> Religion! Just a little larger than the one that got away. Numbers! Data! > Just takes discipline, planning then real numbers. Numbers are good. Like > Subaru torque curves, brake specific fuel consumption - oops, slipped into > fantasy again.

Engine Power (HP) Torque (FT/LBS)

1.9 Wasserboxer 82@4800 105@2600 83-85 Vanagon 2.1 Wasserboxer 90@4800 117@3200 86-92 Vanagon

Golf Inline 4 (I4) 105@5400 114@3800 DIGIFANT 2.0 Golf Inline 4 (I4) 115@5400 122@3200 CIS-Motronic 2.2 Suburu Legacy 130@5600 137@4400 OBD-1 Subaru

1.Here are your numbers.

> > Good, glad to hear. But no badge. I've got more than 100K on mine, nothing > wrong except for early muffler crystallization problems. >

2. May Allah bless you with another turn of the odometer. >

> Yawn, I prefer the color of purple. > 3. You and Oprah have something in common. > > Never been there. In my vehicle 65 mph defines a specific rpm. My readline is > 7000. > 4. Redline means nothing it's the horses and torque developed along the way. > > Religion! Yellow is brighter than orange. I drove them, they were dogs. All > automatic little piggies. Never drove a 2.5 or 3.3 but I do believe the > displacements are larger than the 2.2. Of course the available numbers show > that the technology of the 3.3 is identical to the Phase I 2.5. Phase II > clearly superior. Numbers are good.

5. I hope to put a stray WRX engine to good use someday in my syncro.

> > True, but not as advanced as the VW I4 1.8L engines from 1988 on. See the > numbers Brake mean effective pressure. No religion, just facts. > 6. The average effective pressure of the cylinders as they progress through intake, compression, ignition and exhaust strokes is fine for pointyheads, but my subie can beat up your I4. Nyeh nyeh nyeh!!

Mike Garske