Watch a built Subaru take on a pair of C6 Corvettes on the highway.
This weeks Kill Stories feature was posted to the YouTube account of KFCOrBust and it was shared on theforum by LS1Tech member KFC_or_Bust. In this video, a pair of C6 Corvette coupes are battling a 1997 Subaru Impreza coupe in a few high speed highway roll races.
Now, if this race were being run with three stock cars, the Corvettes would absolutely demolish the Subaru. However, this particular 1997 Impreza has been fitted with a built 2.5L engine from an STi. Which, with a 20g turbo pushing around 22 pounds of boost, is making around 340 all-wheel horsepower. That is less power at the wheels than your average LS3-powere C6, but the Subaru is lighter and has the advantage of all-wheel drive.
As for the two Corvettes, one is completely stock with the 6-speed manual transmission and the “KFC Driver Mod.” And the other has undisclosed bolt-ons, an aftermarket cam, and a tune. They are claiming 430 rear wheel horsepower. Oh, and a built 6L80 automatic transmission with a higher stall torque convertor, for good measure.
The first race is from 40 to 150 miles per hour, with the stock Corvette carrying the camera, the Subaru in the middle lane and the build Corvette in the far lane. The cars go on the third honk, but the built Corvette doesn’t hear the horn, so the stock Corvette and the Subaru get a big jump – during which time the stock C6 walks away from the Impreza.
In the second race, the cars go from 40 again, but this time, they give the Subaru the hit, so it gets out to an early lead as the built Corvette once again misses the start – but the stock Corvette once again comfortably beats the Japanese compact car.
Finally, it should be noted that while the built Corvette missed the start on both runs, it came charging back around the stock C6 in each of the runs, but in the battle of the stock Corvette and the Subaru – the LS3 dominates.
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