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Originally Posted by 86MLR
Don't get me wrong, I love the way my car handles, but, and it's a big but,....lol....the powertrain is sorely lacking.
Yes the car is a budget (read: cheap) sports car, and sacrifices were made to keep the cost down (could they have found a cheaper/weaker gearbox?), hell the main design of the OEM conrod was to enable easy installation at the factory, whos brilliant idea was it to have rods offset like that, it's not just the twins there though, the WRX has the same idiotic design, good one Subaru, no wonder they bend when you lean on them, they bloody well start bent.
Anyways, as I've said, it's a fun car, but it will cost you the purchase price again if you want any real power gain.
Why do I have one, what other new RWD manual coupes can you get for under 40kAUD, none.
I still wish it had a better box and at least straight conrods.
Or, better still a new and improved 3GSE Black top that I can do basic mods on and tune and a V160 or simular (something not made out of glass).
But thats just me.
Yes, I'm a old hoon.
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You have made a lot of good points in this thread, my thoughts exactly.
NA is the way I choose to keep my 86, it's just not worth pushing this platform anything beyond basic bolt ons. I do get the urge to... but I back out when I consider the reliability.
An updated 3SGE would of been awesome
