In exchange for reliability, it drinks 91 octane, but also yields a torquey but linear power band with about 200hp (this one being well used). The H6, with it's timing chains and lack of headgasket issues, should be more reliable in the long run than the EJ (I realize I may have just cursed myself). Which brings me around to the reason for this thread: I intend to transplant the H6 from the Outback into the Forester (and maybe do some other stuff to it too). Fortunately, I happen to know a guy who needs an EJ25 to replace his supercharged one (a rod decided it wanted to explore the great outdoors after he stuck some silencers up it's butt). Not a drop of oil on the block or heads (the seller claimed to haven never touched the head gaskets). The front CVs are bad, the transmission may be bad (or the clutch is bad, but I doubt it), but the interior's okay and the EJ25 has the cleanest underside I've ever seen. Without some aftermarket stereo stuff, the seller and I agreed on $300. So this past weekend I went out to Erving, MA and looked at a Forester. I expect to fit four comfortably in the Forester.
The last part is crucial to me, as I have built some subwoofers that were 15" W x 30" D x 38" T, a size that meant I could only fit two of them in the Outback (lying on their sides with the seats folded down). I have never owned a Forester, nor has my family, but I found them intriguing as they are based on the Impreza chassis (like my friend's supercharged 2.5RS) so they are smaller and more nimble than the Legacy, but simultaneously have more height in the wagon area. This worked out pretty well, except for the really mild winter - I only put 1300 miles on it.Īs nice as the Bean was, I could not stand the automatic transmission I started looking for a Forester. But all the accessories worked, and the H6 was smooth (if leaky) I figured that I could make my money back and would have a floggable winter vehicle in the meantime. Something in the drive shaft was definitely going (it clunked rhythmically between 35-45) and the rear suspension had some issues (I think shocks). The rear subframe had been welded up, the exhaust had been replaced, and it drove straight. It had 246k miles, and the steering rack boots were completely shot. Having grown up in the back of a base model Outback of that generation, I have a general fondness for early 2000 Subarus and jumped on the offer of buying the car for $200 (plus a set of practically new Winterforce snows on steelies for $300).
One of them was a Saab with a blown headgasket, but the other was a 2002 Subaru Outback LL Bean edition. Over last thanksgiving the topic of cars came up and some friends of our family mentioned they were trying to get rid of a couple cars (these are not usually car people).
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