The 3.0 liter 6 cylinder vehicles problem lies in cooling - not engine, transmission, braking. I would research and verify the 3.6 isn't similar in that regard, i doubt it's cooling capacity is much different than the 3.0, that's how Subaru designs and builds stuff - they don't change very much. Subaru's = Lego's.
I have a recent thread about towing a 950 pound boat (and trailer, gear, etc - 2,000+ pounds no doubt). It was not even close to being able to go up the grades - it was running hot. Had to be very careful about speed, could not run A/C (really sweet at 97 degrees and humid) and had to run the heat on HIGH to dump enough heat to keep it from overheating.
I am not sure so you should check but my suspicions would be that the 3.6 engine doesn't have much different cooling capacity.
If you're not climbing grades it's far less of an issue - you can tow twice the limit of the car - but if yo'ure pulling grades in high heat, A/C, with a load (people, gear, gas, trailer, batteries, etc) - I'd be worried about the cooling limits being pushed.
Which really sucks because there's no way to measure that or verify what it "can" and "can not" do.
I have a recent thread about towing a 950 pound boat (and trailer, gear, etc - 2,000+ pounds no doubt). It was not even close to being able to go up the grades - it was running hot. Had to be very careful about speed, could not run A/C (really sweet at 97 degrees and humid) and had to run the heat on HIGH to dump enough heat to keep it from overheating.
I am not sure so you should check but my suspicions would be that the 3.6 engine doesn't have much different cooling capacity.
If you're not climbing grades it's far less of an issue - you can tow twice the limit of the car - but if yo'ure pulling grades in high heat, A/C, with a load (people, gear, gas, trailer, batteries, etc) - I'd be worried about the cooling limits being pushed.
Which really sucks because there's no way to measure that or verify what it "can" and "can not" do.
