I have this 'flaw' ...( among many ! ) ..I take written things very literally. By writing 'mistakes they made' , as in past tense, do you have real information that Subaru's first generation TD engine has problems ? I would expect subaru to have them pretty dialed in by production time. I would think the head gasket area would be touchy, or need extra engineering to make it very solid there. Scott -----Original Message----- From: Allan Streib [mailto:streib@cs.indiana.edu] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 6:41 AM To: Scott Daniel - Shazam Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Subaru Boxer TURBO Diesel Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> writes: > It will also be the world's first opposed four ( boxer layout ) > turbo diesel engine. So -- we might be well advised to wait for the second generation to correct all the design mistakes they made in the first one. Allan |
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