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Originally Posted by Tcoat
Yes.
So which is cause and which is affect?
Does it just take RTV?
Does it take RTV and XXX?
Is the RTV a red herring and we are focusing on the totally wrong thing?
Can it happen on a track only even with no RTV?
There just simply is not enough data to say anything is "right" at this point no matter how many assumptions are being thrown around.
My career of 30 years has been built around correcting unexpected problems and I have not once been able to actually fix a thing based upon assumptions.
The situation get's even worse when there are people such as yourself (not a slam in any way) that are also emotionally involved and really, REALLY want something or somebody to focus on.
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I trust Subaru/Toyota designed it properly to not starve and die on track. The first gen was generally "fine" with the usage most second gens have seen. A few people have had them blow up just street driving.
From an engineering point of view, the RTV in the pickup is a *massive* red flag, it wasn't designed to deal with that restriction to flow. There's safety margin built in, especially since the 2nd gen pickup tube is so much better than the first gen's, but it can't handle one side of the box (and 1/4 of each other side) being blocked.
As I said above, they didn't fail on the engineering aspect, they sure did fail on the assembly.
Do I trust Subaru to make it right? Yes. Clearly we can't trust Toyota though...