Whats the difference???

[suba-rude]

Ok I might sound like a complete idiot but what do you guy meen when you have a B4 legacy and all that. For instance i have a 95 Legacy L what do you call that?

[SilentRacer]

japanese model code for your legacy in japan.

[Huffer]

Ok I might sound like a complete idiot but what do you guy meen when you have a B4 legacy and all that. For instance i have a 95 Legacy L what do you call that?

B4 = boxer flat four engine
Legacy = model of car

ie. Honda Civic = I4 Vtec Civic

B4 also was a Japanese designation for the type of Legacy. eg.
B4 RSK
B4 GT

But "B4" basically just means "boxer engine flat four".

[Plays_with_Toys]

If you look at your VIN you'll find BD buried in there. It's a chassis code.

There's a thread about it in SL-i 101. The B4 was a special edition BE (read 2000-04 legacy sedan) available in japan.

[shazapple]

I've never heard of B4 standing for boxer flat four. I've always used H4, Horizontally opposed 4 cylinder

[rougeben83]

B4 = top of the line trim of legacy with the bi-turbos. JDM savy guys like to get parts from it to make their US cars feel special :)

H4 = 4 cylinder boxer engine.

I've never heard of anyone using B4 to connote a horizontally opposed engine.

[SilentRacer]

The full name of this model is:
Subaru Legacy BE5 B4 RSK Blitzen
http://www.bibika.ru/photo/w302622/36a67f95f92f41202b.jpg
http://www.bibika.ru/photo/w302622/d46b88140eb8673d68.jpg

[deadlydave]

H4 = 4 cylinder boxer engine.

I've never heard of anyone using B4 to connote a horizontally opposed engine.

That's how subaru got the abbreviation: Boxer 4 Cylinder. :smile: And the blitzen version was a joint venture with porche: Porche-designed Aero parts and brakes, amonst other things.

[suba-rude]

ok at least i'm not in the dark now. thanks guys! :smile:

[rougeben83]

H4 = 4 cylinder boxer engine.

I've never heard of anyone using B4 to connote a horizontally opposed engine.

That's how subaru got the abbreviation: Boxer 4 Cylinder. :smile: And the blitzen version was a joint venture with porche: Porche-designed Aero parts and brakes, amonst other things.

Yeah, but that's just typical marketing guys having no idea wtf to call things.

I mean, you go up to any guy with semi-decent automotive knowledge and ask about a 'B4' engine and you'll just get :smt104

I'll just leave B4 as the trim, and H4 as the engine layout, it saves the confusion :)

[deadlydave]

Yea, marketing people are...special.

Suba-rude, we're all glad to help.

[suba-rude]

thanks again :grin:

[Monkhouse]

That's how subaru got the abbreviation: Boxer 4 Cylinder. :smile:

That can't be true. I have a legacy BE, it's a boxer 4 cylinder, but it's not a B4.

[deadlydave]

the wikipedia entry says that all legacies were badged B4 in Israel. I don't know how much to trust it though.

My earlier information was from Grand Tourismo 2. Take it or leave it, i guess. I've read it somewhere else too, but can't seem to find my source.

You could always just slap a B4 badge on anyway. :cool:

[rougeben83]

You could always just slap a B4 badge on anyway. :cool:

Oh wow, that would be original!! Wait a minute... :smt081

Anyway, I wouldn't worry about such minutia, like I said, just stick to what most people commonly know as the "B4" model...eg. JDM, twin turbo with the 4k valley of death :twisted:... and no one will be confused.

[subyluvr2212]

I think any performance model Legacy sedan past the BC in Japan is called the B4, as there are BD B4's, BE B4's, and BL B4's.