HELP!! my car sounds like a subaru...

[325ix]

never heard a wrx?



which also means trivia time...

who knows why wrx's sound like they do

boxer engine

[bimmer_E30]

i know old thread, but fuck dude that exactly what happend to me with my old 325is black e30...


anyone know how to prevent this from happeining? just adjust the valves to avoid it? i am scared of getting another 325i because of this problem...


here what my e30 sounded like with its broken rocker arm.

[asubimmer]

Why do subarus sound the way they do.. Big bore turbocharged flat 4 cylinder and a big exhaust from the factory..?

nothing to do w/ that. If you were to read the thread then you would get your answer...

[SamE30e]

Why do subarus sound the way they do.. Big bore turbocharged flat 4 cylinder and a big exhaust from the factory..?

[E30FreaK89]

so can i drive my car like this? im going to assume that i can just not fast or hard...?

[Jordan]

Yes, buy 12x new FEBI rockers. They redesigned them many years ago with an extra extrusion on the side to make them stronger. You don't need billet rockers, nor do I think you want to pay $1200 for a set of 12 of them.

You broke a very old rocker arm made of aluminum with who knows how many heat/stress cycles on it. New rockers will serve you well.

Stock springs are perfectly fine till 7100rpm or so, and no NA m20 thats streetable has any business up there as the power band is long gone.

[NC325iC]

i still dont get it... the subaru just sounds badass to me, i watched the video and if my car just started sounding like that i think id thank my lucky stars

[asubimmer]

Lol yea i read that on the internet a moment ago, do you know why they have different length headers? Is there a propper reason other than sound?

because they are single turbo and the motor is an H not an I ;)

[SchnellerVert]

Plug that breaks out of a bore will sound similar to that.

[mtechnik]

Interesting fact about Subaru boxer engines ! thnx


-Once when one my spark plugs was bad it also sounded like a WRX for a day..

People were watching me wondering what the heck i had under the bonnet.. :D

[mark247]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eXrBomWTNEQ <- What a subaru sounds like

They are one of the better sounding 4 cylinders in my opinion.

http://www.stonedrock.com/SSPX0040.3g2 <- What a e30 with a broken rocker sounds like. It's some wierd Quicktime format.

Kinda simular sound eh.

nope

its the headers....

one side is a LOT longer than the other. If you get equal length headers on a wrx it sounds like crap

Lol yea i read that on the internet a moment ago, do you know why they have different length headers? Is there a propper reason other than sound?

[asubimmer]

Boxer engine with horizontally opposed pistons and a massive ass bigbore exhaust with "RICER" stamped all over it, thats why they sound like that =P

nope

its the headers....

one side is a LOT longer than the other. If you get equal length headers on a wrx it sounds like crap ;)

[etxxz]

^^ youtbue

[NC325iC]

i guess i havent heard one enough to understand what sounds like a subaru means

and rather than make you search for stronger rocker arms ill tell you what he means

you either get stock ones or you get billet alum ones for ~1000 dollars for the whole set

[mark247]

ehh....i would'nt consider a STI a ricer considering that they acually go fast....

Did i say STI? There are enough non-turbo automatic subarus around here that sound like the end of the world is coming really fast but dont really move any faster than a 320i... I know some of them are pretty fast, my mates one is 420hp..