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Old 12-15-2005, 07:05 AM
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I have the perfect gas saving idea for ya,

I will give you my nice little XT turbo and you give me your SVX. You still get 4wheel drive on demand, it's quick, different and still a Subaru.

Just trying to help out ya know
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Old 12-15-2005, 07:11 AM
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Does the american spec OD goes 100 km/h (62mph) at 1900rpms?
Overdrive engagement depends on throttle input. I have not driven my SVX in a few months, so I am not sure. 1900 RPMs at 100kmh does sound reasonable though. It is surely a bit different due to different final drive ratios.
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Old 12-15-2005, 07:32 AM
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CHIKEEEEE...its snowing outside and you know what that means! It means its time for you and I to go waste some gas using ALL SIX cylinders in the snow of some empty parking lot....we'll bring Michael so we can laugh at him as he spins out of control...or just can't go anywhere in general in his 2wd patheticness

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Old 12-15-2005, 07:44 AM
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CHIKEEEEE...its snowing outside and you know what that means! It means its time for you and I to go waste some gas using ALL SIX cylinders in the snow of some empty parking lot....we'll bring Michael so we can laugh at him as he spins out of control...or just can't go anywhere in general in his 2wd patheticness

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Andrew,

I'm at home watching my son who's not feeling well. Can't go anywhere.

-Chike
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Old 12-15-2005, 07:44 AM
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Guys in my car I have a system... I was wondering of. When I am cruising on the highway on D, I reach a point where I can feel the RPM's go down because of a shift in my tranny even though I am cruising on D. it's like Overdrive, or Super Overdrive something... I dunno if this is a special feature in my Gulf specs car or it is normal to do that. ??
it's like I reach a point where I am cruising at 100 km/h with an rpm of 1900 !
Consumption becomes verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry low. Am I using 3 cylinders out of 6 ?
I really need some documentary about the specs of the Gulfian SVX's
That's probably the torque converter locking up, for reduced fuel consumption (I think that's why )
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Old 12-15-2005, 07:52 AM
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Andrew,

I'm at home watching my son who's not feeling well. Can't go anywhere.

-Chike
Tell him to feel better....Anyways, I'm sure thats just an excuse...you probably couldn't keep up with those summer tires anyhow ...I would leave you in the dust....err...snow?

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Old 12-15-2005, 07:54 AM
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Tell him to feel better....Anyways, I'm sure thats just an excuse...you probably couldn't keep up with those summer tires anyhow ...I would leave you in the dust....err...snow?

Just Playing Chi-Kay-Bob....and yes...that was a call-out
Very, very funneh!!
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Old 12-15-2005, 08:01 AM
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Besides....'92s are FastAR!!! Everyone knows that Especially with Pirelli tires

J/k..but we should still humiliate Michael
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Old 12-15-2005, 04:33 PM
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Besides....'92s are FastAR!!! Everyone knows that
Uh....I think Bwana and I have put that myth to rest with our 96's!

-Chike
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Old 12-15-2005, 04:47 PM
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Uh....I think Bwana and I have put that myth to rest with our 96's!

-Chike
Nobody can really say til I get my car back in mint condition.
I still think it was waaaay fastAr before I started messing with it.
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Old 12-15-2005, 07:48 PM
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Nobody can really say til I get my car back in mint condition.
I still think it was waaaay fastAr before I started messing with it.
Think you can beat Bwana's 15.37 @89.6mph on the stock geared trans?

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Old 12-15-2005, 08:54 PM
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Think you can beat Bwana's 15.37 @89.6mph on the stock geared trans?

-Chike
No sweat. Traction alone would have put me at high 15.5s last season.
I sealed off the air box from the engine since then, and I imagine the other little things I've done should put me at 15.4s in ideal conditions.

The real difference is going to be made when I fix the exhaust up right and get awd back online.
I'm anticipating 6.5 0-60 unless I'm not actually losing power through drag on the rear wheels and driveline right now. I'm pretty sure I am.
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Old 12-16-2005, 10:47 AM
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That old 8-6-4 engine, which was the original DOD, wasn't a bad design mechanically. It was just that the electronics weren't sophisticated enough back then to make it smooth. It was very obvious when the engine went to 4 or 6 cylinders, because the exhaust note was very different, and there was jerkiness in the transition. In addition, I believe they had severe NVH issues especially with the 6 cylinder mode. That's why the current DOD only switches between 4 and 8 cylinders.

I'll have to read the article on this in one of my mags, but the old system didn't seem that bad to a modder. I can understand why a regular consumer wouldn't be happy with it, though. If this can be done easily on our cars, perhaps by a switch on the dash, instead of having the decision made automatically by a computer, I think this could gain us something, even without reducing the rotating mass of the unused pistons, etc., simply because we'd be running with the throttle open more than it is right now. Does that make sense?
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Old 12-17-2005, 08:28 PM
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That's probably the torque converter locking up, for reduced fuel consumption (I think that's why )
Bingo!!

Many owners used to think the 4eat was a 5 speed because of the firm TC lockup.

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