Quote:
Originally Posted by mhigham
So I get to look at the cars on the lot but not enjoy the one just like it that I own.
I agree. For a car that had such hype, its launch I think will go down as a failure or at least forgettable. I cannot/will not believe that three years of testing did not reveal this problem; this had to be known about over a year ago.
|
That is necessarily true, for various reasons. One, the development of this engine actually started as an EJ20 with direct injection added. I have one set of the prototype heads, as Subaru has been known to let things like this 'slip' out of the door.
Secondly, having spent years as an OEM engine calibration and performance engineer (still do it as a consultant), their are numerous production gate levels in which both hardware, software and components are changing from prototype to production-like to production-level parts and all along the way, you'll find little bug and tweaks to get sorted out in the test cell and chassis.
I am not taking away from the fact that there is an obvious issue but it could have been something as simple as going to production level GDI injectors that are causing the issues. So now they had the calibration engineers go back, hunt down the root-cause and make a patch to flash. It's actually quite common place, although usually bugs don't show up this soon unless the project was behind schedule and the marketing/$$ guys had already set a deadline and now engineering got screwed...I've NEVER heard/seen that happen
-Micah