The Subaru GL Wagon constructed by Hoonigan for the one and solely Travis Pastrana is a Gymkhana automotive not like some other.
Unveiled again in January, the automotive was created for Pastrana to proceed his collaboration with the Hoonigan crew. It got here to life shortly after work on his 862 hp Subaru WRX STI was accomplished and dropped at life by Subaru Motorsports USA and Vermont SportsCar.
The automotive is impressed by an unique GL Wagon however contains a utterly bespoke tube body with carbon fiber touches. It additionally contains a full WRC-spec roll cage and whereas its general size is similar to the unique, it’s nearly a foot wider.
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The engine is basically an identical to the one powering Pastrana’s WRX STI. As such, it’s a 2.3-liter boxer with a billet engine block and has a crankshaft from Subaru’s RallyCross program. Vermont SportsCar additionally constructed it with billet heads, a twin timing belt system, an enormous Garrett turbocharger, and a novel exhaust system. It delivers 862 hp via all 4 wheels courtesy of a sequential transmission.
Pastrana drove the automotive for the primary time in public on the Goodwood Pageant of Pace earlier this yr and through his hillclimb runs, confirmed off the automotive’s lively aerodynamic parts. As mentioned by Vermont SportsCar on this video, these parts had been designed to not be noticeable when the automotive is stationary however beneath braking, pop as much as act as air brakes.