Mention the word Impreza and the image that automatically comes to mind is of street cars with distinctive exhaust burbles coming from cannon-sized exhausts or of World Rally Championship cars in their distinctive blue livery. What’s not very commonly known is that Cusco, a respected name in aftermarket tuning circles, has been campaigning an Impreza in the Japanese GT300 series for more than a decade. The particular Impreza featured here was built for the 2007 season.
Looking at the car, it is almost unrecognizable as an Impreza because of the wild bodywork that is permitted under the JGTC rules. The car features a lightened body and has been prepped with the usual safety rollcage. Onto this prepared chassis were installed a push-rod inboard type double wishbone suspension for the front and rear, ALCON water-cooled 6-pot caliper brakes with Ferodo pads and 18-inch Hart wheels on Dunlop racing tires. The engine is Subaru’s trusty EJ20 built by Subaru Technica International. Output is restricted to 300 horsepower by the class rules and transmission is a CUSCO Sequential 6-speed transaxle AWD unit. Being a Cusco-sponsored car, Cusco also fitted its radiator, oil cooler, intercooler, suspension components, LSD and the distinctive body kit. Ready to race, the car weighs in at 1150 kilos. Performance calculations place its 0-60 time at less than 4 seconds with the quarter mile in around 12.5 seconds.
In terms of outright performance, this car is now beaten by the 800-horsepower unlimited class time attack cars that can be found all over. In its time and in its class though, this performance was enough for a class win.
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