The owner of the red car is the guy that went away from ET after his first day at the track from what we've all heard. And sure, ET posted pictured of this car in his shop, claiming he was putting in a billet block.. Well the pictures of the car.. didn't show a billet block, what they showed was an exhaust manifold and a turbo.. Which for all we know, the owner has gone away from just like he went away from Spyros.
My point is that everything being said is based off of speculation, it may be true, and it may not be, after all, we're getting the info from Spyros, and not the owner of the car. So truth be told, I don't see how we can definitively know what's under the hood of that car.

 

Is that the same guy that they said was a street racing legend? And up until the recent last run he was running with ET? If he was using ET's services when he was king of the streets then IDK, that would be legit to me? But we all don't have first hand knowledge, so my guess is as good as yours.

 

 

we are well aware the car HAD a ghost shifter / dog box setup in it before. we even posted videos showing it.. can you prove those pictures are recent now and how the car was at the event? ive never heard a dog box shift that smooth in my life, im sure no one on the forum has either. and the reason is, because it wasnt a dog box. there is no way.

 

Yes, he is a street racing legend. Crazy races for over 30 years. He was a legend way before ET and he did win some races with ET. But one of his great advantages, was the way he could intimidate his opponents... And when street racing, intimidation can give you the win even with a slower car.

As far as i know he left ET and he is racing hillclimbs...

 

I saw the photos too. But I also saw the video of the car rolling in reverse and forward again plus the way it spools before launch...

The sequential gear lever doesn't tell me anything... Will we see an incar like before reversing, staging and launching?

 

Alright guys, he was not running anti-lag.. It's that simple.. If you're driving a manual, a dog box, a ghost shifter, what ever you want to call it, you run anti-lag. and with an auto you brake boost basically.

 

The owener of the red evo owned a tuning shop and with the help of ET they built that evo...
He raced 1-2 times per year for 2-3 years and then he stopped everything due to health problems..
he didn't left et...he just stopped racing on the street/tracks..
Anyway that setup was from 2007 and last time we saw the car was in 2009..
It revved to 9K i think and now his engines rev to 12K

Some pics will come up for the last setup so hopefully we may see if the interior pics are the latest..

black evo going for thr 60-130mph record has just returned back in his hands due to some problems with the police..

 

Going from an air shifted dog box to an AUTO is downgrade why would he do that?

It seems like all you guys have 4wd 8 seconds cars, the way you guys talk make it seem like its super easy to built a 8 second all wheel drive car

 

If anyone thinks that Subaru isn't auto, well they have no clue what the hell they are talking about.

 

Well, it is debatable. For a drag racing setup i would prefer an auto since in my opinion has many advantages:

- no need to change very expensive clutches
- very consistent shifting and launches
- on a manual you need to figure out your launch rpm, need to practice how to slip the very expensive clutch, you are risking miss shifting
- you would have to buy a very expensive straight cut gearbox for the ultimate setup

From a cost point of view you are looking at $15K easy for a dogbox and carbon clutch plus, axles, etc etc...

An automatic could be as much as half the price, plus the service intervals are much longer...

 

You missed juanmedina's point. Regardless of which trans is in the car, it's still an 8 sec car

 

QTF, when David Buschur gets his auto trans worked out and gets into the 8's are you guys gonna be saying the same things?

 

it isn't a downgrade in the drag racing world. an automatic transmission will make a car smoother and 100% more consistent down the track if its setup right. likely to break way less parts also.

watch what happens with the evo's if they figure out the automatic trans stuff.. records will be reset left and right.

no one said it didnt take a lot of hard work and dedication to build an 8 sec car.. we all know it does. but we also dont like liars.. and it seems thats what their doing.. saying its not an automatic trans when the videos pretty much show it is the way the cars behaving in the video.

im not talking down the car and never have.. its a beautiful car inside and out.. it looks very well built, and it looks like its very solid.. and it went down the track very smooth and with ease.. so don't come here trying to attack me because i point something out everyone else has pointed out also.

 

The "not an auto" came from people from their camp.

The shop and the owner haven't said / admitted anything. I am just waiting to see what they will say.

No one said that having an 8 sec Subaru is not impressive. I know from others that the specific owner spent a good penny to reach this level with a lot of personal work too. I was the first to actually congratulate this car / setup here. Anyway...

When EVOs are able to use auto trannies too, i am sure that records will be broken. To date the fastest traps have been set by Mitsus and DSMs so power wise Mitsus are in the front. Subarus always had the stronger transmissions and by moving to an auto setup they can cover the power deficit pretty quickly!

Come on tuners / developers / shops!!! We need an auto for the EVOs!!! LOL