SubieFest – it’s an all out Subaru extravaganza that was on October 10th this year, in Rosamond, California. Each year it gets more and more impressive, and this year it was no disappointment. Eric Hsu, of Beyond the Dyno (now MotoIQ), attended this year and caught a few interesting pictures to show of some pretty quick and unique Subarus. More pictures and video if you click on “Read More”! Photos by Eric Hsu.

[Source: MotoIQ]

Last Saturday I made it up to Subiefest to check out the Subaru world. These days I don’t have much time to make it out to all the events so usually need to double up on reasons to justify going.  Since Ben is in town from the UK and we are working on the  ECPro ECU for the EVO X, I figured it would be a great opportunity to check out the Suby scene and do some data logging on the way. Ben has a genuine interest in Subies coming from his past job at Prodrive as a WRC head engine development engineer so he wanted to check out the US Suby scene as well.

Oh, Japan. When will you cease to put out tons of funny stuff that people overseas just can’t seem to understand. What’s a Kei truck? It’s basically a mini truck, like a Kei car is a mini car, except they’re trucks, you know with a bed and stuff. Often found in 4×4 configuration, they’re useful for the farmers that need to have a cheap and reliable form of transporting goods around on bad terrain, like in the mountains. Too bad they found their way into the hands of drift enthusiests, now they’re being used as drift machines. No joke. Be sure to click “Read More” to see the pictures!

[Source: Five2]

“Keitora”, as everyone calls them here, is a contraction of “kei jidousha torakku”, which is the Japanese word for “compact car” combined with the Japanese pronunciation of “truck”. These little workhorses are a familiar sight in the agricultural areas outside major cities, and are usually seen being driven by old farmers with a load of fresh produce in the back. They are also commonly used by workmen like carpenters and builders, which seems to be the sort of jobs the guys who drift these cars have. I’ve heard that Team Burst’s Naoki Nakamura, who works as a landscaper, drifts his keitora every day in the mountains for practice.

It’s Ken Block. He has a badass car and some badass driving skills to go with it. Do I need to say more?

If there ever was a definition of “ghetto backyard tuning” this would be it. Brazing over a BBQ flame? Punching big holes by drilling lots of little ones? Venting A/C coolant to the atmosphere? It’s all here in this insane thread as “Spudchucker” goes on a mission to supercharge his 2.5 N/A Impreza. Click “Read more” to see all the gorey pictures, or click here to see the thread on RS25.

[Source: RS25 Forums] 

A couple months ago I saw the reddevil and Skidd build threads (congrats on the recent success Skidd!) and after sleeping on it that night, I couldn’t think about anything other than how I was gonna do my car next I was gonna go with a Raptor system, but after learning they weren’t ready for my model year, I decided to just make one myself.

Not much is known about the car but here are the details that are solid:

• 1969 Chevy Camaro
• 565 big block
• Gear-driven F3 Procharger at 17psi
• air/water intercooler
• 16 250lb/hr injectors
• at least 1070hp on pump gas
• Built and tuned by PSI Motorsports

Right, enough babbling, click “Read more” to see all of the pictures along with a few dyno videos!

[Source: PSI Motorsports, Gen[M]ay Forums, The Turbo Forums]

Forced Air Technologies has a few pictures of their compound charged Subaru WRX STi and Subaru Baja XT. Compound charged, as in both turbocharged, and supercharged. It seems like a whole lot of work, and the engine bay gives you a headace from just looking at it. Click “Read more” to see all of the pictures or click here to see the thread on NASIOC.

got a supercharged/turbochmarged o6 sti under the knife . the original set up used a gt35 w a .86 ar the new setup will have a 4088 , not too sure of the exact trim and stuff . 
weisco pistons
eagle rods
k1 custom machined, knife edged , and coated crank 
custom bearings 
darton sleeving
o-ringed
cosworth 280′s
custom port&polish
twin-scroll 40r 
AMG c32 supercharger 
twin plate exedy 
aeromotive a1000
aeromotive rails
PE 850′s
custom lines 
aeromotive FPR, 10mic and 100mic filters
tial 44mm wastegate
thats it fer now . ill get some pics up tomorrow.