Syncro Doka Subaru turbo

[wightsyncro]

About a year or so ago I bought my Syncro Doka with a smoky old 1.9td and ever since have had problems with the engine.
I recently picked up a cheap Impreza turbo with a good engine and im seriously considering the swap. So I thought I'd ask a few questions first.
Has anyone on here got a EJ20 turbo in a syncro?
How does it drive?
Im keen to use mine to tow a car on a trailer, has anyone tried this?
What kind of cruising speed,fuel economy and acceleration did you achieve?

Thankyou in advance for your help. Dan

[..lee..]

lots of power for the syncro box i`d speak to aiden to see if it could handle it.

[wightsyncro]

Do you think that its to powerful then?
Did I see somebody running a 5 pot Audi diesel engine? Surely that would have as much torque?
Who's Aiden? (please forgive my ignorance, im not a regular and fairly new)

[syncropaddy]

Aidan is all things gearboxes and you find him here

http://www.aidantalbot.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[toomanytoys]

Impreza 2L engine too peaky and 200+ bhp... if you wound the boost down a bit (Forester turbo like... 160) ought to be better... but lots of heat to get rid of..
2.5 non turbo engine is a better bet..

[syncroandy]

Wouldn't the turbo be too near the fuel tank ?

[toomanytoys]

Poss Andy... legacy twin turbo engines ARE a problem, cant remember Impreza ones...

[wightsyncro]

Thanks for the link Paddy

Wouldn't the turbo be too near the fuel tank ?

Intresting point, do you have a 2.5 subaru engine in yours Andy?
What does it drive like?
Would you be comfortable towing a car with it?

[syncrowjoker]

Do it right, get a 3.3 svx motor

[wightsyncro]

Do it right, get a 3.3 svx motor

That'd be great, a massive improvement on the diesel. I didnt even realize Subaru made such a big engine.

[sandwedge]

How about this as an option http://www.boxerdiesel.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Not heard of anyone using the boxer for a VW conversion yet.

[syncroandy]

I think those motors use Canbus, which would make getting one into a T3 a major challenge. Same for the later petrols after 2001-ish if I remember right.

[sandwedge]

Wouldnt the system of engine management be stand alone once started?

[syncroandy]

Er, no. In a modern vehicle the ECU is linked to many other subsystems between which various dependencies exist. Canbus is a digital network. Separating the engine subsystem would require access to very sophisticated equipment and the Subaru microcode. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canbus.

[v-lux]

So does that make it near impossible to put a boxer diesel into one of our vans Andy?