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EK31 engine of Subaru 360. The 360 featured an air-cooled, two-stroke inline 2-cylinder 356 cc engine mounted transversely at the rear, and was introduced March 3, 1958. [2]As with many other small two-stroke gas-engined cars, oil needed to be premixed with the petrol (gasoline), with the fuel tank lid serving as a measuring cup.
Since its introduction, the Sambar has used a rear engine, rear wheel drive layout with body-on-frame rather than unibody construction. The first two generations used the air-cooled engine from the Subaru 360 and later generations used the water-cooled engine from the Subaru Rex, Vivio and the Pleo. Four-wheel drive became optional in 1980.
Subaru Alcyone VX. Created as a refined luxury engine with improved power over the EA82T, Subaru introduced the ER27 engine in November 1985 for the Subaru ACX-II concept car, shown at the Tokyo Motor Show and billed as the 'concept car of the near future.' [2] The concept went into production as the Subaru Alcyone VX (Subaru XT6 in North America) in August 1987, [3] the exclusive application ...
Since the engine is typically the heaviest component of the car, putting it near the rear axle usually results in more weight over the rear axle than the front, commonly referred to as a rear weight bias. The farther back the engine, the greater the bias. Typical weight bias for an FF (front engine, front-wheel-drive) is 65/35 front/rear; for ...
The locking strength can vary from fully open to fully locked [27] with a 41/59 front/rear open torque bias. The STI hatchback was released in the United States in March 2008. A Subaru Impreza WRX STI Group R4 was entered in the 2012 FIA Asia-Pacific Rally. [28] In 2010 for the 2011 model year, the WRX STI became available as a four-door.
For the first time in a Subaru engine, the centerlines of the cylinder bores do not intersect with the crankshaft axis to reduce friction during the piston downstroke; instead, there is a crank offset of 8 mm (0.31 in). Overall thermal efficiency is 40% due to the adoption of lean-burn combustion with an excess air ratio (λ) of 2. [32]
In automobile design, a rear-engine design layout places the engine at the rear of the vehicle. The center of gravity of the engine itself is behind the rear axle. This is not to be confused with the center of gravity of the whole vehicle, as an imbalance of such proportions would make it impossible to keep the front wheels on the ground.
Subaru Jo-Car (1987) Subaru SVX (1989, entered production as the Alcyone SVX) Subaru SRD-1 (Experimental design study introduced in 1990) Subaru Amadeus (1991, shooting-brake version of the SVX) Subaru CM1 (1991) Subaru Hanako (1991) Subaru Rioma (1991) Subaru Jusmin (1993) Subaru Sagres (1993) Subaru Suiren (1993, concept replacement for the ...