This 600WHP Subaru Impreza Revs To 12,000rpm, And We're In Love
We’re pretty certain you won’t have seen a Subaru Impreza like this before. It may look like a boggo, first-generation ‘LX’ from the outside, but under the skin, it’s anything but ordinary.
Under the bonnet you’ll find a de-stroked EJ boxer-four, which is capable of revving to 12,000rpm. Yes, 12,000. Boosted by a single Garrett GTW3884 turbocharger, it’s good for ‘600+’ wheel horsepower, making this stripped-out, 1100kg car rather rapid.
It’s essentially a testbed for Australia tuning company GotitRex, which is why it’s still running the factory-fitted five-speed manual gearbox. As a consequence, it’ll now do 140mph in third gear…
Hat tip to Lewis Kingston
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
If you want to know how a boxer engine sounds like apart from a rumble this is what it sounds like
Just don’t over rev it
RIP 4AGE
Insert sad violin here
Beware…
Comment of the week!
Blyatiful
Lets just hope subaru pays attention.
Sleeper
Time for a classic
Just don’t over rev it.
Is that by any chance from Initial D?
Damn
The moment the engine goes north of 6k…