We don’t know what the implants between the cars will do, but it’s something we’re excited about. And the last example we gave you about the kind of experience we promise will leave you speechless. Imagine the result of integrating a Subaru WRX STI with a Ferrari V8.a complete Frankenstein that is so impossible to comprehend that it seems to us a real work of art.
Preparations based on the Subaru WRX STI in any of its generations we’ve seen of all types and conditions. Subaru’s Flat-Four is already a good enough base to support modifications that double or triple its original horsepowerThat is why it is not very common to find someone who preferred to ditch the four-cylinder boxer engine to install a massive V8 of Ferrari origin instead.
But it was so. In the Subaru WRX STI (GDB), the original boxer engine has been removed to replace it with a naturally aspirated V8 from the Ferrari F136 seriesa fan capable of developing 450 CV in its original specification and used by models such as the Ferrari California, Maserati GranTurismo or Alfa Romeo 8C.
Uploaded to a dyno car owned by John Reed Racing, The Subaru with Ferrari’s heart has proven to be able to live up to the power data announced by the mechanics, though not without some previous problems such as a broken transmission shaft on one of the first launches. However, after some changes and improvements, Subaru’s AWD all-wheel drive system was preserved, plus a specific sequential gearbox was installed to tame the power of the new eight-cylinder. having said that, The best thing about this setup is undoubtedly the sound now coming from Subaru.
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