Subaru Build Featured Subaru Impreza 2.5RS - Best Inexpensive Brake Upgrade When I bought my 2000 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS, I immediately wanted to see what kind of brake upgrades I could do. Since I was building a rally car, I needed to fit 15" wheels to use rally tires since 16" rally tires are very expensive and hard
Subaru Build Featured Fitting Subaru WRX Brakes with 15" Wheels Typically you want to be able to fit 15" wheels when building a rally car. 16" rally tires are very expensive and hard to get. The option that most people choose are the JDM 4-piston front calipers and the JDM 2-piston rear calipers, also known as the 4-pot
Subaru Build Featured From Junker to Rally Car - Part 4 - Clutch and Transmission This was definitely the highest priority repair I needed to make on the car. My first question was: "Which clutch and flywheel should I get?". I did not need a crazy, unsprung, ceramic clutch for the car because I will not be adding too much power to the
Subaru Build Featured From Junker to Rally Car - Part 3 - Suspension Reinforcement Moving along to the suspension from part 2, the next task on the list was replacing all of the suspension bushings. Because this is a race car, I chose to get polyurethane bushings of course. I bought a kit from Prothane. Some of the bushings were for a GD WRX,
Subaru Build From Junker to Rally Car - Part 2 - Rust After buying the car in Part 1, I was eager to get started on the car. I wanted to fix all of the problems right away, and I was determined to make it just like new. I started to do a lot of disassembly from the back of the car
Subaru Build From Junker to Rally Car - Part 1 My rally car has come a long way since I bought it in October 2015. In this post, we will take a walk down memory lane to see how far we've come. This picture was from the original Craigslist post. A 2000 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS 5 speed
Subaru Build 5 Reasons Why Air Lift 1000 Air Bags Are Amazing 1. Improved Stopping Distance When I first towed my rally car with my Nissan Pathfinder, I had to be extremely careful with my following distance. There was so much sag in the rear of the SUV that it affected breaking efficiency. Most of the braking power is on the front
Subaru Build Featured Roof and Body Repair After STPR, we had a bit of a tumble.... This was a quite a lengthy repair, but I was ready to tackle it. The first step was trying to find a 4 door Subaru Impreza without a sunroof at a scrap yard. After waiting for about one and a half
Subaru Build Rally Radiator Support and Frame Rail Reinforcement "Damn, didn't see that coming." These words ran through my head as I nosedived at NJ's Raceway Park Rallysprint back in April. This event is half dirt, half tarmac, and I expected it to be good practice for me. The dirt section was modified
Subaru Build Subaru Steering Quickener Installation Today, I will walk you through my steering quickener installation for my Subaru Impreza 2.5RS Rally Car. I have been contemplating this installation in the past, but after the BMR Rallycross I felt that it was necessary. Before, my mindset was, if you need that much constant steering effort,
Subaru Build First Vinyl Wrap Experience Today, I will share with all of you my first vinyl wrapping experience. I knew it would be difficult before I even bought the vinyl, but I knew that a few little mistakes would make the car look hundreds of times better than without it. A wrinkle here and there
Subaru Build Waste Management Winter Rally 2017 Preparation I signed up for Waste Management Winter Rally (WMWR) this year. Last year, I was a co-driver for Derek James for this event, I even made a video! I am very excited to run this event since I have two co-driving experiences with the Waste Management stages. The car and
Subaru Build Subaru Impreza 2.5RS Rally Car Specs - January 2017 UPDATE: I added Amazon links so the products are much easier to find online. Here is my current list of modifications to my rally car. Obviously, I will share any new modifications along the way on this blog. Just to get this out of the way, I am running the
