I just came across this old article about a replacement for the Audi group-b rally car that, had the project and group B stayed alive, would have taken the Lancias and Peugeots and everyone else to school.
NASIOC’s Top Scoob – race car edition
Top Scoob is a monthly contest put on by the member’s car gallery section of the NASIOC Subaru forums. Normally I don’t pay it too much attention because that particular section has a lot of people who are more into looks than performance, to put things nicely. This month is a bit of an exception because it’s for race cars only, with a mix of privately owned and shop cars from all over the world. If you’re a member, I’d suggest heading over there to vote for your favorite Subaru race car. Here’s a breakdown of the entrants:
Tony Wisenhahn / Turn in Concepts:
Subaru BRZ GT300
And for comparison, here’s the new BRZ GT car as shown on autoblog
Subaru Legacy GT300
Nothing particularly new about this car since it’s raced for two years now, but the mechanicals should give us a hint of what the new BRZ GT300 car will be like. I would expect the biggest change to be the external body work for next year.
Subaru BRZ
The BRZ was just officially released, and user hachiroku over on FT86club posted these pictures from the Tokyo Auto Show:
The upcoming Toyobaru
Here’s the new Subaru/Toyota 2-door:
I’ve been following the news on it, and have made a couple of guess about compatibility with current Subaru parts:
Things you should know about coolant
This will be the first winter my car will spend in a cold climate in a few years, and I realized that my cooling system is in danger of freezing if I don’t add some anti-freeze. This brought me too look up the ideal ratio of water:coolant for cold weather usage, and then lead to much more research on cooling systems and how coolant works. I thought it might be a good idea to share results on how the boiling point, freezing point, and heat transfer ability of coolant change depending on the mixture. Also, this would have been easier if my thermodynamics textbook wasn’t in a storage unit 1000 miles away.
Superlap Battle 2011 Results
Unlimited AWD
1. 1:55.771 – Anthony Szrika – UMS Tuning EVO
2. 2:05.861 – Tarzan Yamada – Crawford STI
Unlimited RWD
1. 1:40.981 – Tyler McQuarrie – FXMD NSX
Unlimited FWD
1. 1.47.394 – Chris Rado – World Racing Scion FWing 2
2. 1:59.477 – Andy Hope – CRX
3. 2:05.280 – Richie Ho – APM Racing RSX
Limited AWD
1. 1:49.124 – Micheal Chang – Evasive EVO
2. 1:50.181 – Ryan Gates – Gates311 EVO
3. 2:02.953 – Taylor Koby D Wilson – Snail Performance 09 WRX
Limited RWD
1. 1:53.221 – Carl Rydquist – Berk Technology 135i
2. 1:53.457 – Tarzan Yamada – Platteform AG E46 M3
3. 1:58.487 – Dave Norton – Spec Clutch 240SX
4. 2:03.745 – Design Craft S2000
Limited FWD
1. 1:55.316 – Tim Kuo – Sportcar Motion Civic
2. 2:02.575 – Damien Cook – Donkey Bop! Civic
3. 2:02.751 – Ryan Novak – Novak HVAC Civic
4. 2:03.185 – FF Squad Civic
5. 2:03.558 – Eibach Civic
6. 2:04.564 – Hasport Civic
Street AWD
1. 1:57.735 – Phillip Chase – Kontrabrands/Evasive Evo
2. 2:04.185 – Tony Fuentes – South Coast Subaru Evo
3. 2:05.623 – Tony Brown – Integrated Performance WRX
4. 2:08.205 – CK Racing Evo
5. 2:11.429 – DC Sports STI
Street RWD
1. 1:57.887 – Rob Walker – Evasive S2000
2. 1:59.066 – Alex Peng – Momofoolio/Novak HVAC S2000
3. 2:00.388 – Terry Liu – Platteform AG Z4M coupe
4. 2:16.744 – Design Craft S2000
Street FWD
1. 1:59.086 – Clint Boisdeau – Apollo Focus
2. 2:02.088 – Renzo Marsano – Sportcar Motion
3. 2:05.053 – Elton Lo – Raceline Type-R
4. 2:08.929 – Michele Abbate – Crawford Scion
5. 2:12.889 – Ariel Crawford – Crawford Scion
6. 2:13.306 – Raceline
Hybrid
1. 2:12.185 – Oscar Jackson Jr. – Jackson Racing CR-Z
Buttonwillow CW13 track records
Here are the updated Buttonwillow Track records after Superlap Battle Final 2011
Unlimited
AWD: 1:41.046 – David Empringham – SSE EVO
RWD: 1:40.981 – Tyler McQuarrie – FXMD NSX
FWD: 1:46.736 – Christian Rado – World Racing FWING Scion 1
Modified
AWD: 1:48.550 – JC Meynet – OMG/AQ STI
RWD: 1:53.221 – Carl Rydquist – Berk Technology 135i
FWD: 1:55.316 – Tim Kuo – Sportcar Motion Type-R
Street
AWD: 1:55.810 – Martin Musial – AMS EVO X
RWD: 1:56.762 – Rob Walker – Evasive S2000
FWD: 1:59.086 – Clint Boisdeau – Apollo Performance Focus
And the top ten times ever:
1. 1:40.981 – Tyler McQuarrie – FXMD NSX
2. 1:41.046 – David Empringham – Sierra Sierra EVO
3. 1:43.523 – Nobuteru Taniguchi – HKS EVO
4. 1:44.372 – Tarzan Yamada – Cusco/Tomei STI
5. 1:44.586 – Jeff Westphal – GST Impreza
6. 1:45.552 – Tarzan Yamada – Crawford STI
7. 1:46.736 – Chris Rado – World FWD Scion 1.0
8. 1:46.829 – Paul Gerrard – AMS EVOX
9. 1:46.893 – Tyler McQuarrie – C-West S2000
10. 1:47.354 – Chris Rado – World FWD Scion 2.0