Why did the serpentine belt have to get so crazy? Is that really better than just having two belts on a wider crank pulley? Also, is that the water pump getting driven by the serp belt now too? I guess it would if the motor's gone over to a timing chain.
Oh, and F that oil filter location. I hope that cup it sits in is deep enough to act like a drain, or oil changes are going to be messy. At least the filter isn't wrapped by exhaust headers anymore.
Seems like a lot of changes not to have included direct injection. I guess it's supposed to be coming still, but why bother with an interim version? This thing only gets 1mpg better mileage than the motor it replaces due to the sloppy drivetrain, no? They should have waited a year and released a DI version of this motor in conjunction with the switch to all CVT or 6MT gearboxes. Something tells me, 2011 Forester owners are basically going to be beta testing this motor for reliability.
Aside from all my negativity, it's nice to see Subaru finally got around to building a modern flat 4.