Re: Subey WRX

[Mike Zamikhovsky <"MikeZ755@sprintmail.com"@sprintmail.com>]

Mark Nelson wrote:
> 
> So has anybody else looked at some of the stats on that Subaru WRX?
> Maybe one of our European/New Zealander listers has driven one??
> 
> I've been reading the stats, and I have to admit, from what I've read,
> that those are d#&* impressive little cars!!  217HP at 6000 RPM stock
> out of that 2.0L Turbo motor!  I was reading about a car in Australia
> that one guy has, who has done some very minor tweaking with the turbo,
> chip, exhaust, etc., and has got the 0-62 mph time on the car down to
> 5.3 seconds!  You can check out the pictures and stats on the car at
> http://raid.comtech.com.au/OtherWeb/markb/index.htm
> 
> I'd have to admit, depending on price of course, that I would be *very*
> tempted to buy one of these cars if they come stateside, which it is
> rumored Subaru might do.  Considering the WRX 555 rally car (Last year)
> makes 330HP with a 34 mm restrictor, I wouldn't doubt that you could get
> some serious power out of one these cars.  Hmmmm...what do you all
> think?  BTW, I'm not trying to start a flame war here =).
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Mark Nelson
> ================================================================
> markn@brls.com
> Borealis Technology Corp.
> SQA Engineer
> http://www.brls.com
> Incline Village, Nevada
> Carson City, Nevada
> 
> 1990 Audi S2 Quattro (Building for SCCA Pro Rally)
> 
> Past Audis: 1987 5000CSTQ, 1987 5000CSTQW
> ================================================================Hi Mark.
I finally got to rally my Toyota. I ran first divisinal at STPR. First 
stage was rough because I was uncomfortable in my seat. Than I removed 
some cage padding and things got better. I completed 4 stages and than my 
transmission cooler hose broke and I stopped. My car wiring was finished 
last minute and I barely made it to the rally. I had to drive at night to 
get there and went through tech late. Sad to report that Bruno crashed 
his GropeB car, but didn't get hurt. He rolled on stage 3 and we were all 
 delayed several minutes untill they cleared him out. I hope he repares 
it on time for Bay De Chalour rally in Canada. I wanted to go and service 
his car there. Hank Joy rolled but continued to service where Murry 
replaced his windchield and front struts. He crashed his Evo again later 
on and DNF. John Buffum drove well as allways but crashed slightly and 
had a small fire when Aeroquip turbo oil supply line broke he DNF too.
Carl finally won. By the way his ford is WRC shell, not GrpA. He tried 
hard. I don't know if your shell is done yet, but I hope you noticed 
latest methods to prevent A pillar caving in case of crash. Carl's Ford 
and Paul's Hundai have it . John's old S2 did not have it. It was only 
invented last summer. I can fax you a scatch if you want. My Celica has 
it. 
4KTQ driven by Camp did well. He ran all the way in top five at the end. 
I don't know how he finished.
    
As for WRX it is better for rally than any Audi will ever be. GpA WRX not 
even Prodrive but privatly well built Clubman GrpA is a better car than 
GrpB Audi. It is lighter and drivetrain choices are better. It is the 
reason why nobody rallyes Audi in Europe any more. For us here on this 
level using stock junk parts it still possible and cost effective. For 
this reason I went with Toyota which now has same 215 hp as old WRX. New 
WRX has 285hp (latest homologation spetial). I can easely purchase bolt 
on rally parts that you will never be able to fabricate for your Audi. 
Down side of my Toyota however is  cost. By the way Paul's car doesn't 
have any WRC parts on it. Everything including his trandmission was 
either built by John or privatly in England. His trans is not X Track but 
simple dog box. This is also available for my car and I hope to get it 
some day.
Best of luck .
Mike Zamikhovsky.