Ken Block Crash!!!

[SubyFusion]

Those paddle shifters are really cool lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlbFDe6-K2I

[sqc151]

are u fucking kidding me!!!

[Subiel94]

Wouldn't of happened if he was still driving a subaru.

[Apex3]

I am SHOCKED

/sarcasm

Wouldn't of happened if he was still driving a subaru.

I beg to differ, he crashed plenty in his Subaru.

[Subiel94]

True but still. But him going to ford race team made me lose respect for him.

[James614]

I still have all the respect in the world for a great driver making a good career decision to move to a manufacturer that still backs their WRC teams. If anything Subaru has lost my respect.

[SubyFusion]

Why! If you were Subaru, you wouldn't just go and change your engine design that has worked for 38 years! Thats just stupid! Its WRC Thats in the wrong here!

[James614]

Hm, I forgot about that whole standardized engine garbage. WRC IS crazy for that. I thought Subaru pulled out to save money. Maybe it was a combo of the two, since it would've been a tragedy for them to run a straight engine anyways. But still can't hold it against Block, he can't be expected to retire from the sport he loves over manufacturers' problems.

[SubyFusion]

Ya by all means ken is the shit hahaha

[Apex3]

Subaru intends to return to WRC, but all I can find about it are rumors and speculation from Subaru.

[SubyFusion]

Don't worry when they do, they will do it all out and kick everyones ASSSSSS! hahahaha

[beatersubi]

Hm, I forgot about that whole standardized engine garbage. WRC IS crazy for that. I thought Subaru pulled out to save money. Maybe it was a combo of the two, since it would've been a tragedy for them to run a straight engine anyways. But still can't hold it against Block, he can't be expected to retire from the sport he loves over manufacturers' problems.

Subaru ended their factory-supported WRC contingency before the spec class was announced. For many reasons including their satisfactory market share and the economy.
Ken Block received a factory-supported WRC driver position offer from a manufacture other than Subaru, and he accepted it. Would you not do the same?

[cj91legss]

i read an article somewhere posted on mysubie.com about subaru thinking about or producing a 1.6l engine to get back into the wrc while still utilizing all (if not some) of the STI power.

[James614]

If that were the case, the Impreza WRC would have no connection to the STI

[mike-tracy]

If that were the case, the Impreza WRC would have no connection to the STI

Why not? The early rally Legacys were STI's (Subaru Technica International developed) and further modified by Prodrive.

[James614]

I wasn't refering to the STI modification. They don't need huge homologation numbers anymore, so the showroom models will likely continue with 2.0 and 2.5 boxers while the WRC will likely have an exclusively developed 1.6 with little relation to the EJ207/257.

[cj91legss]

Link about the 1.6

http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/s ... 92108.html

[mike-tracy]

I wasn't refering to the STI modification. They don't need huge homologation numbers anymore, so the showroom models will likely continue with 2.0 and 2.5 boxers while the WRC will likely have an exclusively developed 1.6 with little relation to the EJ207/257.

I guess I don't understand what you mean. What I was saying is that a car isn't an STI because it has an ej257,207,20k,20g, etc motor in it. A car is an STI because STI (the company) worked on the motor, regardless of the motor type.

Prodrive said (in the documentary "Impreza") that the only part of the motor that was the same as the street version was the block halves.

[Apex3]

I wasn't refering to the STI modification. They don't need huge homologation numbers anymore, so the showroom models will likely continue with 2.0 and 2.5 boxers while the WRC will likely have an exclusively developed 1.6 with little relation to the EJ207/257.

I guess I don't understand what you mean. What I was saying is that a car isn't an STI because it has an ej257,207,20k,20g, etc motor in it. A car is an STI because STI (the company) worked on the motor, regardless of the motor type.

Prodrive said (in the documentary "Impreza") that the only part of the motor that was the same as the street version was the block halves.

I think he just means that the high end model on the street won't even be a rally car anymore, because they're just gonna release enough of them to be able to race. I read somewhere that they were designing an STi for this year's rally season(which obviously didn't happen) and were only going to release 900 of them to meet the homologation requirements.

[beatersubi]

Link about the 1.6

http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/s ... 92108.html

395hp from a 1.6 ain't too shabby, but it Cosworth-built.
I wonder if the turbo restrictor size remains the same.