15,000 to change the cam belt ftw. :( |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 719585 | 2008-11-12 21:43:00 | Yeah ae. A normal subie is bad enough to work on. Imagine trying work on that!!! :lol: :stare: $15,000 to change the cam belt ftw. :( Um...? What? Do you have to take the whole engine out first? Or is it made of iridium or something? |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 719586 | 2008-11-12 21:48:00 | :lol: No no... I was just joking at the labour cost, most of it would have to come off to do anything to the engine. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 719587 | 2008-11-12 21:57:00 | boxer's in scoobies are notorious for higher than normal labour costs - maily due to the engine layout (its basically a V4\V6 thats been stomped on a bit) so its got 2 head gaskets - both should be replaced if one goes for fear the other one could fail too - cambelt(s) are more complicated and harder to work on and get to also a friend of mine was baffled at how hard it was to even just change the oil and sparkplugs compared to a "normal" engine but if you know what you are doing and like a challenge - go for it :clap |
MAC_H8ER (5897) | ||
| 719588 | 2008-11-12 22:03:00 | boxer's in scoobies are notorious for higher than normal labour costs - maily due to the engine layout (its basically a V4\V6 thats been stomped on a bit) so its got 2 head gaskets - both should be replaced if one goes for fear the other one could fail too - cambelt(s) are more complicated and harder to work on and get to also a friend of mine was baffled at how hard it was to even just change the oil and sparkplugs compared to a "normal" engine but if you know what you are doing and like a challenge - go for it :clap Dead right. :D Uneconomical, unreliable, hard to work on, yet, somehow, everyone loves them. :p |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 719589 | 2008-11-12 22:11:00 | Dead right. :D Uneconomical, unreliable, hard to work on, yet, somehow, everyone loves them. :p They look and sound awesome. That's probably a large part of it. Replace them with a 1.6l diesel and put a subwoofer in the exhaust I reckon. Same effect, problems solved? lol |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 719590 | 2008-11-12 22:15:00 | I had a 1974 1400 sube boxer (Same type the Swedish tourists had when murdered in Coromandel) it was ok to work on. It used to smoke use oil, did the rings, started smoking again. The latest ones seem to be be grenades if they are given death. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 719591 | 2008-11-12 22:20:00 | The latest ones seem to be be grenades if they are given death. Engrish much? |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
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