Kr0n SG Hey guys, while riding today I caught sight of the new WRX with test plates on. Saw the badge behind, but it had single exhaust pipe. Rear lights were also slightly differently shaped. Went ahead of it and checked my mirrors to see the brand new headlight design! Gave the guys thumbs up and he floored it past me. But...sadly, it didn't have the aural characteristics of the old one . No deep and bassy boxer rumble. Later on, managed to stop beside him at a traffic light and had a brief chat. He didn't seem too impressed with it though, and while revving it, it sounded very much like a normal inline 4 engine. Then he mentioned something about faders being changed to different lengths, which made the sound this different.. Any clue what that might have meant? It still looked pretty torquey when he accelerated off later though..
storm_freaky13 SG what? no rumble?!? tt sucks... the only reason i like the WRX is because of the boxer rumble... Im going to cry now...
boi86 SG the 2006 wrx comes in 2.0litre version for the tax friendly singapore state. the torque is immense, about 442Nm @ 6500rpm i think. so dont play play. the stock 350z is only 363nm. no rumble ? whck in a 2.0 bar boost, then tell me the result after tat.
[email protected] SG that boxer rumble is due to a different extractor length in the older models. Its not unique to a boxer engine actually.
Kr0n SG Hmm... Now that I think about it, he might have said "headers" and not "faders" lol... Haha it makes more sense now, headers being of a certain length, attributing to the rubbish noise it makes now. You could put an Altis beside it and not know the difference. boiboi: By the way, he said it was a 2.5 he was driving, unless Garage R (Hougang outlet) informed you otherwise. Thinking of getting one? Good, keep thinking.
Kr0n SG ok. Please stick to the topic here and have some discipline. No one’s really interested in your 2.0 bar boost, unless you can give it to us in real engineering terms like what kind of stress levels it creates and what kind of engine can tolerate that pressure.
boi86 SG the current wrx sti can take a 1.6 bar boost. yes, the current boxer engine. however, they are implications to it. so a 2.0 bar boost aein't a far cry from a 1.6 it can be done.
[email protected] SG still no "boxer" rumble with 2.0 bar boost. The rumble comes from an uneven extractor length. U know wad u talking about or not?
[email protected] SG u really don't know what u are talking about. do u know what 1 bar is even? 2 bar boost and 1.6 is quite a big difference. U take the old WRX engine and rework it, it can take 2 bar boost as well, dun need the new WRX engine. But whatever engine u choose, u'll need to rework it pretty extensively to endure a boost of 2 bars. U want 3 bar boost, u got enuf money, also can be done. What u've said in your post is as good as telling us nothing. U dunno your stuff dun come here n embaress yourself.
[email protected] SG he doesn't know anything. he's just throwing out random numbers and terms to try n show us he "knows" something.
guitarman1 SG Lai boi boi, guai guai ok, u want 2 bar, Lim-peh give u 2 snickers chocolate bar (and really snicker at you also).
jack09 SG saw the new wrx too today.. took pics but got block by another car.. was a blue light .. nice single tip exhaust .. the taillight also not bad. duno why leh.. the SE seems to be driving very fast.. lolz… maybe he saw me and feel pressure .. i duno..
