What will replace the Boxer engine?

[Chris Phillipo]

Anyone heard what Subaru is going to do for an engine in WRC next year
or if it will reach the production level?

 

[Ross]

Anyone heard what Subaru is going to do for an engine in WRC next year

or if it will reach the production level?

Id be sad if Subaru replaced that sound the flat 4 makes.

R

 

[Edward Hayes]

Porsches flat 6, flat 8, and flat 12 sounds like a wonderful boxer. ed

 

[Rick]

Maybe i'm wrong, but i heard that in 2006, WRC request for an obligation to
have transversal engines in the car... i heard that on speedchannel.

Nobody heard anythings ???

 

[Hallraker]

Maybe i'm wrong, but i heard that in 2006, WRC request for an obligation to
have transversal engines in the car... i heard that on speedchannel.

Nobody heard anythings ???

Never heard that one. It'd be sad if they went to a generic transverse
inline layout for any of their cars.

-Matt

 

[Henry Paul]

I agree. The fact that the Subaru is _NOT_ transversely mounted was one of
the main reasons that I bought one.

If Subaru goes transverse, I might as well go buy a Saturn.

 

[Rat]

I agree. The fact that the Subaru is _NOT_ transversely mounted was one of
the main reasons that I bought one.

If Subaru goes transverse, I might as well go buy a Saturn.

They are proposed rules, not set in stone. They will most likely be
altered to allow a transmission for engines mounted suby style.

 

[Chris Phillipo]

Subject: Re: What will replace the Boxer engine?
From: "Rick" <(e-mail address removed)>
Newsgroups: alt.autos.subaru

Maybe i'm wrong, but i heard that in 2006, WRC request for an obligation to
have transversal engines in the car... i heard that on speedchannel.

Nobody heard anythings ???

That's what I'm refering too, they will have to be testing a new engine
by next year if they plan to stay in WRC.

 

[Chris Phillipo]

Subject: Re: What will replace the Boxer engine?
From: Rat <(e-mail address removed)>
Newsgroups: alt.autos.subaru


They are proposed rules, not set in stone. They will most likely be
altered to allow a transmission for engines mounted suby style.

They were specifically drawn up to prevent that so either the rules are
going to go through as written or be thrown out completely. The plan is
basically to make everyone run basically the same design to make it
cheaper for other manufacturers to get into it. Personally I think if
Skoda can afford to be there how much cheaper does it have to get? lol

 

[Hallan Blaggit]

I see that WRC is taking lessons from Formula One; F1 makes sure that
all the rule changes help Ferrari; now WRC is going to make rule
changes specifically to hurt Subaru.

The sport may be different, but the BS is the same.

 

[Edward Hayes]

The SCCA has been doing this for years to make cars completive. I remember
when the SCCA put the 91 cubic inch Porsche Carrara in the same class as the
283 and 307 cubic inch Correvtts. The Porsche held the top spots for another
2 years but, one by one the Porsche owners faded away. That's when I stopped
going to SCCA events as I realized they were after the big bucks attendance
#s and not interested in racing. ed

 

[Chris Phillipo]

Subject: Re: What will replace the Boxer engine?
From: "Edward Hayes" <(e-mail address removed)>
Newsgroups: alt.autos.subaru

The SCCA has been doing this for years to make cars completive. I remember
when the SCCA put the 91 cubic inch Porsche Carrara in the same class as the
283 and 307 cubic inch Correvtts. The Porsche held the top spots for another
2 years but, one by one the Porsche owners faded away. That's when I stopped
going to SCCA events as I realized they were after the big bucks attendance
#s and not interested in racing. ed

Just look what they ust did to the Audis, they were starting to
dominate, now they are sucking air through a straw and even the Cadillac
beats leaves them in distant dust on the straight. Sad.

 

[Jimmy]

Just a thought. What about the new scoring system in the F1 that punishes
those who win often. Obvisouly they were put in place to limit Ferrari's
domination of the sport.

 

[Chris Phillipo]

Subject: Re: What will replace the Boxer engine?
From: "Jimmy" <(e-mail address removed)>
Newsgroups: alt.autos.subaru

Just a thought. What about the new scoring system in the F1 that punishes
those who win often. Obvisouly they were put in place to limit Ferrari's
domination of the sport.

Well I don't much care about F1 simply because it has become a Ferrari
parade lap event, so maybe they should bust them down a notch in the
interest of entertainment, but the SCCA and FIA seem to have some sort
of obsessive compulsive disorder, every rule needs to be tweaked and
changed again and again so that even the stuarts don't know wtf is going
on.