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Subject:Re: Whoa! H6 subie & Dieselboxer
From:Sudhir Desai
Date:Tue, 4 Sep 2007 19:33:33 -0400

I sure hope it's not the ED series of engines. Or, if it is, hopefully
they all have turbos. :D

Sudhir

> As to the diesel Subaru engine, what's the bet the fours are going to be
> called ED? Or possibly Dx... hopefully, now that Toyota is majority
> sheraholder, Toyota's diesel gurus will have gone over the Subaru design to
> pick out any weaknesses for preproduction changes... but the secondhand
> owner can still expect cracking heads.
> <http://www.autoblog.com/photos/subaru-boxer-turbo-diesel/176943/>
> The engine appears to have unlined chromed bores similarly to Kawasaki's
> Electrofusion & BMW's Nikasil of the 80s. Apparently they will bolt right up
> to existing transmissions, which would not bode well for those
> transmissions, which are suspect even with gas engines.