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Old 01-02-2012, 02:36 PM   #89
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Originally Posted by bambbrose View Post
Keep in mind however, you can't just "transplant" D4-S, it requires complete rework of the entire head. The head needs to facilitate the extra injector, etc.

If Toyota provided D4-S, it is likely they provided the entire head design, or it was a very Toyota driven head collaboration. It's not like D4-S is just the intake manifold.
Yes of course. Extra fuel lines, HPFP, camshaft w/extra lobe to drive the HPFP, and then the D4-S ECU fuel mapping that Subaru has zero experience with. It obviously needed design integration from the beginning of the engine design.
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