Subarus flat 12 engine in a Caspita !

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:18 am

Found a pic of a one off prototype in Pedr davis' book on Subaru in Oz

http://robotpig.net/automotive-news/jio ... dome-_1738

very Honda NSXish

Mr Top Hat · Post by **Mr Top Hat** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:25 am

They need to come out with a Flat 8 sports car.

i would be so keen on one of them

imagine the sound.

Phizinza · Post by **Phizinza** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:25 am

Decent looking car with decent power from that motor. I have read and seen other articles on that F1 engine, it looks very EJ DOHC like in the pictures I've seen.

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:17 pm

Yeah its nearly like 2 EG33's bolted together.

I do think that FHI would have massive appeal with a H8 or the could call it a H-H.

The biggest issue is that if they were to keep it AWD, the longer engine would mean too much weight in front of the front axle. So in the quest for more power, a turbo or supercharged H6 would be more practical, or go all out and have a rear engine and AWD, Porche 997 style

nncoolg · Post by **nncoolg** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:53 pm

Mid-mount Subie - me likey!

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 3:39 pm

Yeah we should make one.

Get a Vortex and take the back seats out. Mount an EJ20G in the boot with a 5sp AWD mounted backwards between the rear wheels, turn the front diff around so it spins backwards and do the same to the rear diff and mount it between the front wheels.
Simple!

nncoolg · Post by **nncoolg** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 4:12 pm

I think that would techically be a rear mount, like a porsche, but still very very cool.

woody.t · Post by **woody.t** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 4:34 pm

one of these flat 12's sold on ebay a while back for like 40000..... mid mount behind the front seats in a wagon...would go alright.

spike · Post by **spike** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 6:11 pm

Gannon wrote:Yeah we should make one.

Get a Vortex and take the back seats out. Mount an EJ20G in the boot with a 5sp AWD mounted backwards between the rear wheels, turn the front diff around so it spins backwards and do the same to the rear diff and mount it between the front wheels.
Simple!

disable the rear diff and just use the front as a transaxle
would be fun =P

Phizinza · Post by **Phizinza** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 8:23 pm

Just do what they do in the AWD Skylines, mount the front diff inside the engines sump.

H-top · Post by **H-top** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:50 pm

woody.t wrote:one of these flat 12's sold on ebay a while back for like 40000

i saw this on ebay too!

H-top · Post by **H-top** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:52 pm

http://jalopnik.com/123914/subaru-flat+ ... le-on-ebay

1111giles · Post by **1111giles** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 9:10 am

steptoe wrote:Found a pic of a one off prototype in Pedr davis' book on Subaru in Oz

http://robotpig.net/automotive-news/jio ... dome-_1738

very Honda NSXish

IF Carlsberg did Subaru's !!

(maybe a UK thing if ya dont get it !)

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:18 pm

1111giles wrote:IF Carlsberg did Subaru's !! (maybe a UK thing if ya dont get it !)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rtzzncJ4nM

something like this Giles maybe?

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:45 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4msp9koK ... re=related

my favourite though