CRAZY 500WHP 2002 Subaru WRX Track Review

We track test a Time Attack 2002 Subaru Impreza WRX with a EJ207 STI swap race car at Toronto Motorsports Park.
Open Lapping: torontomotorsportspark.com/
Support us and buy parts from our new SA Shop: www.speedacademy.shop/
Join Our KZbin Community: goo.gl/n4m3Ez
Our Patreon page: / speedacademy
Our Merchandise page: speed-academy.myshopify.com

[@CubanRider]

I saw you clipping those apexes pretty tight, so I wasn't surprised to see the carbon fiber carnage. Awesome car for sure.

[@stevecuthbert8856]

Cuban Rider, That was exactly what I was thinking when he was taking the curves. The pylons appeared to be pretty close to those wings. "Yeah OUCH! Sorry man I just wrecked your sweet race car." Just needs a bit of carbon fiber repair. Ha ha ha oops.

[@seanhwy9761]

Nice car. You should also let the owner of the cars do some timed runs. They know their car best and can extra a good lap time.

[@vtctktk]

Its because leaderboard times for different cars can be better compared using one driver.

[@chapie62]

@@vtctktk but showing the owner's time would allow us to know how fast it really can go

[@bwest6275]

This. Also the car would most likely come back in one piece too.

[@NateFanning]

@Speed Academy id love to see the owner drive the car too!

[@mmeyershome]

As an 03 bugeye owner, can confirm the brake/throttle pedal positioning and the narrow gap between the trans tunnel and throttle pedal make heel toe pretty tough.

[@Captaindan7141]

Same for my GC models, It's much easier on a right hand drive Subaru though

[@julianslowik5387]

Can’t say I agree. Bugeyes are simple to heel toe in. Throttle response is much better on these older Subaru’s because they don’t have fly by wire. Also the pedal setup is pretty damn good.

[@mmeyershome]

@@julianslowik5387 Hey to each their own, but the bugeyes tend to have long brake pedal travel and the brake pedal already starts out almost even with the accelerator, so you have to move your foot out and back to blip the throttle under braking and you have to be careful not to snag the accelerator when you don't mean to. The trans tunnel is also close to the accelerator on LHD cars and these factors make it a bit tougher (although it is still better than a lot of cars), especially for those with big feet. Also the throttle response thing just isn't true, especially on modified cars with a bigger turbo. While I enjoy the feel of drive by cable, you can do things with drive by wire that you simply can't do with drive by cable to generate better response.

[@julianslowik5387]

Michael Meyers the pedals in most cars tend to be the same way. Also turbo lag is turbo lag doesn’t matter what kind of throttle you have. The best part about a throttle cable is instant open throttle body. Theres no electronic recognition in between. I agree you can adjust and make fly by wire response better than it would be stock. But to compare the two are night and day different especially for rev matching and heel toe-ing. I was just trying to say it’s not the hardest car to do it in.

[@LenierEusoj]

Dawm!! At least help him fix what u broke!! Awesome car by the way!!

[@VS666]

gahtdamm! that wheel and tire package is awesome!!! kick ass video, 10/10 need more time attack track reviews!

[@JB-pk1jx]

Equal length headers sound amazing

[@heyhayhay247]

False

[@xav1uz]

True

[@nnr3]

0:46 that Legacy tho

[@Kc-kr6qs]

Hi thats mine :D

[@jackcurran4899]

Mr. Dino owns that legacy

[@nnr3]

@@Kc-kr6qs Hi! Yeah, I saw your comment on the Facebook group lol

[@OliverRivettCarnac]

Flip what an awesome car. Dave you bust his winglet, I'd be bleak! Haha with those dive planes sitting so wide I'd imagine it'd be easy to misjudge the front width.

[@neilblum8361]

What an awesome car! Was fun to be some of the only cars on track that day, having this thing blast by was mind blowing 👍🏼

[@Flatfourdetailing]

6:30 lifted subie

[@d.mat.zero6525]

i love the builds but the thing that sets this channel apart from the other build channels is the race day/ track day. yeah a car might produce great numbers on the dyno but seeing it move n set times (not a quarter mile) is much more satisfying to me.

[@Kaohteeko]

R.I.P The Winglet

[@SilverScarletSpider]

Subaru Impreza WRX’s are perhaps the best value 4 cylinder turbo AWD Manual sedans out there, but it’s always the little things that seem to prevent people looking to upgrade from their 200,000 mile Honda Civic Si. The much longer shifter throws, strange heel toe position, shakey interior, some years with tragic rust and head gasket issues, and much lower mpg. Eventually after years of owning the 2004 Blob eye the Civic Si sedan eventually took the cake as the more economical and kid-friendly road trip family car. To this very day, friends and family are still debating the two and swapping back in forth between brands as our priorities slowly shift and change.

[@jordanlatta]

I was hoping that it was a stroked EJ22, not a stroked EJ20, but still a cool build. 295 is a lot of meat for that car, and it looks like it grips really well.

[@Tsxtasy1]

Bro, you killed his front aero 😬. Cool car though!

[@upgradeNEVER]

Needs to put the EJ22 sleeves in it! Make it a proper motor - 2.4! What some people have done down here in NZ is the EJ22 sleeves, and then they throw in a EJ25 crank. So you keep the EJ20 high redline of 8000rpm, but gain most of the torque of the EJ25. Makes it like a 2.35 in the end.

[@julianslowik5387]

This 👆

[@jordanlatta]

Hybrid engine builds like these are the best. I’d really like an EJ22T block (which is closed-deck from factory in early 90’s turbo legacies) with an aftermarket 81mm crank and bore-matched EJ207 heads.

[@upgradeNEVER]

@@jordanlatta good luck finding one of those EJ22T blocks! IIRC they only came out in the 22B. I'd start with a EJ207 from a JDM STI, EJ22 sleeves, probably an aftermarket stroker kit (not a EJ257 crank), and the rest would be fully built, and over built lol. Garrett G25-550 bottom mount, with front mount, reversed and raised intake manifold for shorter piping (and keeping AC), and a sequential. This would be a totally over built street car for me 😂

[@jordanlatta]

upgradedBACON YES! Reversed intakes are the jam for front mount intercoolers. I think it would be fun to have two smaller turbos that feed a front mount from each side. But I’m pretty sure you can find junkyard EJ22T blocks here in the US with a little looking on Car-part.com, as they came in turbo Legacies from 1991-1994. That’s mostly where the 22B got its parts from, including oil squirters behind the pistons for cooling them, which is another reason I want that block in particular. Although the 22B got different heads (same heads as the closed-deck EJ20G block) than the Legacy... cause the Legacy heads kinda suck 😗

[@upgradeNEVER]

@@jordanlatta Hmmmm. I'm not sure how much info is out there about this car, but look into the Lancia Delta S4 EVO that was gonna compete in Group B in 1987, if the class wasn't banned due to multiple deaths sadly. That was gonna be a parallel TT l4. You can always mod the block for those oil squirters. IIRC, a company in NZ is able to do it. If I was to build a MEGA Subaru engine (in my dreams really lol) I wouldn't miss anything. It would all be done to the highest spec, with every possible option. Thinking my dreams might just have to settle for a Toyota Trueno Levin BZ-R in the near future. They're not a bad little car though! Got the 2nd Gen 4A-GE black top in them!

[@TheGCJourney]

Awesome video and awesome car! What brakes are those?

[@cafn8ed74]

It's whisper quiet!

[@RaceTeq17]

Roll center adjustment? Bar stiffness? Sway/coil rate ratio? Low speed compression adjustment? Lots of lateral skip/hop mid-corner and obvious inside rear tire lift which rapidly transfers weight to the outside rear. Hmm. Methinks the setup has room for improvement. Great vid per usual Dave :)

[@airs2k]

Amazing sound

[@McCheeseKid]

Nice driving

[@pFbSpecV]

Dang that was a pretty sick run!!! That subie is dope! Sucks you broke his aero piece tho

[@Xyrkul]

Do a feature on the lifted Subie at 6:30 next!!!

[@alexmoore5970]

If possible can you review a turbo gt86 and compare it to your supercharged 86. Please

[@skinnycarguys3937]

SkinnyCarGuys enjoys your guys video!!!!

[@wangfields8074]

Oh boy that sounds good

[@1QuickSlovak]

He would go a long way to decreasing drag by shielding those tires. The flares are pretty pointless, especially in the front. All the air spilling around the sides of the bumper is directed straight at the front of the tires. The rear are also quite exposed. I'd be surprised if those flares aren't generating lift. The canards and wings are firing air right at the front of the tire and whatever doesn't spill around the side is going up over the top and applying force to those flares and the underside of the fenders. Also that front splitter is way too high. There's a couple inches of clearance from the pavement during steady state cornering a 07:41. Put wear strips on it and if you don't regularly wear them down, it's not low enough. Raise the wings up and drop the splitter.

[@ravenstylea2]

Wow 😮 awesomeness!

[@WelcomeToTheMadness]

Sounds like it’s putting down great times for 450-500 HP. Since everyone is marketing we all need 700HP plus.

[@speedacademydave]

Just needs a 2J like a certain E30, eh? ;)

[@SuperSilvi1990]

Agreed 450-500 is a perfect. Not overpowering but not underpowered.

[@SR22VET-S15]

@speedacademy is that a strain gauge on the shifter for flat shift?

[@EVOFans]

I think he have dog box/no lift shift since there are strain gauge on the gear knob

[@joshuafallet5690]

Love it

[@Gesh622]

Guys please, i’m in class rn !!

[@supers0nic77]

Wow so many hard rips

[@mandotorres746]

Lol I knew there had been cones knocked over that subie is a beast you were corner turning a bit to much hence why the front right Cannard got damaged.

[@TimDarracott]

Leisure wear DP Ripping!

[@jungoh3485]

I drive my 500whp Subaru bugeye too!!

[@Jesusprayerwarriorbw]

You're a great driver! Wish I had your free time & money and experience

[@snajjpern]

Driving in shorts and a T-shirt!

[@fromconsoul2593]

Would love to get ahold of the owner and ask some questions on how he made the car reliable. My car has 370whp and just blew it up on the second track day. I was pushing it and passed a 2020 Porsche 911. Kept the rpms where they needed to be but by the end of the heat motor was toast and engine oil was super hot. 55k on motor jdm ej205 w/avcs

[@dankskids6863]

Because it's a stock 205

[@slaps101]

O Dave you broke it.. 😂

[@jjmarz1001]

How's the Touareg doing?

[@RobertKohut]

Nice!! That's a serious car... :-) Great driving... :-)

[@aday_the_great]

He clearly hit all three of those cones. Forgot it had a front wing on it? Hope you compensated him for having to rebuild his engine and fix part of his front end.

[@darkhowling6425]

Why did he get a 2.2 stroker as opposed to the 2.5l ej25 engine? just curious...

[@pault2417]

Ej207 is a super strong block compared to the 2.5's

[@Brady_H]

I was just scrolling all over this guys Instagram last night.

[@captainobvious9188]

May I ask what his instagram name is?

[@Brady_H]

@@captainobvious9188 time_attk

[@LiteSwitch]

That thing is pretty nasty!

[@sohchx]

Ugggggh The sound really got to me. So glad I stuck with UEL on my bug. Yeah yeah, less HP, TQ, etc. But a scoob just isn't a scoob without the iconic "burble". Sometimes sacrifices must be made!!!

[@jordanlatta]

Streetcar? Yes. Race car? No.

[@boostnboba7658]

PCI side skirts on a wrx, NOTED 📝

[@SuperSilvi1990]

Not a fan of subis but that thing is Nasty! I also thought how do they drive on a track with those canards.....

[@killersushi99]

..........I need a project car.

[@zackarymcnally1589]

My car ain’t touching a track unless I’m behind the wheel... you don’t put all that money into your beast and let someone else rip it on the track

[@MrBlockoh]

wow, The Daily Driver STI really glew up

[@gigi9467]

4 door sportcar huh never warmed up to that and the evo

[@jevonbigga6172]

Why is that?

[@mrking-pw4lw]

how many cones can i hit........

[@hoonkz89]

If youre gna drive other pple's track cars, wear the right shoes (borrow if you have to) and pls treat the cars with respect. just because it is a track car doesnt mean less courtesy; in fact with the time,money and effort going into it, it actually means more respect.

[@PedroFTeixeira]

For the mods... it's a bit low on power.

[@justinmammana3362]

Not all bout power think about weight

[@andrebrown4822]

that subie bug eye is sweeter than honey and sugar and chocolate if you put all of them together they don't sweet like no subaru in the universe.

[@ast0nmart1n1]

RIP for the aero....

[@PANTYEATR1]

i like the "bug eyed" WRXs...did they ever come in a coupe version...like in Japan? i don't remember

[@pedevildog]

Nope. Only sedans and wagons.

[@PANTYEATR1]

@@pedevildog word up! i was over in Japan back in the late 90s and early 2000s and i just couldn't remember seeing and bug eyed coupes

[@MrBillDaBear]

@@PANTYEATR1 only the 1st gen had coupes sadly! The very first imprezas were sedans and the coupes followed a few years after. Subaru got rid of the coupe in 2002 with the Bugeye

[@PANTYEATR1]

@@MrBillDaBear true, i really liked the CG 2.5RS imprezas. i would turbo one of those fo sho!

[@Captaindan7141]

@@PANTYEATR1 they're my favorite

[@bitkarek]

i didnt know Subaru makes airplanes too

[@natehilty9171]

Kamakazi

[@VWayyyyyyyy]

That Subie got low!!!!

[@Armaniche]

what exhaust is this puppy running

[@tomahoks]

Arman Something stainless.

[@Armaniche]

@@tomahoks it has got to be something, to be sure, just wondering if it is custom, because to be honest, every Subaru aftermarket exhaust that I've heard is trash, including Ti stuff, whose build quality is worse

[@DresRacingChannel]

Dope video guys that time attack subi ie legit. I swear every time speed academy like my comment i gain one sub lol better than nothing. thanks for helping me grow my channel guys

[@jamest5149]

Car looks over stiff with both spring rates, damping and roll bar rates for that track, it was skipping a lot and hanging a wheel, a bit softer would maker move manageable.

[@speedacademydave]

Agreed, definitely not setup for TMP (which is quite bumpy in places) and Alex did mention to me before driving it that the dampers were maxed out so he does plan to upgrade those to better control the springs. The challenge with a car with this much aero is to keep the front wing off the ground, which requires serious spring rates, without making it so stiff that it struggles for mechanical grip in the slower/bumpier corners.

[@aday_the_great]

he was driving like the front wing wasn't even there. he clearly ran over those three cones

[@robk5745]

Gangster

[@ScottMerrihew]

Those nut huggers

[@vincentradziecki7470]

sorry...cannot understand why people wear running shoes when trying to drive performance cars???

[@s.a.i.v]

500hp and struggles at high hp tracks. The competition is high

[@IvelLeCog]

First

[@djsonicc]

1. Angry looking 2. bug eye Pick one lol

[@Megacatares]

'broke your car sorry bro'

[@Benjaminvalko]

Dude pay for hit splitter that sucks. What he gave u worth more than the cost of that. He let u beat his baby

[@blitz380]

week driving

[@mrphiscal]

You gave no info on the car. Free free to add that car set up on speed.academy. Or to the comments section on this video

[@fromconsoul2593]

So frustrating. He literally gives no credit to the owner. I want to see his full build and follow what hes doing

[@jordanbryant5260]

As always not a whole lot of respect for owners cars. Bouncing off rev limits, over driving, running into cones. Let the owners driver their own cars.

[@Shady97342]

Dude it's a dedicated track car

[@Gchang54]

This isn't the smokingtire..

[@Omar-xg3lm]

You broke his car

[@bobthewarrior31]

Scratching the surface of the car, because you ripped his car apart

[@jackhofalot6705]

legit embarrassing bro u got no respect for other peoples machines. should have known to stay farther away from the walls. Hope he makes u pay 110% of the repair costs.

[@runrabbitrunracing]

Couldn’t care if the aero is functional. Looks terrible.

[@SimpleEnigma331]

Then you don't know much about time attack cars...

[@qotsa1]

You must be real fun at parties

[@VS666]

imagine wanting to look good rather than go faster.

[@qotsa1]

@@VS666 race car is always a show car but a show car isn't always a race car.