How Much FASTER is a LIGHTER Car?

When the money isn't enough. You can sell the parts😉

Firstly I'd like to say that I love that you've gone for the "it's now a practical van" approach. Secondly: removing the sunroof and welding the hole shut could save a few crucial kg at the highest point of the car. Also: I can't exactly remember how adjustable the suspension is but I'd also suggest to retune it since it's now set up for a car that's 135kg heavier.

I was a few garages down from you guys in my Gtr! I wondered what you were up to! Absolutely brilliant 😂

Does selling the seats and interior parts add up to the 15k budget?

"We've borrowed dad's subaru" got me chuckling pretty hard

If you poke around behind the wheel arch liners (near where they meet the side skirts) you should find about 5kg of mud that will have built up over the years

This mainly shows that track knowledge and skill+experience is vastly more important than equipment

You should really put that grey bar back in under where the rear seat was, you're probably losing more in body stiffness than you're gaining by saving 6lbs

Love watching this Suba get quicker each episode, and how much fun the guys are having doing it.

10:25 It's a WRX wagon, that's completly normal phenomenom. I'm actually amazed that in the UK in a WRX Wagon there are still rear strut towers left!

I think thicker ARBs and strut braces would be worth it after you fitted the coilovers. I did felt quite a difference after in my Subaru.

I love this channel! This helps me have a better understanding on cars.

We raced an old alfasud, had the body acid dipped to remove all underseal etc, totally stripped the car, but added a full rollcage , got it down to 750kg from 900kg standard which I thought was fairly impressive and it made a huge difference to the performance from the 175bhp race motor....

@6:04 I wonder if this is not the underseat brace potentially providing some extra rigidity like a rear tower brace.
Maybe it would be faster with it 😂

I still think the Wagon still looks close enough to a rally-car if you squint enough

I'd definitely put that Chassis brace back in the boot. It's definitely worth the 3kg until you get a roll cage

Technically the things you took off could be sold and added to the budget

I have almost that exact same car (cloth interior instead of leather). The front passenger seat has been out for almost 1.5 years because I've been building a new house and from passenger wheel well to hatch I can get about 9.5 feet (2.9m) of lumber. On the rare occasion that my wife needs to ride, she actually loves the back seat with tons of leg room. WAY more practical without all of those interior bits!😃

Being a kid born in 86, I was a junior in high school when the WRX and STi’s came to America along with the EVO and Dodge releasing the SRT-4. My best friend at that point in time had an 01 2.5RS that he kept N/A but added the obligatory intake and catback exhaust along with a cam and injectors. What he did that surprised everyone was spent $8k on the top tier suspension, brake and wheel/tire mods. That car, while in the straights would get its doors blown off by even a stock STi, more than made up for it with its ability to blow through corners with what felt like limitless grip and just the right about of over/under steer. Even at the limit that 2.5RS gave me confidence that even a 911 Turbo S couldn’t match in terms of subjective feeling. 36 years old now and I recently finished building my own 01 2.5RS but I went with the EJ25 route that’s relatively tame, however I took the same route as far as suspension, brakes wheels and tires and anyone who has driven it fails to stop smiling their entire drive

Not bad for a clapped-out car eh?