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Subarus flat 12 engine in a Caspita !
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:18 am
by steptoe
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
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:25 am
by Mr Top Hat
They need to come out with a Flat 8 sports car.
i would be so keen on one of them
imagine the sound.
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:25 am
by Phizinza
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.
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:17 pm
by Gannon
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
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:53 pm
by nncoolg
Mid-mount Subie - me likey!
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 3:39 pm
by Gannon
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!
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 4:12 pm
by nncoolg
I think that would techically be a rear mount, like a porsche, but still very very cool.
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 4:34 pm
by woody.t
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.
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 6:11 pm
by spike
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
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 8:23 pm
by Phizinza
Just do what they do in the AWD Skylines, mount the front diff inside the engines sump.
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:50 pm
by H-top
woody.t wrote:one of these flat 12's sold on ebay a while back for like 40000
i saw this on ebay too!
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:52 pm
by H-top
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 9:10 am
by 1111giles
IF Carlsberg did Subaru's !!
(maybe a UK thing if ya dont get it !)
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:18 pm
by FROG
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?
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:45 pm
by FROG
