@@ЭдуардАрутюнян-п6ч Lol evo is poor mans subaru because evo owner can't afford to rebuild subaru engine as many times as a subaru owner can afford to!
With a modified suspension and stickier tires these cars are capable of pulling high g's. The baffles and oil pick up in the stock pan can't keep up. If you are going to track or modify your suspension a better oil pan baffle and oil pick up tube is a must or you will starve the bearings of oil.
They can’t even cope on the road never mind the track😂once sorted though, have to say, I do love a Subaru. Just not what I’d go for for track use, much prefer rwd. Bet it’d be 10x better if you took front driveshafts out
They can cope on the road. I put 172,000 hard miles on a 2002 WRX. I drove like I stole it every single day. It has suspension upgades and sticky wider tires but it was turning up the boost on a stock old engine that did it in.
I don’t know how people manage it. I’ve had 2 STIs, both tuned, driven hard with 80k plus miles and never had one mechanical issue aside from a clutch and an O2 sensor. Maybe it’s because I’ve had EJ20s
They run stock internals. Cast pistons etc. The other thing is they run the piss out of them without all the reliability mods. Tunes suck. Etc. I don't get it either never had any major issues. I guess it's all in the driver and owner.
Me too driving Ej20 Turbo Subarus since 16 Year even on the Autobahn with wide open throtle and never killed an engine good Oil and Water Cooler a good ECU tune...
@@odaseous mine are all stock blocks though. Just a light tune 360bhp, fuel pump and an exhaust. My current one is an EJ207 which is known for being quite strong in all fairness. My old one was just a standard EJ20 though
Good thing about Subarus, is that they rust really bad, so there's plenty of replacement engines from those cars. By the way, Subarus dont blow up, they just self disassemble.
a wrx shat a motor? omg.. what a shock haha. see it at the track all the time, good mate of mine brought his new stock sti to a track day and it cracked a piston. shockers of motors.
I'm in the process of putting a new motor in my 09 STI. Didn't have any major failures just kinda torched a hole in cyl3 exhaust valve from running anti-lag as well as leaky injectors causing insane cylinder temps... but going to take the old shortblock and go crazy while I drive the fresh motor over winter 😂
Probably the only cars you have yet to drive at the Nurb are the Australian V8 like a Ford Falcon, a Holden Commodore or a Vauxhall VXR8... and I'd really love to see them driven by you at the Nurb 😁
My sti 2010 now 230 000 km, stock engine, only exhaust and intake + rom, 390hp on dyno. Love this car! Great for summer and awesome for winter with high smow
255 000 kms on my forester turbo sg5. I changed the engine block, because of a cooling hose which exploded in a traffic jam.... and which led to other problems later, which no one saw coming.... but it's is also a good excuse to go back on an STI block and a little preparation, but above all for more than 200,000 kms still. You don't understand the subject, Subarus with more than 300,000 kilometers on their original engine, there are plenty of them currently 😉
Nice car, happy it ended the lap, am pretty sure my gc8 would be faster for 1/4-1/3 the lap but brakes would be an issue and then halfway through, even with the updated sump etc, the g4x would put it in limp mode.
I joined the Rod Knock club on Friday the 13th right after tuning after single turbo conversion...Yea....not superstitious...now my car waits for a fresh EJ205 at Boost Barn Motorsports over Christmas and New Years....Thanks my little imported dream😒
I have the feeling that subaru and especially the WRX STI models are unreliable as fuck, "so yeah I'm on my 2789 engine rebuild and my pistons flew away...again"
You have to do things correctly to avoid problems... if there is a problem, you have to ask yourself the right questions... but saying that it's Subaru's fault is the easy answer 😉
not misha but i doubt it; that guy has appeared on the channel and given misha a ride in the green machine - incredibly dialed-in car and driver. if i had to guess, the only reason he wasn't gone from the jump is he appeared to be on extremely cold tires
Can someone clarify why is the car skidding around, I thought this is 4x4 drive? To me it looks a bit heavy on the front, maybe because of the air suspension + modifications?
It's all in the engine and tuning. I have a garage built and tuned EJ20 with similar power that has over 70k hard earned US MILES. so shut up unless you have personal experience.
In the US modding is killing a lot of these performance 4 cylinders, 15 years ago they were everywhere now you really don't see that many Subaru or Mitsubishi cars, people pushed the boost and blew them or crashed them, now they are pretty limited numbers left, people really don't realize what they have until it's gone...
Subaru doing Subaru stuff...That is why I got rid of my built WRX (STI block, ported WRX heads, forged rods + pistons). Got me home, no smoke, no power, no compression...just Subaru doing Subaru stuff.
Subarus aren't on the same level with many other manufacturers. The Engine is way too thirsty and not well engineered. Subaru also built an Formula one Motor which was one of the worst engines in those days.
First of all. engines in those STIs are essentially from 1980s. Subaru just didn't really bothered with creating a new powerful engine specifically for the new STI. Although, Subaru already has a new 1.8, 2.0 and 2.4liter turbocharged engines which are both powerful and economical. Regarding the Subaru F1 engine - Subaru didn't build it, but an Italian company did. It just had a Subaru badge on it.
Stock internals are shyte. Id never run stock internals on any subaru. Even stock power which is why i wont buy a new one, rebuilt a 257 block. Pistons, rods, crank all forged. No issues. Also the tune is huge regardless of Power.
@@THESHADOW97139 yes it is, its fine as i have 2 and have no issues but objectively why they are more likely to get rod bearing failure. look at heavy diesel machines with huge bearings, last forever, im not saying they are the only variable but it is a part of it. also ping/detonation if left unchecked will lead to failure
@@oldfashionedwrx3574 " knocking" ... "mapping" .... fuel quality and health of engine electronics 😉 A flow meter that is only starting to get tired on a Subaru and... it is the death of the engine in the more or less long term (identical on many other turbocharged gasoline engines). And that's how Subaru's legendary unreliability began. In a now deafening incomprehension in 2025 😏
@ yes, happens on a lot of cars tbh. Subarus are not unreliable. They are actually easy to work on as far as compact lvs go. Same layout. Awd too. Look up w20c engine, pretty stout gear from oem
Crazy how most of the comments just saw the title and the first 2 minutes and are just shitting on Subarus or defending them and barely anyone's talking about the good run and the great end result of this guy's build. Heck, talk about that freakin SUV who destroyed the momentum and refused to get out of the way for most of the 2nd half of the lap ffs.
I agree. There's far too much negativity regarding the type of car, rather than just appreciating what it's capable of in the video. Plus it looks fantastic. Also, that's not an SUV, it's a Ford Focus with a very selfish driver.
@@trancersenergy The Ford Focus literally has the exact same dimensions as a Subaru Crosstrek (Crosstrek is taller cuz the suspensions that's' all), if I'm calling a Crosstrek an SUV I'm calling a Focus an SUV - -
Just finished my rebuild engine STI '08 for the 3rd time :)
Subaru - Evo for poor
What oil weight do you use?
180k km in my STI. EJ207 ftw ;) no rebuild.
@@ЭдуардАрутюнян-п6ч Lol evo is poor mans subaru because evo owner can't afford to rebuild subaru engine as many times as a subaru owner can afford to!
It's almost a ceremonial thing for Subaru owners.. It's no longer a bad omen..
With a modified suspension and stickier tires these cars are capable of pulling high g's. The baffles and oil pick up in the stock pan can't keep up. If you are going to track or modify your suspension a better oil pan baffle and oil pick up tube is a must or you will starve the bearings of oil.
Has nothing to do with he high g. It's the design of the shit engine
They can’t even cope on the road never mind the track😂once sorted though, have to say, I do love a Subaru. Just not what I’d go for for track use, much prefer rwd. Bet it’d be 10x better if you took front driveshafts out
@@AI-Records24bot
They can cope on the road. I put 172,000 hard miles on a 2002 WRX. I drove like I stole it every single day. It has suspension upgades and sticky wider tires but it was turning up the boost on a stock old engine that did it in.
But wouldn’t the car throw a low oil pressure warning code if the pickup tube wouldn’t be able to suck in enough oil before the bearing would’ve spun?
I don’t know how people manage it. I’ve had 2 STIs, both tuned, driven hard with 80k plus miles and never had one mechanical issue aside from a clutch and an O2 sensor. Maybe it’s because I’ve had EJ20s
They run stock internals. Cast pistons etc. The other thing is they run the piss out of them without all the reliability mods. Tunes suck. Etc. I don't get it either never had any major issues. I guess it's all in the driver and owner.
Me too driving Ej20 Turbo Subarus since 16 Year even on the Autobahn with wide open throtle and never killed an engine good Oil and Water Cooler a good ECU tune...
@@odaseous mine are all stock blocks though. Just a light tune 360bhp, fuel pump and an exhaust. My current one is an EJ207 which is known for being quite strong in all fairness. My old one was just a standard EJ20 though
Probably actually taken care of it, also people should be going with higher weight oil if they push their car hard for longer
@@odaseous the spun bearing did not happen because of the cast pistons lol
That Green M3 again is just mesmerizing 🥺
1 lap = 1 engine
That is a nice Subaru. Enjoyed the lap and the scooby sound.
Good thing about Subarus, is that they rust really bad, so there's plenty of replacement engines from those cars.
By the way, Subarus dont blow up, they just self disassemble.
a wrx shat a motor? omg.. what a shock haha. see it at the track all the time, good mate of mine brought his new stock sti to a track day and it cracked a piston. shockers of motors.
I'm in the process of putting a new motor in my 09 STI. Didn't have any major failures just kinda torched a hole in cyl3 exhaust valve from running anti-lag as well as leaky injectors causing insane cylinder temps... but going to take the old shortblock and go crazy while I drive the fresh motor over winter 😂
Nobody Talk about the nice shiny Paintshop. Looks Good
8:26 nice AWD drift
Misha, any chance you can get a VB on the track?
same, I want to see how the FA24 holds up to Nürburgring
@@carsandclimbing I'd love to
@@mgcharoudinI really need someone from the states to bring you an Infiniti Q50 red sport... 😊
Bring the VB!
Misha,you rock! Love the channel and content. Peace 🤘♥️
Probably the only cars you have yet to drive at the Nurb are the Australian V8 like a Ford Falcon, a Holden Commodore or a Vauxhall VXR8... and I'd really love to see them driven by you at the Nurb 😁
Itd be great to see both on a solo track day lap... see how they compare~
owner:its about 6200 rpm the rev limit
misha:mhm okay 6600 rpm it is 😂
Just a Subaru, doing Subaru things.
Short crankshaft so you have time to be more careful with rod bearings. Oil and also engine ping
Solid improvements
Thats a brilliant "trophy" and use of detonated engine parts~
The most Subaru thing happened. You cant make this up. Atleast it's back.
I miss my Subaru. Red WRX Sti, gold alloys, factory sunroof. Tuned to 330 bhp. Number plate ended with "WRX".
I loved that car.
Knock knock: who is there
piston rod bearing no4😂
I changed the gearbox already 2 times on my wrx, as you can see on my channel xD
max 400 nm
My sti 2010 now 230 000 km, stock engine, only exhaust and intake + rom, 390hp on dyno. Love this car! Great for summer and awesome for winter with high smow
La réputation de subaru toujours respect, engine short life😂
255 000 kms on my forester turbo sg5.
I changed the engine block, because of a cooling hose which exploded in a traffic jam.... and which led to other problems later, which no one saw coming.... but it's is also a good excuse to go back on an STI block and a little preparation, but above all for more than 200,000 kms still.
You don't understand the subject, Subarus with more than 300,000 kilometers on their original engine, there are plenty of them currently 😉
Nice car, happy it ended the lap, am pretty sure my gc8 would be faster for 1/4-1/3 the lap but brakes would be an issue and then halfway through, even with the updated sump etc, the g4x would put it in limp mode.
I had one of these. Big turbo, equal length headers. Made 400whp with ease. What a blast that was.
With ease? How long did you own it mileage wise?
@rambow70 40 thousand miles exactly.
Finally! I have been waiting for a proper STI to get on the track
That white Fukus driver was indeed an F for holding you up for that long.
I joined the Rod Knock club on Friday the 13th right after tuning after single turbo conversion...Yea....not superstitious...now my car waits for a fresh EJ205 at Boost Barn Motorsports over Christmas and New Years....Thanks my little imported dream😒
Looks like it handles like a sponge dump that air ride and put some decent coilovers in
i simply dont understand why people put such lovely cars on air suspension. Good coilovers are miles better
Same thought. Dead for the car.
44k @ 8 hours.... 🙏
Is the audi 5 cylinder still available?
7:11 owner's thought at this precise moment: Watch. The fucking. Revs. Please.
Not sure why he wouldn't get the limiter set properly in the tune if he wanted it lower.
Of course its a Subaru xD
Bro it has 209,000km I Think this one gets a pass 😅
Of course you’re here.
Cant wait to see subaru comeback on wrc
Sounds like typical, Subaru EJ life for you. Haha
Can you guys get e85 at the ring? Sounds like the sti would really benefit from running E.
nah, best you can get is 102 octane. but e85 is not easily public accessible.
Smoking from the factory
hope he got some baffles in the sump. that is the issue.
Can't beat the sound of the EJ257. The newer cars/ engines just don't have the same soul.
Good video
10:56 Good blocking skills.
All iterations of these cars are fun to drive
I have the feeling that subaru and especially the WRX STI models are unreliable as fuck, "so yeah I'm on my 2789 engine rebuild and my pistons flew away...again"
You have to do things correctly to avoid problems... if there is a problem, you have to ask yourself the right questions... but saying that it's Subaru's fault is the easy answer 😉
@@THESHADOW97139 I never owned a subaru so I genuinely dont know haha but thats the only thing I hear about subaru's xD
Why you never do a Golf 6R stage 2+
Subarubros watch MotoIQ on how to properly build a Subaru engine.
Those guys are amazing and know almost everything you need to know about Subarus.
Those shifts look rought
Why all the Subaru hate if you want to run hard on the track you need a baffled sump and modified oil pickup watch the Mighty Car Mods video.
I mean what does your car have to be to spil oil in turn 3? :D
I've got to think sometimes less exotic = more fun. Thanks for the lap, great looking STI!
Do you think with tires you could have kept up with the green e46 in front?
not misha but i doubt it; that guy has appeared on the channel and given misha a ride in the green machine - incredibly dialed-in car and driver.
if i had to guess, the only reason he wasn't gone from the jump is he appeared to be on extremely cold tires
@ yer didnt think it would was just interested with knowing how much closer it would have been with better tires
No chance
To be fair, majority of these are just poorly treated and Subarus have a lower tolerance to being mistreated.
Can someone clarify why is the car skidding around, I thought this is 4x4 drive? To me it looks a bit heavy on the front, maybe because of the air suspension + modifications?
suspension, tires and température
frankly, I don't understand that you can run on the track with a flat engine and no dry sump. I think some porsches have oil pumps in the heads
a partitioned oil pan is sufficient
Like every other sti over it's lifetime
not using sports# setting on si drive knob?
heinsberg mentioned
These motors are notorious for blowing up. Even when built. He will have many more broken trophies. Money pit. Boom.
It's all in the engine and tuning. I have a garage built and tuned EJ20 with similar power that has over 70k hard earned US MILES. so shut up unless you have personal experience.
@jeffduncan02 it will blow up. boom
It won't make it to 90k. B00m
I don't care that these engines love to explode, I love Subarus
🤦🏻♂️
Very nice car. Suspension looks super smooth.
tell us the specs
wrong engine is why. need closed deck 2.0 and its realiable.
That looked fun! What alignment did you run?
...and thats why i stay away from 2.5L STIs...
I knew this car gonna blow first time when it overheated, overheating+ keep pushing = blow up subaru engine
My EJ207 is on 250,000 kms and still going strong
👍💪
In the US modding is killing a lot of these performance 4 cylinders, 15 years ago they were everywhere now you really don't see that many Subaru or Mitsubishi cars, people pushed the boost and blew them or crashed them, now they are pretty limited numbers left, people really don't realize what they have until it's gone...
Love the Subaru video's!!🤙🏼👍🏼
Subaru doing Subaru's things... No surprise!
My sti 08 is brokem sens 2020 cosworth motor did go see you later motor number 3
going in some day
Subaru boxer diesel all broken.
I owned one for less than a year. I had to get rid of it. It was garbage
im sure you took real nice care of it
But it’s what makes a Subaru, a Subaru.
Misha You are not built for 2 things: a manual transmission and a Subaru. 😁
Very nice sti
CF Radiator
Does he say 6,200 red lines at the beginning of the lap? Clearly it redlines higher. Why did he say it? Probably that's where peak power is i guess.
Subaru doing subaru stuff it has 210k on clock with misha at the wheel give it a break a say.
Nice ride, battling the #EJlyfe and getting it right :-)
Something with Subaru is a bit cheap.
Why not in sport sharp (S#)?
Sharp objects are dangerous
@@mgcharoudin haha gotcha! My ecutek tune dosen't go max boost in sport mode but i guess his does
Love your videos and amazing driving skills!
370 on the crank ?
No way.
Subaru doing Subaru stuff...That is why I got rid of my built WRX (STI block, ported WRX heads, forged rods + pistons). Got me home, no smoke, no power, no compression...just Subaru doing Subaru stuff.
Cool, This car is my daily same color.
Subarus aren't on the same level with many other manufacturers.
The Engine is way too thirsty and not well engineered.
Subaru also built an Formula one Motor which was one of the worst engines in those days.
First of all. engines in those STIs are essentially from 1980s. Subaru just didn't really bothered with creating a new powerful engine specifically for the new STI. Although, Subaru already has a new 1.8, 2.0 and 2.4liter turbocharged engines which are both powerful and economical.
Regarding the Subaru F1 engine - Subaru didn't build it, but an Italian company did. It just had a Subaru badge on it.
I don't understand subaru owners love for these garbage engines
Don't try to understand, keep watching us do things 😁
Stock internals are shyte. Id never run stock internals on any subaru. Even stock power which is why i wont buy a new one, rebuilt a 257 block. Pistons, rods, crank all forged. No issues. Also the tune is huge regardless of Power.
No look at the crank, its short, small rod bearings
@@oldfashionedwrx3574 no problem with that
@@THESHADOW97139 yes it is, its fine as i have 2 and have no issues but objectively why they are more likely to get rod bearing failure.
look at heavy diesel machines with huge bearings, last forever, im not saying they are the only variable but it is a part of it.
also ping/detonation if left unchecked will lead to failure
@@oldfashionedwrx3574 " knocking" ... "mapping" .... fuel quality and health of engine electronics 😉
A flow meter that is only starting to get tired on a Subaru and... it is the death of the engine in the more or less long term (identical on many other turbocharged gasoline engines).
And that's how Subaru's legendary unreliability began.
In a now deafening incomprehension in 2025 😏
@ yes, happens on a lot of cars tbh. Subarus are not unreliable. They are actually easy to work on as far as compact lvs go. Same layout. Awd too.
Look up w20c engine, pretty stout gear from oem
Fully forged but same power, that's subaru 👍
Not the same, you must be deaf. He said 330 wheel horses which is 370 at the crankw.
HI
Wrx or sti ther both crap on reliability stock or mappped,apart from looks & sound & handling they are a load of crap
4 шатун, я люблю субару, никогда не изменяет себе
Tuten tag
Very nice 👌
Crazy how most of the comments just saw the title and the first 2 minutes and are just shitting on Subarus or defending them and barely anyone's talking about the good run and the great end result of this guy's build.
Heck, talk about that freakin SUV who destroyed the momentum and refused to get out of the way for most of the 2nd half of the lap ffs.
I agree. There's far too much negativity regarding the type of car, rather than just appreciating what it's capable of in the video. Plus it looks fantastic. Also, that's not an SUV, it's a Ford Focus with a very selfish driver.
@@trancersenergy The Ford Focus literally has the exact same dimensions as a Subaru Crosstrek (Crosstrek is taller cuz the suspensions that's' all), if I'm calling a Crosstrek an SUV I'm calling a Focus an SUV - -
@@kunfupandarofl 😅
Tracktoys are brilliant company building subarus. If you cant make your car survive nurburgring, let them build it the way it survives
Has a Impreza ever featured in a video and not destroyed it's own engine?
Yes the stock ones usually do
This is why I will never ever buy a Subaru
and another typical bmw driver 🤣
why is there so many bots in this comment section, also feels criminal to be this early
Insane. 10+
Such an incredible yet too underrated car. We need more Subarus in this channel. Also old Renaults too 😏😏😏😏😏
🔥🔥i like it 🔥🔥