I never knew anything about the WRX until last year. I saw it and thought it looked cool. as i was shopping, i narrowed it down to the new Prius and the new WRX. Once I found out that the WRX required premium gas, i had to pass and I really didn’t want to. I drive about 26k miles per year. The WRX is the most fun I’ve ever had behind the wheel. The way it handles and how responsive it is, is just amazing. If they could make it as is but on regular gas or way more fuel efficient, I would’ve gotten it. And I believe there are so many people that want a car that drives like that but is a bit more fuel friendly. If they can resolve that, they’ll win so many people over. All of that said, I may still trade my Prius for a WRX 😂
@@TheLiberatedMonkey the problem is a lot of performance turbo cars need premium to function well and prevent knock. Most of the regular commuter cars can get away with a bit of knock and reduced power because you arent in it for the power. I totally understand you view as well since if you did get the WRX regardless of the stars mpg you'd still get power. It'll be more fun to drive so you'll floor it more often leading to even more reduced gas mileage 😂
@@HeavyMetalWRX the ol ee20, have heard nothing but mixed things about them, my friend had one for a while and it had done over 300,000kms. Never missed a beat, got fantastic mileage on it. Would love to see a gen 2 outback ee20 diesel swap, that would be interesting
You don’t want it, trust me! Over 90% of them brake down, and you can’t do anything against it, bc it’s just a bad design. Even Subaru gave it up. ( I heard about a guy, who put VW tdi engines into Subarus. )
Noooo it's bad had bad casting so the crank would ride on a bit out of line and snapped the crank or the crank Bridges cracked the block I think it was fixed in euro 6 version but it was too late it was a good motor if you take the issues out of it my father had a 2011 Forester with it and it was powerful and with the 6 speed engaging
I think everyone needs to look at the different Super Taikyu classes to understand why Subaru went this route. That racing series really has 2 groups of classes: the ST-1 to ST-5 which I think is more of an SCCA style modify your own car class vs a class with factory backing. Then there is ST-X which is GT3 cars, ST-Z cars which are GT4, and ST-TCR. The WRX would hit in TCR but if Subaru wanted to complete in that they would need to go through the FIA homologation process which I bet they don't want to spend the money on. Running in ST-Q allows them to have one off factory team, without going through homologation, without pissing off the Pro-Ams in ST-2 and all they have to do is use some bio fuel under the guise of "new energy concepts".
Super awesome if Subaru can continue with this tech. Reminds me of Porsche trying to develop alternative fuels to keep ICE cars alive. Great video Awais!
@@HeavyMetalWRX I've considered that. I'm not sure a carbon fiber trunk lid would be the best idea for the wing, maybe to replace a modified original trunk lid used for the wing. People have issues with wings buckling/warping their trunks because a lot of them don't include stuff that strengthens the lid. Settling for the more aggressive deck lid spoiler from Noble.
Toyota knows the EV just aren't feasible for long term use. They're just too expensive to make a source materials for. EV have a very niche market that may work on small scale delivery or taxi but that's about it.
WTF! They put the STI 6 speed in that car! I can see it in the cabin, cause the shifter boot is missing. It has to be coming back. They did the r&d for it already, no doubt
@@HeavyMetalWRX I just finished the swap in my '23 and the car really should've came this way 😞 just goes to show, when Subaru want OEM power to push around/past 300hp, they never trust the WRX 6 speed haha. This is such a tease if they don't bring this trans back stateside eventually.
it could be functioning off of natural gas, separating the water vapor from the exhaust fumes and converting it into a hydrogen gas to be combusted as well?
I'm all for alternate fuels that are more efficient, but EVs just displace the carbon footprint to another source, with no great benefit to the end-user.
Eventually things will get better. It's difficult to judge because we are only changing one portion of the chain. In time when we place all of them things will be better but the world isn't there yet.
It’s so cool cause Subaru is actually trying to bring the Sti back I love that!!
Hopefully they can figure something out 😭
@@HeavyMetalWRX me too! 😭
I never knew anything about the WRX until last year. I saw it and thought it looked cool. as i was shopping, i narrowed it down to the new Prius and the new WRX. Once I found out that the WRX required premium gas, i had to pass and I really didn’t want to. I drive about 26k miles per year. The WRX is the most fun I’ve ever had behind the wheel. The way it handles and how responsive it is, is just amazing.
If they could make it as is but on regular gas or way more fuel efficient, I would’ve gotten it. And I believe there are so many people that want a car that drives like that but is a bit more fuel friendly. If they can resolve that, they’ll win so many people over.
All of that said, I may still trade my Prius for a WRX 😂
@@TheLiberatedMonkey the problem is a lot of performance turbo cars need premium to function well and prevent knock. Most of the regular commuter cars can get away with a bit of knock and reduced power because you arent in it for the power. I totally understand you view as well since if you did get the WRX regardless of the stars mpg you'd still get power. It'll be more fun to drive so you'll floor it more often leading to even more reduced gas mileage 😂
How are you crosshopping a prius and wrx????
@@ciello___8307 I Mena the new Prius does look pretty bad ass. Id buy one 😂
We want the diesel boxer back 😤
@@Smeedia 😂 I didn't even know that was a thing. I actually just found out we did a diesel swapped Forester build a few years back 👀
@@HeavyMetalWRX the ol ee20, have heard nothing but mixed things about them, my friend had one for a while and it had done over 300,000kms. Never missed a beat, got fantastic mileage on it. Would love to see a gen 2 outback ee20 diesel swap, that would be interesting
You don’t want it, trust me! Over 90% of them brake down, and you can’t do anything against it, bc it’s just a bad design. Even Subaru gave it up.
( I heard about a guy, who put VW tdi engines into Subarus. )
Noooo it's bad had bad casting so the crank would ride on a bit out of line and snapped the crank or the crank Bridges cracked the block I think it was fixed in euro 6 version but it was too late it was a good motor if you take the issues out of it my father had a 2011 Forester with it and it was powerful and with the 6 speed engaging
I think everyone needs to look at the different Super Taikyu classes to understand why Subaru went this route. That racing series really has 2 groups of classes: the ST-1 to ST-5 which I think is more of an SCCA style modify your own car class vs a class with factory backing. Then there is ST-X which is GT3 cars, ST-Z cars which are GT4, and ST-TCR. The WRX would hit in TCR but if Subaru wanted to complete in that they would need to go through the FIA homologation process which I bet they don't want to spend the money on. Running in ST-Q allows them to have one off factory team, without going through homologation, without pissing off the Pro-Ams in ST-2 and all they have to do is use some bio fuel under the guise of "new energy concepts".
This is the first time I even heard of it. Id love to spend some time and learn more. Your write is already more than anything I knew ☠️
Super awesome if Subaru can continue with this tech. Reminds me of Porsche trying to develop alternative fuels to keep ICE cars alive. Great video Awais!
Thank you! Hopefully Subaru can apply some of these lessons to future cars.
I want those gloss black fender flares.
AFD makes them.
@@1101-f6zI don't want the AFD garbage. These or Prodrive would be nice.
My next big purchase for my TR is that STI S4 swan neck wing. Its been tested for effect by STI snd it looks amazing.
The neck is amazing. I want to get a second trunk for it though.
@@HeavyMetalWRX I've considered that. I'm not sure a carbon fiber trunk lid would be the best idea for the wing, maybe to replace a modified original trunk lid used for the wing. People have issues with wings buckling/warping their trunks because a lot of them don't include stuff that strengthens the lid. Settling for the more aggressive deck lid spoiler from Noble.
Toyota knows the EV just aren't feasible for long term use. They're just too expensive to make a source materials for. EV have a very niche market that may work on small scale delivery or taxi but that's about it.
Yea it's too early for full blown EV. It was a fun thing to see but id say another hundred years and we'll be there.
WTF! They put the STI 6 speed in that car! I can see it in the cabin, cause the shifter boot is missing. It has to be coming back. They did the r&d for it already, no doubt
Very good eye! When it comes to these racing applications they always do what we wish they did to our cars 😭
@@HeavyMetalWRX I just finished the swap in my '23 and the car really should've came this way 😞 just goes to show, when Subaru want OEM power to push around/past 300hp, they never trust the WRX 6 speed haha. This is such a tease if they don't bring this trans back stateside eventually.
looks like more fun than a solterra 😂
This makes 295whp so more than our stock wrx 😭
With that engine could make a 12 boxer engine 😳, and make the Subaru VIZIV GT concept real 😳😋🏎️
Dude I remember that 12 cylinder boxer they showed on eBay some time ago. That F1 boxer. I wish I could have heard that thing.
it could be functioning off of natural gas, separating the water vapor from the exhaust fumes and converting it into a hydrogen gas to be combusted as well?
Honestly I have such little knowledge. It something I really need to read up on. Seems very fascinating.
When the video about Geoff coming out lol
@@idkidc3192 not for a bit.
Any idea on whether a biofuel would add more power then normal fuel(like e-85) or less power? Any pros and cons you can think of?
It wouldn't do anything for us at the moment. I think the fuel systems might need to be setup and the ECU needs to know what to do.
I'm all for alternate fuels that are more efficient, but EVs just displace the carbon footprint to another source, with no great benefit to the end-user.
Eventually things will get better. It's difficult to judge because we are only changing one portion of the chain. In time when we place all of them things will be better but the world isn't there yet.
Nahhh bring the sti back
I think we are slowly getting there.