Proof the 2022+ WRX was built to be a Rally Car?

Subaru just put out a new episode of Launch Control, and in it, they detailed the build of Travis Pastrana's L4WD WRX Rally Car.

This car has come up in a couple discussions on our recent Podcast's, mainly because this L4WD car is built to a much more restrictive rule set, so it is much, much closer to the WRX that we can all buy.

Travis has had some good success with this new car, and in taking a close look through the video, there are some really good hints at what Vermont Sports Car is going to make this car work as well as it is.

Especially in terms of suspension.

With that in mind, I wanted to go through the clues that VSC gives us in the Launch Control Video, and talk about what this could mean for the Future of the 2022+ WRX in terms or Rally.

Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

In This Episode:

00:00 - Intro
00:24 - Why Pastrana's L4WD Rally Car deserves a closer look
01:10 - What is different between Pastrana's car and Semenuk's Open class car?
01:53 - The ARA Rules for Limited 4WD keep Pastrana's car much closer to a stock WRX
03:24 - Comparing Pastrana's race times to Semenuk's times shows how fast the L4WD build is
05:48 - How is Vermont Sports Car making this VB so fast?  Launch Control offers some insights
07:20 - Suspension changes to this car could be the most significant in terms of performance
09:48 - Some changes to the Steering Rack, and oil cooling for the engine
10:33 - STI Transmission based X-Shift Sequential transmission
11:03 - What is Vermont Sports Car's plan for this package they are developing?  Make it available?
11:50 - Is it now easier for anyone to a VB WRX to build a Rally Car?
13:00 - Does this mean that the VB WRX is the future of Subaru Rally?
15:30 - Final thoughts about what this means for the VB Chassis

If you haven't seen the Subaru Launch Control Video (Season 13 ep. 1) that we are going through in this video, here is a link to that as well: