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.
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BEWARE Australians: Do not race any stock-looking imprezas by any chance it would be this monster.
your Holden will be put to shame.
That’s looks exactly my car! Except for the paint, 600 hp, 11k rpm, wheels, lololol
This guy can too… just he blows up.
just don’t use it as a tofu delivery vehicle and race another impreza…
tuning company Go tit Rex?
Looks great
That’s some serious power
Why? Because Australia
Why does it sound so much like a honda b16b from the inside?
wonder how many heads they go through