[Stephen W.]

Originally Posted by jubella2

Because the factory has to care about emissions and mpg.

So it’s your belief (and thousands of others too) that the torque dip is there on purpose to lower emissions and raise mpg’s. Hmmmm…
There are dozens of threads and pages upon pages of replies on this very topic on here and every other similar forum. However, I’ve yet to read a quote from an engineer or see a link to a proper article that validates this theory. If a torque dip is required to meet standards then why don’t all Subaru boxer engines have it? Don’t they need to meet the same standards??
I do not mean to hijack this thread and will gladly take this discussion to one of the long dead “torque dip” threads. Just point me to the one that’s most relevant and recent.