They need the exhaust to tell you they are there, because they don't have enough power to get out of the way. Kinda like Harley's and "Loud Pipes Save Lives".
insult the air cooled twin like that!
Hey, I have one and I have loud pipes on it.
Truth hurts. The thing is, the Harley feels faster than my Ducati because dat torque.
Detroit wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2019 2:08 pm
Yea, this is really odd to me...I don't get it. RTV should only be used in areas where precision isn't 100% necessary. Even robots can mess up sometimes.
What's the recall for anyway? They mention valve springs, and that's it. Are valve springs breaking?
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm
My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
Has Subaru not heard of o-rings? How do you design something that requires a seal, but for some reason it needs to be RTV, and then make it absolutely critical that the correct amount of RTV is applied?
I guess a bunch of FRS/BRZs are going to be able to be scooped up cheaply for V8 swaps.
Yea, this is really odd to me...I don't get it. RTV should only be used in areas where precision isn't 100% necessary. Even robots can mess up sometimes.
What's the recall for anyway? They mention valve springs, and that's it. Are valve springs breaking?
Seriously. RTV should only be necessary where multiple surfaces meet and a gasket will not adequately seal. For example, where the timing cover, block, and oil pan surfaces all meet on the LS engines, a dab of RTV is required. Mind you, that is actually a dab; not the fucking bead with a 1mm tolerance that Subaru has specified for this repair.
Detroit wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2019 2:08 pm
Yea, this is really odd to me...I don't get it. RTV should only be used in areas where precision isn't 100% necessary. Even robots can mess up sometimes.
What's the recall for anyway? They mention valve springs, and that's it. Are valve springs breaking?
Seriously. RTV should only be necessary where multiple surfaces meet and a gasket will not adequately seal. For example, where the timing cover, block, and oil pan surfaces all meet on the LS engines, a dab of RTV is required. Mind you, that is actually a dab; not the fucking bead with a 1mm tolerance that Subaru has specified for this repair.
This is virtually impossible for a human to accomplish IMO. Makes zero sense.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm
My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
Detroit wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2019 3:15 pm
This is virtually impossible for a human to accomplish IMO. Makes zero sense.
I think my favorite part is "Maintain uniform width."
You mean like an o-ring? That sort of uniformity?
Seriously.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm
My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
Detroit wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2019 2:08 pm
Yea, this is really odd to me...I don't get it. RTV should only be used in areas where precision isn't 100% necessary. Even robots can mess up sometimes.
What's the recall for anyway? They mention valve springs, and that's it. Are valve springs breaking?
Always skip the 1st model year.
IIRC this was a supplier issue, as Toyota recalled its engines as well that aren't related, but springs came from the same supplier.
Seriously. RTV should only be necessary where multiple surfaces meet and a gasket will not adequately seal. For example, where the timing cover, block, and oil pan surfaces all meet on the LS engines, a dab of RTV is required. Mind you, that is actually a dab; not the fucking bead with a 1mm tolerance that Subaru has specified for this repair.
This is virtually impossible for a human to accomplish IMO. Makes zero sense.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm
My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
Unpopular opinion. The car makes a perfectly fine amount of power and was a riot on the test drive, prius tires and all.
You're unpopular.
I dunno man, I drove them at four different dealers in a year when I was looking at getting rid of the GTI. Neither the manual or the automatic felt like it had any guts and 30-50 passing was not much better than the Prius I used to have.
troyguitar wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2019 4:00 pm
Equal length headers and a good tune would be my plan on one. Probably add front camber bolts and lighter too but it doesn't need much.
That would be fun. The headers and tune would get rid of the torque dip that I never felt and give it some more braps. Keep it NA power.
Honestly I really liked this car. I didn't expect to, due to the negative press. It felt as quick as my MK6 GTI did which I enjoyed
I think they're great. They just didn't depreciate quickly enough for me to end up with one over the for double the price.
I dunno man, I drove them at four different dealers in a year when I was looking at getting rid of the GTI. Neither the manual or the automatic felt like it had any guts and 30-50 passing was not much better than the Prius I used to have.
Yeah, but you're coming from a different echelon, bro.
You're used to cars that roast slicks on a 4th gear downshift.
I was comparing it to my GTI and old Prius......
After leaving the dealership the first time I drove both auto and stick FRS I thought my GTI was so fast I assumed I jumped into an R8.