The Truth About Boxer Engine Cars

Boxer engine car review. The Truth About Boxer Engine Cars, FYI and car review with Scotty Kilmer. Boxer engine explained. How boxer engine works. Boxer engine vs piston engine, which is better? Subaru boxer engine explained. Porsche boxer engine explained. VW Beetle boxer engine explained. Buying a boxer engine car. Modern boxer engines. Should I buy a boxer engine car? The history of the boxer engine. Car Advice. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 50 years.

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[one_Racing]

"Its basically an old design"
You mean, like a piston engine?

[scmb]

I have 2 Subarus. A 4 and a 6. The sounds of both is wicked cool and the reliability has been 100%. The boxer design is awesome. Big props to Porsche and Subaru for sticking with it.

[ImuhMusician]

I bought my 99 Impreza with 200, 000 miles on it and have put many more on it. All I've had to do was a water pump so far. I was scared with all the headgasket stories but I absolutely love my Subaru and wouldn't trade it for anything. They're also surprisingly easy to work on too.

[patricklee]

I've owned 3 Subarus over a 40 year period and they are one of the most reliable cars on the planet.

[mrlt]

Just remember kids if it's not an early - mid 90s Toyota it's the worst car ever.

[WifeBTR]

Subaru boxer rumble is caused by unequal exhaust manifold lengths.
My 2006 WRX has 306, 000 miles. Original engine, transmission, head gasket, and CLUTCH.

[glahome]

My 2004 Subi WRX Turbo was very fast and crazy reliable. I sold it, all original, with no repairs to the engine other than the standard stuff such as alternator, belts, water pump, timing chain and associated bearings, and I sold it still running good with with 340K miles on it. Take care of your car and it will take care of you! Good vid, thank you!!

[TheSwiftMoving]

Fun fact: the inline 4 cylinder was invented before the boxer engine. So going by your logic the inline 4 is older technology.

[chefinavan]

Many years ago I had an Alfa Romeo 33 ti (boxer engine).
And now a Subaru Impreza .... There is indeed something enchanting about them .

[vaforce]

Reasons why boxers are great engines:
1) lower center of gravity for better handling
2) they can produce reasonable HP and torque if engineered correctly
3) Today’s boxer engine are fuel efficient and smoother than yesterday’s boxer that Scotty is talking about.
Drive a new Subaru! You’ll be impressed.

[petergoesinya]

The head gasket issue that Subaru had was because of a defective head gasket they put on the cars but they haven't used that head gasket for more than a decade

[hellopolly]

Hi Scotty,
I have a 2010 Subaru Forester. With a normal gearbox. It's the most reliable car I have had since my 1970 Toyota Corolla which was great..

[jasona]

I have a Subaru with 182, 000 miles, it's been 100% reliable! So it may be old, but so is my 1911 pistol. Doesn't mean it doesn't work!

[autoworld]

Its interesting to me that Scotty downplays the significance of the boxer engine since Porsche has won dozens of motorsports championships and that they are almost exclusively used by all small aircraft worldwide...not to mention that Subaru won the world rally car championship for several years with this boxer engine...

[adrianadrian]

I’ve driven most 4x4s, in bad conditions, in the Pacific Northwest, nothing is as good as a Subaru. A massive part of that is because on twisty, hilly roads the boxer engine sits low between the front tires. It’s not trying to breakaway on corners. When it snows in my area, Subarus are just about the only vehicles out and about (and there are a lot here!)

[t_z]

Scotty strikes me as the kind of guy who decided he knew everything 20 years ago, and hasn't learned anything since. I have had old timer mechanics just like him tell me authoritatively that placing a car battery on concrete will make it discharge - something that hasn't been true since we stopped making the casings out of wood.

Hey Scotty, if you took a V6 engine, and made the V angle 180 degrees does that engine instantaneously become outdated? Of course not, because the boxer/180 degree engine is technologically the same as a V or inline engine. The main reason most manufacturers stick with an inline or V layout is for packaging. The boxer can be mounted low, but it takes up a large area and pretty much leaves you no option but to mount it longitudinally. That means you get the triple whammy of a large engine bay, a transmission tunnel and rear diff that has to fit under your car - all that takes up a lot of space. Your typical manufacturer will instead take an upright engine, and cram it transversely with a transaxle into the shallowest possible engine bay to maximise the amount of cabin space they're left with.

And this isn't 2001 any more, Subaru aren't making EJ25s with graphite coated gaskets. They are no more prone to head gasket problems than any other vehicle.

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wait til i tell you when the wheel was invented

[SirJamestheIII]

Porsche was thinking about ditching the 911 entirely and replacing it with the 928. Has nothing to do with the boxer engine. A flat 6 still got the gt2 rs around the ring in record time. The V engine predates the boxer by 8 years so do we call v configurations "old technology?" Also until Porsche 919 broke the record, the 962 also had the overall record with a flat 6 and was the most successful endurance car of its time. Boxer engines were great for endurance racing for reliability.

[philliptoone]

5:19 That moment you are grateful you are watching Scotty on YouTube rather than in person. Say it don't spray it. :)