The 2001 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS was stripped down, seam welded, caged, painted, and re-assembled with a donor motor and transmission from another 2001 2.5RS.

The roll cage was constructed by Jackson Rally and is Rally America and NASA compliant (built to FIA Article 253 specs). It has been overbuilt in some areas for extra safety and rigidity. The shell has been seam welded around the struts, transmission tunnel, cabin floor, and wheel wells. The roof skin was replaced with a JDM roof to completely delete the USDM sunroof option.

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The Finnish circuit racing stars will swap two wheel drive for four, and smooth asphalt for snow and ice when they tackle the event, the opening round of the Finnish Rally Championship, on 22 January

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Last week we showcased the bright green Evo X monster from Vivid Racing. This week, to continue with a Christmas season theme, we bounce over to a vibrant red Evo X from Artisan Performance / Mishimoto. Contrasting the Vivid Racing Evo X that focused more on turning heads and catching eye balls for SEMA, this Evo X showcases an abundance of performance modifications under the hood with minimal styling cues to set it apart from the crowd. The result is a clean package, enough to catch any enthusiast’s eye while satisfying the need for speed for any hardcore pedal pusher.

Under the hood, Artisan Performance went straight to work on developing plenty of Evo X components for their project. The cold side was taken care of with their intercooler, piping and intake; while the hot side sports an Artisan down pipe, RaceBack exhaust fully equipped with a carbon fiber titanium muffler and Artisan’s trademark SA-X50 turbo. Engine management comes in the form of a GReddy e-Manage Ultimate along with GReddy pressure sensor, AMS reflash and Artisan’s own boost controller. Handling all of the additional fuel load that is needed are Deatchwerks injectors and Walbro fuel pump. The rest of the turbo kit is attributed with a Forge actuator and blow off valve.

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San Francisco, CA (January 05, 2008) ¨C Ferraris, BMW M3, Porches, tire smoking drifting, Honda VTEC£ó and more roar onto Crunchyroll with the GT Channel page. More information can be found at http://www.crunchyroll.com.

A new title launching every week, with free ad-supported streaming and download-to-own options ($1.99/episode and $7.99/dvd), racing and car enthusiasts will be able to get their fix with Best Motoring International titles by GTChannel such as:

Best Motoring International 1: Type R legend
Best Motoring International 2: M3 Takes On JDM
Best Motoring International 3: Porsche 996 Turbo, The King
Best Motoring International 4: Roaring VTEC
Best Motoring International 5: Impreza vs Lancer
Best Motoring International 6: 350Z Shock
Best Motoring International 7: The EVO Strikes Back
Best Motoring International 8: RX-8 Rotary Reborn
Best Motoring International 9: Fuji Fast
Best Motoring International 10: GT-R The Prodigy
Best Motoring International 11: Super Battle
Best Motoring International 12: Factory Fighters
Best Motoring International 13: Enduro Challenge
Best Motoring International 14: Carrera Invasion
Best Motoring International 15: Nismo Beast Unleashed
Best Motoring International 16: EVO IX
Best Motoring International 17: Racing Bonanza
Best Motoring International 18: New STi
Best Motoring International 19: Japan vs USA Drift Off
Best Motoring International 20: American Touge 3
Best Motoring International 21: Civic Type R Returns
Best Motoring International 22: Rally Evo VS Tuner S2000
Best Motoring International 23: GT-R Loaded
Best Motoring Special Edition: Drift Bible
Best Motoring Special Edition: JGTC Official Guide
Best Motoring Special Edition: VTEC Club
Hot Version 1: JDM Racers
Hot Version 2: Battles @ 10,000rpm
Hot Version 3: American Touge
Hot Version 4: RB Japanese Muscle
Hot Version 5: Tuner Battle Royale
Hot Version 6: Rocket Rotary
Hot Version 7: American Touge 2

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Nikolas sent us some media previews on the upcoming season and we can't wait!

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Featured cars in this issue include the Seibon Mitsubishi Evo X, Falken/Sears Saturn Sky, a Mike McGuiness's 2004 WRX wagon and Impulse Engineering's 2005 Mustang. Hottie of the month feature is an interview with Brandi Alexis.

Event coverage of the Red Bull World Drifting Championship, Imports VS. Domestics, Our Man in Amsterdam, and Project Civic features. These and much more in this issue. Download or view at Carbon8 Magazine

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