Diesel STI?

Discussion in 'General Community' started by BelvnAWD, Dec 21, 2006.

  1. BelvnAWD

    BelvnAWD I'm Vin, Bell-Vin...

  2. UBAR

    UBAR Member

    There is also so a good wright up in this months Diesel Power mag on the subaru diesel, should be a great engine. I can't wait till it comes out I think I might just do a motor swap after all!
     
  3. Demo24

    Demo24 Member

    Well I'm up for a diesel subaru. Hopefully being a boxer doesn't hurt its power potential.

    Kind of wondering what transmission they would hook up to it? Would it mean that they would finally have to give the 5spd a really good revision? Unless the diesel is just really anemic in terms of torque I would imagine they would have to.
     
  4. Alex

    Alex Community Founder Staff Member

    If you look at it this way, the US is years behind Europe / Asia in fuel efficiencies. Take Audi for example, they're running their LeMans cars as pure diesels...low and behold, they are still taking podium finishes. The whole point of this is to help demonstrate that diesel isnt as shitty as people once thought it was. This, of course, is considering the fact that Merc and Audi have redesigned the diesel entirely over the last few years to be a fuel efficient torque monster.
     
  5. Cool_____

    Cool_____ Banned

    Maybe they will make the 5 speed tranny for the diesel so we can upgrade! I'm willing to bet it'll be a 6 speed STi tranny though.
     
  6. bluetwo

    bluetwo Active Member

    The boxer has always been great for performance. Moreso in terms of torque than in similarly sized in-line engines. (at least from what I gather from reading)

    VW has considered the boxer a great engine for WAY longer than Subaru and so has Porsche for that matter. Maybe Subaru will hit a home run with the diesel boxer too. I'm sure the Outback buyers would get into it and after all Outbacks are kind of Suby's bread and butter.
     

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