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From: djw@lanl.ARPA
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Subject: Re: New Subaru
Message-ID: <35637@lanl.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 30-Dec-85 13:47:17 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 30 13:47:17 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 31-Dec-85 01:07:04 EST
References: <484@zinfandel.UUCP>
Reply-To: djw@a.UUCP (Dave Wade)
Organization: Where God decreed skies should be purple and the beaches are 1000 miles long.
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Keywords: Dual overhead cams, rev limiter
Summary: 

In article <484@zinfandel.UUCP> cjohnson@zehntel.UUCP (cjohnson) writes:
>I am thinking about buying a new Subaru Rx 4WD Turbo.  I
>am impressed by it for several reasons, including the fact
>that it has a front-rear differential (the only model Subaru
>makes with one).
Please check that the emergency brake cable is attached to the rear wheels...
Anyone who is serious enough about driving to pay the extra bucks for 4x4 will
need the emergency brake sooner or later.  There are many instances that
require you to be able to apply a little drag to one end of your car while
accelerating the other end; almost all of these circumstances are dangerous.
If you pull on the emergency brake ( as in brake failure at high rate of
speed on bumpy pavement ) the car will spin around to put the slower end
last.

>
>The problem is that it seems it should have more power,
>considering that it has a 1800cc Turbo charged dual overhead
>
>I therefore believe that there is some sort of a rev limiter
>somewhere and am curious about how easy it might be to find
>and remove it.  A friend also suggested that the waste gates
>on the turbocharger might be at fault. 
>
>Any suggestions or other ideas out there in net-land?
>

It's obvious that this car is not what you really want... It probably doesn't
have a rev limiter and the waste gate is undoubtedly correctly set on a
dealership's demo car.  Anyone who is trying to find Jeep innovations in a
Stupidroo should go to a Jeep dealer and drive the new turbocharged Cherokee.
Unless Stupidroo has attached their emergency brake cable to the rear wheels
or you NEVER plan to drive on snow, ice, or water over 1/2inch deep; don't
buy this car.  It'll kill you all the way up to dead... ( I guess there could
be something said for a quick method of doing a 180 degree turn while
maintaining the same speed and direction of travel...  and if you're going
to crash, It's better to crash into something with you gas tank first... )

And I don't care what you get, sounds like you really want an Audi ( and I
like DKW's even less ) Quattro or that new Renault rally car ( see the new
Four Wheeler magazine ).

I drive a Dodge Pathfinder 4x4 Van.  I have owned a 1961 jeep pickup, a 1972
Chevy blazer, a 1982 Toyota 4x4 wagon and a 1961 jeep cj5.  The cj started
with it's 4banger and we installed a high performance 289 and when that blew
up a 302.  During the above period I put >2000 miles per month commuting
across a >9000 foot pass in the Jemez Mountains.  One winter over 35 families
bought Stupidroos for the daily commute... ( I don't know why; they were
Physicists and they all seemed to figure the problem the same way. )  Only
3 Stupidroos made it through the entire winter.  I think it was a combination
of aluminum or weak transmissions/clutches in 30 below zero weather.

You can argue that they've fixed that... Go right ahead; I don't care.

Dave Wade
Los Alamos National Laboratories
Computing and Communications Division
Consulting Office