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Originally Posted by cdigerlando
That said, I hope you do not have trouble. I'm sure your intercooler probably helps too. That is the one difference between you everyone else who has had problems. I would really like to see you get back on the road and log more miles with your setup, to see if that is the issue. It might be interesting to get some more intercooled datapoints on the stock motor before jumping to the conclusion that I just made.
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He is the only one running an intercooler on his forced induction setup? I would think that goes without saying. There is no way I would run a turbo setup on an SVX without an intercooler. I mean, I did this on my Outback but the engine hardly ever got hot since the hood scoop and passenger side hood bonnet was left open. Also, my outback starts off with cheap gas, so raising the octane and intercooling shouldn't be an issue at 5psi of boost. The SVX already is using high octane. Adding more boost with no way to cool it off is a big no-no. If you have to drive it without an intercooler, I'd say you should get higher octane and more fuel to do so.
That is backyard tuning though. You get my point though. Turbo = no on my SVX without at least a good sized intercooler.