The idea came up, like many expensive ones do, around the smoko table. Someone suggested embiggening the horsepower with the addition of two more cylinders, and everyone else said, “why not?”. (The car therefore goes under the working title of ImprezSix).
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If you thought replacing the wheels of a Subaru WRX STi with a Mattracks rubber track system was impressive, take a look at the strap-on tank that turns your old rust-bucket into a half tank, half car, true all-terrain vehicle.
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Braille Auto Development has released the Oxygen Racing Seat for the Subaru WRX STI. The new seats were developed in collaboration with doctors and physical therapists to make the seat more comfortable and put less stress on the human body during long drives and race driving.
The new Braille Oxygen Racing Seats for the Subaru WRX STI offers many advantages over the stock seats, notably:
- Better spine support
- More comfort
- Increased hip and leg room
- Thicker padding
- Ergonomic memory foam
- Lighter seats (you save 35 pounds over the stock seats). Nothing a good diet can’t do!
The seats are made of a fiberglass reinforced plastic shell, which makes them the lightest full-sized racing seats in the world without sacrificing safety. One seat weights a mere 16 pounds and you can buy one for $899 from Braille’s web site.
While these new racing seats won’t gain you any HPs on your Subaru WRX, they sure look comfy!
Via: HSPN
There’s a review of the 2006 Subaru WRX TR (Tuner Ready) for you to read at Subaru WRX TR (2006). Here’s a small excerpt:
All in all, the WRX TR is a nice car, but it feels kind of “cheap” given its $25,000 price tag. The interior is very economy car-like, the doors and trunk feel thin (though that may be by design — you know, to reduce weight and all), and there aren’t a whole lot of amenities. With the base price of the TR being just $500 less than the standard WRX, it doesn’t seem like a that great of a deal to us. For just $500 more, one gets a factory aero kit, a nicer interior and cooler-looking (and more aggressive) seats.