Forester 2.0 XT Turbo 2002 Questions

[V8RX7]

Hi,

I'm looking at these for use as a fun(ish) winter hack.

I have a couple of questions:

The one I'm looking at has 120k on it - are these more reliable than the Imprezas which I'm told have crank issues circa 80k

What is the BHP - I thought they were 170 the seller swears it's 219
EDIT - please note it is the LATER VERSION that changed on the 02/03

Any issues with them I should be aware of ?

Thanks

Edited by V8RX7 on Monday 9th September 12:06

[V8RX7]

Thanks they seemed to change model on 02/03 and this is the later model.

Google is a disaster showing everything from 125 (I presume they've mistakenly picked up the non turbo) to 177 which I believe is the older model, upwards.

I'd be happy with 20+mpg

[V8RX7]

Ved said:

I have a 2003 model SG and I think you're looking at a SF. Pretty similar though. It's not 220 it's 174.

They are no more or less reliable than the Impreza as they're 90% the same car. My SG is on 110,000 with no issues other than my thicker ARBs beating up a lower arm requiring a replacement. Thats all I've had to do and get about 28mpg out of it. Magnificent cars.

The only things to look out for are the usual things like knocking at idle, blue smoke on boost, a crunchy gear change at high revs and a full service history.

This is the later version so I presume it's the SG too.

So is yours still 174bhp ?

As I have now found 217 quoted on Wiki - which is to be infallible