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As a mechanic:
- I'm not worried about the length of the sway bar end links. That's fine, par for the course in this day and age. However...
- I don't like where the swaybar itself is mounted. way over the subframe, behind the engine, most likely sandwitched against the body, shitty place to replace bushings.
- I'm not fond of where they put the crank sensor. I mean come on, on the flywheel end? under the intake? REALLY!? That's the best you could come up with?
- Stop talking about belt replacement people, it's a CHAIN.
- Routing the oil pressure through, and mounting the filter on the timing cover is a novel idea, great for accessibility, should provide for a bit of passive cooling as the oil flows through a relatively colder part of the engine.
- Quad electric cam phasers, glad to see this engine won't be as leaky as the EJ25 with it's plethora of oil pressure switches and vvt solenoids.
- Looks like there's enough clearance between the valve covers and the body to change the plugs without too much hassle. as long as I can get my 1/4 drive air ratchet in there I'm happy.
- I'm not a fan of two piece heads like that on a boxer, it's just one (two) more oil seal that can fail.
- Hub/bearing units up front! Yay! (can't make out the rears)
- Moderately easy front ball joints. I would have liked to see them bolted onto the control arms a la toyota, but still they're rather accessible, I'll have more than enough room to attack that top bolt with an impact wrench.
- The accessory drive is kind of busy with a zillion idlers, but at least it's accessible, so no worries here.
- Old school u joints on the driveshaft. Not really modern like current CV driveshafts, but cheaper to service.
- That looks like the kind of (front) control arm bushing that likes to become unstuck from it's sleeve, but at least they look like they'll be easy to press out of the control arms without actually removing them from the car.
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