NA vs XT manual offroad

[thunder039]

I've got a turbo at home you can use. Stick in the boot like I did once. I had to take it out when the insurance company said I had not told them the car had a turbo. No, the real story was it was with some other gear in the boot and I forgot about it.

i spose i could just make the turbo sounds when i drive :lol:

 

[taza]

i spose i could just make the turbo sounds when i drive :lol:

I have the sound of an ea81 thrashing aroundonb a cd in my foz. Lol

 

[El_Freddo]

But can the dual range gearbox take the turbo power and torque? There must be a reason Subaru has doesn't fit them to turbos.

Simple. They don't come factory with a turbo because some muppet would drop it into low range and drop the clutch. There won't be any wheel spinning sounds but plenty of crunch and grinding sounds I'm sure. It might not happen the first time, but it will happen

they can take the power apparently as long as dont hammer the gearbox, which to me seems pointless in buying the turbo if you cant have any fun :iconwink:

You can hammer the gearbox, like any subaru box you've got to still look after them - anything will break with too much abuse! Just don't go hammering a dual range gearbox when in low range, you'll either smash first/second or the low range!

to me the low range just makes up for the lack of low range power from the NA rather then for rock crawling. if i had more low end power i doubt i would use mine very often. for example when i 4x4 in my brumby due to the low end torque i very rarely use the lowrange maybe once or twice

This also depends on the type of offroading! Low range is the mechanical way to increase torque, it's there for a reason and sometimes not there for a reason, namely to cover subaru's arse when a new car's gearbox goes bang due to some muppet doing something stupid in low range (on the bitumen) with one of subaru's performance engines.

Personally, I'm looking for more low range, especially if it can be done after the gearbox but before the centre diff (for the AWD crew). Having the low range gearing after the gearsets means less stress on the teeth of your driving gears. Hope this makes sense, it does in my mind!

Back on topic though, another thing to add about the NA or the XT for offroading - it comes down the one base line - what you can afford to begin with; I'm not just talking about the price of the car, I'm also talking about the up keep in terms of maintenance and filling the fuel tank!

Cheers

Bennie

 

[thunder039]

This also depends on the type of offroading! Low range is the mechanical way to increase torque, it's there for a reason and sometimes not there for a reason, namely to cover subaru's arse when a new car's gearbox goes bang due to some muppet doing something stupid in low range (on the bitumen) with one of subaru's performance engine

very true i was simply talking for the average driver, and for the average driver or even myself in most circumstances i would go for the extra power of the xt over the low range of the N/A, but as i said this for the average user not hardcore offroading then i would choose the low range N/A