How tough is this boxer engine?

[djmm]

Thanks guys. If that whirring sound is the fan, it must mean that the fan is only programmed to kick in after certain RPM as I don't hear it when driving normally.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by djmm

Thanks guys. If that whirring sound is the fan, it must mean that the fan is only programmed to kick in after certain RPM as I don't hear it when driving normally.

Oh, I'd say the fan is programmed to kick in when the water temperature reaches a certain temperature ..... regardless if RPM.....

humfrz

[s2d4]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Of course, wives know more that husbands. If you don't believe that ..... you are either not married ...... or miserable or soon to be made miserable.......

lol, I specifically didn't marry one that would be like that.

[Kwaziekeller]

You should be fine, so long as you're not getting any knock. A lot of engines will knock under load at low rpms, not saying it's overly harmful, but just something to be aware of. I usually drop it down a few gears to get into the powerband if I'm going to suddenly accelerate from cruising.

[VacantSky]

I have 28,000 miles on my car, and while a lot of it is highway... it sees redline often, and a lot of spirited driving. Redline is there for a reason, as is the rev limiter.

While probably not expected to sit at 7000+ rpm's its entire life, during Subaru and Toyotas collaboration on the design of the engine and management system they probably expect the car to be beaten on, often. And have built it to a degree of being able to take that on a somewhat regular basis without premature failure.

[FR-S Guy]

Originally Posted by djmm

My wife mentioned to me a couple of times while I was driving that I treated my car badly due to the way I drove.
I drive like normal most of the time but I sometime floor it all of a sudden after driving normally for most of the trip. This is mostly to beat the traffic lights or to prevent some inconsiderate aggressive numnuts from cutting into my lane.

lolwut?

[Cal3000]

There is a safety factor in engine design. The redline is 7.4k. I'm sure the engine is designed to run safely well above that.
I don't work in automotive, but I'm sure engines undergo some rigorous testing.

[Mini Cooper S]

Originally Posted by Cal3000

There is a safety factor in engine design. The redline is 7.4k. I'm sure the engine is designed to run safely well above that.
I don't work in automotive, but I'm sure engines undergo some rigorous testing.

Do you really have a Panda Frs? I plan to wrap it in the future. Can you tell me the ballpark figure?

[Frishkorn]

Originally Posted by Mini Cooper S

Do you really have a Panda Frs? I plan to wrap it in the future. Can you tell me the ballpark figure?

I'm also interested in a ballpark figure to do this in vinyl. Sadly I don't think there is one single place in Pittsburgh that does these type of vinyl wraps.

[bcj]

That's the "Italian Tune Up"

Need to flog it once in a while to knock dust out of the corners.

[root]

We called that blowing the carbon out. And actually it did that with my parents Corolla. After years and years of running at less than 3000 rpm, teen son gets into it and flogs it up to redline, emiting a big black cloud out the exhaust. Was good after that!

Originally Posted by bcj

That's the "Italian Tune Up"

Need to flog it once in a while to knock dust out of the corners.

[DandoX]

Im rough on mine and put about 30k on her in about a year without any problems at all. It's good to give it the beans every now and again and rev her up to keep the engine running nicely.

[strat61caster]

30k miles and I've slammed into the rev limiter a few times when I had my mind on other things (merging onto the freeway, finding the braking point for turn one at thunderhill).

This engine can sound nasty when you wring it out, especially to someone used to an automatic econo-box never surpassing 3.5k rpm during it's entire lifespan. Drive the piss out of it, that's what it was meant for.

[pantdino]

Originally Posted by Cal3000

There is a safety factor in engine design. The redline is 7.4k. I'm sure the engine is designed to run safely well above that.
I don't work in automotive, but I'm sure engines undergo some rigorous testing.

This is NOT true. Remember energy increases with the square of velocity.
Your engine might survive a trip above redline and it might not.