I can’t wait to watch WRC in high-definition.
Starting in October, the Discovery Channel HD will be covering the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), showing every round weekly! They’re also going to be airing WRC related content and news. Imagine Loeb drifting through corners in the mountains with no guard rails in 1080i, 5.1 digital surround high-definition format. I’ve got the television and the audio equipment to take full advantage of the technology and am rather…
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Subaru announced its participation in the 37th 24-Hour Race of Nurburgring with its new Imprezea STi last April and I’ve been patiently waiting to see what’s become of it. Well, apparently in car videos started circulating back in May; I’m late to the party! I think the video is definitely worth checking out. Supposedly STi is collecting and testing data to improve the STi’s development (perhaps to compensate for being out…
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When you drive a Subaru, you simply have a natural affinity for motorsports and rally in particular. Most people had never even heard of it until it showed up in the X Games, but even then, what you see in the X Games is kind of like miniature golf. It’s not quite on par with the real thing (har har) and to see for yourself, click the image above to watch…
Cosworth Subaru EJ25 STi short block.
Sometimes I really hate my car and I really hate racing it. That’s what I like to tell myself anyway so that I feel a little less guilty when I’m about to stuff a miniature gold mine into my engine bay. Apparently about a month or two ago when I was at Willow Springs, I overheated so badly with the stock radiator that my heads lifted a little and I…
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When I first heard that Ken Block was getting into rally, I honestly wasn’t impressed. Even when he started getting pretty good at it, I thought he was still in Pastrana’s shadow, who I wasn’t really fond of either. Not that I’m an expert opinion or anything like that, but when you compare to the likes of Sebastian Loeb or even Petter Solberg, it’s just hard to look at it the…
