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Post by Subydoug » Mon Mar 18, 2013 5:37 pm

A stock ej22 is around 60hp per liter of engine capacity. By no means a high performance engine. The engine in a Toyota ae86 for example is around 75hp per liter.

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Post by Alex » Mon Mar 18, 2013 5:54 pm

Subydoug wrote:A stock ej22 is around 60hp per liter of engine capacity. By no means a high performance engine. The engine in a Toyota ae86 for example is around 75hp per liter.

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power to weight ratio.

My EJ22 L-series put many many commodore v6s down with ease.
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my13 Hyundai i45(shhhh)
my02 Gen3 Liberty limited ed.

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Post by T.Farm.Brumby » Mon Mar 18, 2013 6:06 pm

Hmmm, I suppose the power to weight ratio would play a big part. I also think the Hachi Roku had a bit more put into it's development as a 'performance' engine than the EJ. Subaru have tended to mostly build hard-ass cars that can drive almost any speed on almost any surface.

I don't think flat out performance was ever the goal.

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Repair/reconnect AC unit
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Post by 60766244 » Mon Mar 18, 2013 7:07 pm

Alex wrote:power to weight ratio.

My EJ22 L-series put many many commodore v6s down with ease.
This, x100

I race ricer SS utes in the wet and watch them fail horribly and lose.

>DAT AWD w/ LSD

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Post by Subydoug » Mon Mar 18, 2013 7:55 pm

Fella's, you missed my point. As an engine, the EJ22 isnt really a high performance engine, only producing around 60hp per liter of engine capacity. My KX250 produces around 40hp from 250cc, that's 160hp per L (an EJ22 of simillar performance would have 350bhp)! My brothers XR6turbo is around 100hp per liter. However, Im getting ahead of my self now as those engines are high performance motors, where the EJ was never meant to be a high performance engine.

I guess what Im trying to say is some of those little iron block straight 4 engines made by companys like toyota and nissan are "better bang for capacity" then the subie engines.

Sorry for the rant, it certainly is a sweet looking beast you got their!

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Post by 60766244 » Mon Mar 18, 2013 8:41 pm

Subydoug wrote:Fella's, you missed my point. As an engine, the EJ22 isnt really a high performance engine, only producing around 60hp per liter of engine capacity. My KX250 produces around 40hp from 250cc, that's 160hp per L (an EJ22 of simillar performance would have 350bhp)! My brothers XR6turbo is around 100hp per liter. However, Im getting ahead of my self now as those engines are high performance motors, where the EJ was never meant to be a high performance engine.

I guess what Im trying to say is some of those little iron block straight 4 engines made by companys like toyota and nissan are "better bang for capacity" then the subie engines.

Sorry for the rant, it certainly is a sweet looking beast you got their!

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Doug
So... We need more performance?...

Rotaries? :twisted:

Electric Motors? :twisted:

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Post by T.Farm.Brumby » Mon Mar 18, 2013 9:15 pm

Subydoug wrote: I guess what Im trying to say is some of those little iron block straight 4 engines made by companys like toyota and nissan are "better bang for capacity" then the subie engines.

Sorry for the rant, it certainly is a sweet looking beast you got their!
Yeah Cheers :D

The Japanese make damn good vehicles regardless.

60766244 wrote: Rotaries? :twisted:
Oh please no :( I love the look of RX-4's and the like, but the rotary note is one of the most irritating things I've heard!

Give me a boxer tone over a V8 any day!
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Post by 60766244 » Mon Mar 18, 2013 9:29 pm

T.Farm.Brumby wrote:...Oh please no :( I love the look of RX-4's and the like, but the rotary note is one of the most irritating things I've heard...
I'm not saying they're good sounding, but ho' damn they've got some ability when well tuned and maintained. There's a guy in Kalamunda with a rotary powered offroad bike and it's got amazing poke. I'll try sneak a photo of him some time.
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Post by T.Farm.Brumby » Mon Mar 18, 2013 9:33 pm

60766244 wrote:I'm not saying they're good sounding, but ho' damn they've got some ability when well tuned and maintained. There's a guy in Kalamunda with a rotary powered offroad bike and it's got amazing poke. I'll try sneak a photo of him some time.
Keen to see that :D

And yeah they've got a bit of go about them. One of my work mates recently bought himself a series 2 RX-7 and geez it goes.
But we won't talk about Mazdas on here too much
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Post by 60766244 » Mon Mar 18, 2013 9:37 pm

T.Farm.Brumby wrote:Keen to see that :D

And yeah they've got a bit of go about them. One of my work mates recently bought himself a series 2 RX-7 and geez it goes.
But we won't talk about Mazdas on here too much
What Mazdas? :rolleyes: :p

Challenge him to a drag race in your sedan... ;)
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Post by taza » Mon Mar 18, 2013 9:42 pm

Hey mate remember that your EJ22 is probably around 20 years old! While an XR6 turbo isn't even 10 years... technology advances. If you want lots of power do a bug eye wrx swap with a few mods. You'd easily have 200kw per tonne(leone only weighs a tonne lol) while an XR6 turbo has 260kw and weights 1800kg.
In an offroad car though you don't really need turbo power, a torquey motor yes. That's why diesel just make mince meat of any load/towing work.
If you want more power supercharger the EJ22, just look at Hatchie.

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Post by T.Farm.Brumby » Mon Mar 18, 2013 9:57 pm

taza wrote:Hey mate remember that your EJ22 is probably around 20 years old! While an XR6 turbo isn't even 10 years... technology advances. If you want lots of power do a bug eye wrx swap with a few mods. You'd easily have 200kw per tonne(leone only weighs a tonne lol) while an XR6 turbo has 260kw and weights 1800kg.
In an offroad car though you don't really need turbo power, a torquey motor yes. That's why diesel just make mince meat of any load/towing work.
If you want more power supercharger the EJ22, just look at Hatchie.

Yeah I wanted to pick up a Vortex or another Brumby and do an EJ20t swap. No where near enough doll hairs for that though :( poor uni student days.
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Post by T.Farm.Brumby » Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:09 pm

Also, couldn't find anything on the oil cap or block about engine date/year :(

AND. Had to swap over the wheels with Emma's :( not roadworthy with the big offset. Sat about an inch or two past the guards. Need to get some flares :/ Does ride a bit nicer though, acceleration is better when it's not surging or dropping out.

So as she sits with stock 13" steelies (looks a bit dinky)
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And against a Brumby with no lift
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Don't know if it's too visible, but that whole mess of crap on the roof of the Brumby is the sound system I tore out of her ;)
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Post by T.Farm.Brumby » Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:09 pm

Also, couldn't find anything on the oil cap or block about engine date/year :(

AND. Had to swap over the wheels with Emma's :( not roadworthy with the big offset. Sat about an inch or two past the guards. Need to get some flares :/ Does ride a bit nicer though, acceleration is better when it's not surging or dropping out.

So as she sits with stock 13" steelies (looks a bit dinky)
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And against a Brumby with no lift
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Post by Rodeo4jake » Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:36 pm

These subies are keeping you busy these days hey. Keep up the good work, it will all pay off when your cruisin down the road in ya beast.

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Post by steptoe » Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:39 am

underside of the oil cap is a calendar circle of date cast ? 1 to 12 in circle like a clock face with year in centre ?

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Post by T.Farm.Brumby » Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:56 am

steptoe wrote:underside of the oil cap is a calendar circle of date cast ? 1 to 12 in circle like a clock face with year in centre ?
Will check this arvo again when I'm home from uni. Cheers

And yeah they're keeping me a bit too busy haha, handy that the missus is in Townsville so she doesn't get all uppity about me spending too much time on my other babies ;)
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Post by RSR 555 » Tue Mar 19, 2013 3:52 pm

The cap can be changed (but highly unlikely), the best way is to use the engine number but you need to have a very good friend named Andy to chase it down. My best advise would be to ask the guy who fitted it in the car ;)
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Post by El_Freddo » Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:20 pm

Where have I seen this car before??

I'm sure all your subi's will keep you busy! And the RX on 13's doesn't look too dicky - at least not this dicky:

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Lifted L's always look better with 27's!

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Post by T.Farm.Brumby » Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:25 pm

El_Freddo wrote:Where have I seen this car before??

I'm sure all your subi's will keep you busy! And the RX on 13's doesn't look too dicky - at least not this dicky:

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Lifted L's always look better with 27's!

Cheers

Bennie

Haha, that does look a bit... odd :p

I think the old mate I bought it off said it used to be the promotion car for Scorpion AWD here in Brisbane. But I can't be sure.
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