Some relevant links courtesy of the NASIOC thread that predates any news reports on this side of the globe.
FHI Press Release
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• 20% better MPG than current 2.5L turbo.
• AWD system is VTD!! (First time VTD is paired with CVT.)
• Substantial handling improvements.
• First application of turbocharging on the new square architectured, direct injection engine platform.
• First sighting of the new high-torque CVT transmission that has been rumoured for so long
• Lineartronic with 8 electronically preset shift points
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All in all, very fucking impressive. Maybe I shouldn't get the BRZ after all and wait it out for a new WRX...or a turbo BRZ with this engine. We should start seeing this (or a very similar) engine in more cars and even possibly stateside within 2 years, IMO.
Subaru Patent Application
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This breather apparatus has a rotation separator that is fastened to a camshaft, and that rotation separator has a base plate section and a plurality of protruding plates that extend from the base plate section. Moreover, a separator housing is provided in the cylinder head, and comprises an air intake on one end, and an exhaust outlet on the other end. Furthermore, a reed valve that opens and closes by the change in pressure inside a cam chamber is provided in the air intake. Blowby gas that is guided to the cam chamber hits against the protruding plates when passing in the radial direction of the rotation separator, and oil mist is captured by those protruding plates. Continuing, the blowby gas is guided from the cam chamber into the separator housing via the reed valve. When passing through the reed valve, the flow rate of the blowby gas changes, so oil mist is effectively captured by the inner wall surface of the separator housing.
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A while ago, it was theorized on NASIOC that DI could be done without port injectors while still preventing carbon buildup on the valves through the use of a properly designed air/oil separator and valve timing. Voila, a Subaru patent for what sounds like an air/oil separator!