Number of posts : 7510 Age : 36 Location : Cheltenham Registration date : 2008-07-03
Subject: Subaru 'TRAX' STi Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:11 am
Do you live in snow capped mountians of rural Cheltenham?
Do you struggle for traction in anything but a Discovery.... but it's just not quick enough??
Then try this... The new Subaru Trax STi...
Quote :
US Subaru rally driver and general all-round mentalist Ken Block is back, this time with what is possibly the ultimate snow vehicle - a very much winter-ready WRX STi.
It's called the Trax STi and it started life as one of Block's open-class WRX STi rally machines, but with the power of the 2.5-litre turbocharged boxer motor tweaked to 400bhp courtesy of a tweaked Motec ECU. The suspension also got treated to Group N-spec dampers. Oh, and the wheels and tyres were replaced cat tracks...
"The Trax STi is a very fun project for me," says Block. "It combines two of my favourite things in life: driving a rally car in the snow and snowboarding in the powder in the backcountry. Having a house in Utah, I get to enjoy lots of sliding around on the snow, but this project takes that to a whole new level as I can now hit up the backcountry in the fastest snow cat ever."
The result, as you'll be able to see by clicking on the video below, is pretty special. We particularly like the snowy drift around 30 seconds in where Block is playing with understeer and oversteer almost simultaneously...
Special K Can Handle Lift-Off
Number of posts : 922 Age : 44 Location : Hampshire Registration date : 2009-11-07
Subject: Re: Subaru 'TRAX' STi Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:45 am
oh dear...i fear you have too much time on yur hands lol
Norledge Admin
Number of posts : 7510 Age : 36 Location : Cheltenham Registration date : 2008-07-03
Subject: Re: Subaru 'TRAX' STi Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:01 am
Just lining up yet another project
woz_106 Moderators
Number of posts : 5169 Age : 37 Location : in the middle of the road, facing the wrong way Registration date : 2008-07-04
Subject: Re: Subaru 'TRAX' STi Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:07 am
oh my days imagine that at the quarry!!
Special K Can Handle Lift-Off
Number of posts : 922 Age : 44 Location : Hampshire Registration date : 2009-11-07
Subject: Re: Subaru 'TRAX' STi Wed Nov 11, 2009 4:14 am
shame we have no snow covered mountains isn't it ....oh well i'm sure you will think of something lol
