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Subject:[subaruvanagon] Re: How strong is the auto box?
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Sat, 1 Dec 2001 16:53:57 +1200

Sorry, but the 2.7 is NOT the SVX engine; it's the trouble-prone
derivative of the old 1.8 SOHC Leone engine. The SVX is a 3.3 DOHC
derivative of the 2.2 Legacy EJ22.

>Sorry chaps but this discussion was about the AUTO box not svx6's...
>You keep getting my hopes up!!!
>Only 1 sound answer so far, I thought you Americans loved auto boxes??
>Si
>
>--- In subaruvanagon@y..., "Donald Lawrence" <donlawrence@m...> wrote:
>>  Ed- That was one of the main reasons I abandoned the project and
>also one of
>>  the main reasons I am still considering the 2.5 liter Subaru
>instead of the
>  > 2.7 liter six fromthe XT-6.

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Andrew Grebneff
165 EvansSt, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Ph: 0064 (3) 473-8863 fax: 0064 (3) 479-7527
1986 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX CE80 diesel sedan
1989 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX CE96 diesel van
1989 Toyota Corona 2.0D Select CT170 diesel sedan
1992 Toyota Estima Lucida 2.2 turbodiesel MPV (=narrow "Previa")
1984 VW Caravelle GL (to be fitted with 260hp Subaru SVX flat-6 &
Porsche G50 trans)
Seashell, Macintosh, VW & Toyota van nut

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