Inspired by Dev mentioning Build threads I already had this one mostly started from the Atlantic Canada Subaru Club forum.

This is the 2000 2.5RS Rally car belonging to Ian Pearce and Myself. After a number of years of campaigning the Audi we started talking about changing up to something newer a few years ago. We had looked at a couple of built cars in Ontario but being the frugal (cheap!) buggers we are we never really took the next steps. Meanwhile Ian's significant other sold her 2.5RS Daily Drive to Jim Rankin who intended to build it into a rally car. Long story short within weeks the car was caged to a very high standard, had seats and harnesses and was pretty much ready to RallySprint. We were given the opportunity to buy it back at a pretty reasonable price for the work that went into it so we jumped on it. Over the last year and a bit we've built it up to a fully CARS spec Production 4WD car with all the required safety gear, tooling according to the rules. In the spring we picked up a Hotbits DT1 rally suspension which really changed the car and made it a ball on the stages.















Modifications

Rankin Racing Multipoint FIA-specification CARS-Logbooked cage
Front Aluminium Heavy Duty Skidplate on Custom Mounts
Underbody HDPE protection boards from a hockey rink in Musquodibit Harbour.
Red Rally-Tech 4mm Urethane Mud Flaps
Brantz Laser 3 Rally Computer
TerraTrip Professional Rally Intercom
Many sets of 15" Legacy Turbo/Outback Wheels
Michelin 15” Rally Tires
Yokohama 15” Rally Snow Tires
Sabelt Duo Driver/Co-Driver Seats
Drivers Sparco Seat Mount
G-Force 5 point Cam-Lock Harnesses
Leaf/Sparco/Simpson/HJC/HANS personal Safety Equipment
Drift Innovation HD170 In-Car video (Audio from TerraTrip intercom)
AutoMeter Phantom Oil Pressure/Oil Temperature/Volt Gauges
2.5RS Coupe Mid-Wing Spoiler
HotBits DT1 Rally Valved Single Adjustable Coilovers
Custom Rally East vinyl package by Mac Custom Decals, Logo by Tara Andrews
GC-Specific Fibreglass Light Pod with 4x Hella Rallye 4000 Lights

Blue items still to be installed

The car has been a lot of fun and we look forward to working on it in the future. Sticking with Production 4WD class keeps the modification bug in check and there's good competition locally to battle against. Bring on 2014!

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2005 Forester XT (Daily/B2Tuned), 2000 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS P4WD Class Rally Car, 2006 WRX RallyCross Car (Sponsors: Rally-Tech, Great North Performance, ISI Automotive)
Check out: Rally East, The Ledwidge Lookoff Rally

The 2013 Ledwidge Lookoff Rally

So we had our big rally last weekend but I pretty much immediately got on a train and headed to Montreal for a week with the family so I haven't had a chance to update.

The car worked great! We took second overall, narrowly beating out 99rally. I really enjoy the longer format rally but man they take a lot out of you. The spectator stages at the Conrad Bros Ltd Quarry on Saturday was AWESOME. I want to run there over and over again! So fast, so open! So fun!











No drama from the car. An existing weak spot in the exhaust let go and we are weeping a bit of coolant but that's not new. Probably the water pump gasket. Time for a timing belt change anyway. We'll take care of those before the next event in October.

In car video:

Stage 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LLRuVUWqUI

Stage 5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1r83RdqS5s



October 2013 Trout Lake Rally

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2005 Forester XT (Daily/B2Tuned), 2000 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS P4WD Class Rally Car, 2006 WRX RallyCross Car (Sponsors: Rally-Tech, Great North Performance, ISI Automotive)
Check out: Rally East, The Ledwidge Lookoff Rally

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2005 Forester XT (Daily/B2Tuned), 2000 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS P4WD Class Rally Car, 2006 WRX RallyCross Car (Sponsors: Rally-Tech, Great North Performance, ISI Automotive)
Check out: Rally East, The Ledwidge Lookoff Rally

[Reserved for future updates]

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2005 Forester XT (Daily/B2Tuned), 2000 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS P4WD Class Rally Car, 2006 WRX RallyCross Car (Sponsors: Rally-Tech, Great North Performance, ISI Automotive)
Check out: Rally East, The Ledwidge Lookoff Rally

[Reserved for future updates]

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2005 Forester XT (Daily/B2Tuned), 2000 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS P4WD Class Rally Car, 2006 WRX RallyCross Car (Sponsors: Rally-Tech, Great North Performance, ISI Automotive)
Check out: Rally East, The Ledwidge Lookoff Rally