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Old 03-07-2013, 03:38 AM   #34
brewski37
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Default Highly interested in this configuration

So I own a 2004 WRX Wagon.
As the one of the exhaust valves just broke in my engine, I need to rebuild/replace it. Can't really afford new.

This spurned a whole lot of comparisons and shopping for a replacement engine.
If I could and it was doable, I probably would want to replace the engine with this Diesel. 300 ft. lbs. of torque @ 1900 RPM? Yummy.

This Diesel, in a Forester without CVT is claimed to get 37 mpg Combined in Europe. Subaru Australia claims 5.9L/100km, or 39.5 mpg.

Here is why:
Compare cost/year of gas at my local gas station. 20,000 miles/year is my average driving distance.
  • Current engine, Premium Gas, Current MPG: $0.17 a mile, $3325/year.
  • Theoretically, drop this Diesel engine in a Impreza Sport with CVT.
    • Even at 39 mpg Combined, this car would be $0.11 a mile, $2130/year.
    • Stating the obvious, this is a smaller car, with CVT it is 450 lbs. less than the Forester.
    • If it were to get 50 mpg Combined, we are talking $0.08 a mile, $1660/year on over $4 diesel.
If Subaru got these kind of numbers with the Boxer Diesel on AWD, we are talking a dominance of the Northern U.S. market (who like AWD) for several years.
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