Well Jim, yea my van is kind of heavy as it's ready to go to Mexico....
Of course if i would not have hit the "Cut-off" i would have been in front.
And i never tried the 7K rpm zone before, so now i know where it is.
But i'm just saying that i found the 2.2L still a very nice little engine.

On freeway (3rd and 4th), this is where the 2.5L rocks againts the
little brother.

Fun video! Sad end for the Boxer engine.

Ben

Jim Akiba wrote:

>Your 2.5 must have been *really* weighed down, as it should have it
>all over the 2.2, both down low and high, I've never been pulled on by
>a 2.2 :)  What does your van weigh?
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>Here's a stock wbx trying against brady driving my van in a video from
>last march... Ben you'll appreciate it I think.
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>http://www.bostig.com/files/upinsmoke.wmv
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>http://www.bostig.com/files/upinsmoke.mov
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>Jim Akiba
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>On 10/28/07, Benny boy <huotb@videotron.ca> wrote:
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>>So, tonight, after we finished another Subi conversion, we had a litle race
>>between my red 85 2.5L van and a 2.2L 84.... (just a stop sign to stop sign).
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>>My van was heavy, fully loaded and full of gas and water, the 84 was empty.
>>Still, that 2.2L was in front of me, not far but slighly in front! (and i
>>sadly hit the cut-off twice at 6700rpm) so i lost ground... he he he
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>>The 92 2.2L Legacy (very low millage-23,000miles) had some "pep"!!!! in
>>third gear I was ready to pass him fast but the stop sign came. This is
>>where the 2.5L love it, in higher speed! But dargn, that 2.2L is was peppy
>>as the 2.5L in low gear, amazing little piece of engineering. Where would a
>>2.1L have been in all that! way way way behind!
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>>We did some video today and tonight, ptetty cool one, some of the engine
>>running on idle with a 5 cent on the side on it, pretty cool. we also did
>>some road test with the camera... also pretty cool. we will post them very soon.
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>>Later, Ben
>>http://www.benplace.com/
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