I drove Hans'  2.5 Vanaru last weekend at EB, & it was very quiet
even tho it has the stock vanagon cat & muffler.  Very, very  nice
power, you can barely hear it running while standing at the rear w/
the engine lid open!  Makes a Gowesty big engine seem like a scooter
engine?

Tom B.-70 mph at 3k rpm

On Apr 17, 2007, at 9:37 PM, Kim Brennan wrote:

> Subaru engines are usually quieter than the waterboxer engine (SVX
> engines excepted.)
>
> Now Tiico engines sound a lot like the original engines...cause they
> use the original mufflers.
>
>
> On Apr 17, 2007, at 10:45 PM, John Bange wrote:
>
>>>
>>> I have a Subaru 2.2 in my Vanagon and think it's great, but it's
>>> only
>>> been a year as a daily driver (around 80 miles a day). A Subaru is
>>> the way to go.
>>
>>
>> This may sound like a weird question, but does the Subaru boxer
>> have close
>> to the same SOUND as the wasserboxer? I have a Boston Bob engine
>> in my '90
>> that runs like a dream, and having installed it (and all new hoses)
>> myself
>> it is a reliable as a sledgehammer--- but still I find myself
>> wishing for
>> more "go". I've thought about it, and the only thing I know I
>> can't do
>> without is that VW boxer noise: "pbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb!"
>>
>> Does the Subaru engine have that?
>>
>> --
>> John Bange
>> '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
>>
>> --
>> John Bange
>> '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"