How Boxer Engines Work (In 60 Seconds)

Boxer engines are popular engines used in Subaru and Porsche cars, such as the Subaru WRX STi and Porsche 911 GT3. The engines have cylinders that lay flat (not to be confused with a 180 degree V engine), giving them a low center of gravity, and due to the design, they have low engine vibration. These unique engine designs are currently only used by Porsche, Subaru, and Toyota in production cars.

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[lastnamefirstname]

I love your humor man “high performance dream cars like the porsche 911 gt3 and the crosstrek” 😂

[flowkes]

u doing the subaru joke twice is what got me😂😂😂

[techmsl]

Finally someone who gives the Crosstrek the respect it deserves

[peterjamieson]

I was expecting you to say STi...but no the Crosstrek 😂

[cgillespie]

I can confirm that the crosstrek will get me to many more places I want to be than some frivolous 911. Certified dream car.

[deang]

“Dream cars like the Subaru Crosstrek” 😂🤣😂

[PhantomPhaze]

He just called the crosstrek a high performance dream car

[sabereaseera]

Down sides: takes a whole ass day to change your spark plugs

[PYRTMPLAR]

I love that you have a 3d printed working engine for teaching and showing practical examples. It’s awesome

[DidWeDoThat-]

I just gotta say those 3D printed engine models are bad ass. Really helps visualize what your are explaining.

[samsimington]

As the relative of someone who owns a Subaru I wasn't expecting a car as common as the Crosstreck to be considered high performance enough to have a boxer engine

[amadeurafael]

Agreed, also they are both blue wich makes it even more compelling...

[waynewynnx]

Boxer engine is the main reason I bought my dream car. Cabin smooth and quiet like a Rolls Royce, exhaust sounds like a F1 car, flat around turns like a McLaren P1, powerful like a Chiron.

Love my 2018 Subaru XV Crosstrek 😍

[Farahcarrera]

I was in an old coworker’s car which was a regular Impreza. To my surprise, the engine was buttery-smooth with little to no vibrations whatsoever unlike an inline 4.

[followyourbliss]

I appreciate the shout out on the crosstrek 😂😂 my car 🤣

[bojiggles]

I died laughing when he said Subaru for high performance ☠️☠️☠️

[rdsledge]

I had a BMW motorcycle that was a flat two cylinder boxer. Yep it was running. Loved it👍

[thentantt]

“How smooth these engines are” as I sit in my sti that always feels like it’s misfiring

[EdwardThomasCigar]

My understanding was a lot of the boxer sound on the Subaru engines comes from non-equal length headers. Run equal length headers and then they sound much like any other 4 cyl.