Driving from Florida to Alaska - Episode 1

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We drove our turbo cars from Florida to Alaska. We took our STI drivetrain swapped Subaru Forester and Mitsubishi Evo 9 MR on a journey of over 10,000 miles. This isn't click bait, we actually did it! Or rather, you'll have to watch to find out if we actually made it all the way!

HUGE thanks to Advance Auto Parts for making this trip happen! They were kind enough to sponsor this trip and save us every time we broke down, which happened more frequently than I'd like to admit.

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Music:
All My Secrets are Petals for you by Chronton

Primary camera gear that we film with:
Panasonic S1h with MC1 adaptor
Panasonic S1
Gopro Hero 9
Rode VidoeMicro
Rode mic go
Sandisk Extreme Pro 300mbs
Ronin Rs2
Canon 24-105
Canon 70-200
Rokinon 35mm
Rokinon 14mm
Sigma 35mm

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Nothing quite like having 100lbs of brake rotors youre never going to use, sliding around your trunk.

illsuspect

to show the effects of flex seal i sawed this evo in half

atenza

The brake pads, rotors and drive belts should be replaced before the trip, I have never seen anyone bring those parts with them on a long road trip. They are maintenance items not emergency items to bring on a road trip. Instead, I would put a roof rack on both cars, mount a couple spare wheels on them and take a few Jerry cans full of premium fuel, some essential tools and some first aids kits will be useful as well.

Iloveak

IF you're worried about brakes, do them before the trip. There is no reason to carry all those brake pads for a 14k road trip...LOL

rotaryrocket

A Dutch couple named Dirk Jan Roeleven and Hester van der Vliet drove their 17 years old Subaru Forester with over 500.000 km on it (!) from the Netherlands back to the Subaru factory in Yajima, near Tokyo. During their 17 weeks, 24.000 km long journey they crossed Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, South Korea and Japan. The old car made the journey without problems. Two light bulbs had to be replaced. And the wipers after they had been stolen. In Kazakhstan the shock absorbers were replaced as a precaution because in Mongolia there are hardly any paved roads. In Japan they were welcomed as heroes.

richardteunen

That's a lot of damage. Good thing u had flex seal.

TAKEOVERSTUDIOS

Short Ben: This is a trip about hitting every friendly shop in my phonebook because my car is made of glass
Tall Ben: This is a trip about my Evo getting destroyed by the elements and peasants without Brembos

yuchungman

11:08 "meanwhile in the Evo, the AC has been working perfectly"

*windows down*

MrAledro

They went on a 11hr road trip just to start their road trip.

cooperwolfe

"The person behind us didn't have brembos." LOL

ChallengerDood

You guys do such phenomenal work. Great job on this series. I'll make sure to watch every episode.

chaseontwowheels

Came from the Civic/Miata road trip because I loved it so much.

justryan

I did this solo on a whim from Allentown, PA to Mnt Mickinly via Fairbanks in 1989 with my 79 Mustang hatchback 302, 4sp that had over 250k miles on it. No support. Only carried extra wipers and essential tools. Took 5 days to reach Tok, AK (lost a day to the trans failing in BC). The entire Alcan hwy was dirt back then. Returned via Hanes, AK ferry to Prince Rupert Canada then drove straight through to the Bay area. Two days later drove 41 hours straight back to PA. Lots of exploring along the way in Alaska and the Yukon. All done in 3.5 weeks. Lost all 4 headlights and one wiper one night as a semi coming from the opposite direction peppered me with rocks in the Yukon. Got replacements in Tok, AK. It was an amazing trip. Wish there were cameras like today's back then. Hid under an overpass on I-80 in NE as a tornado roared over just after 8"s of hail had fallen. My first rest was Cheyenne, WY. Had to get a new trans in Dawson Creek, BC. Ford dealer had one in stock and had me back on the road the next day for $500. Limped over 150 miles and an mnt pass stuck in 3 gear to get to Dawson Creek. That car got lots of stares along the way. No flat tires and never ran out of gas. Often gas stations were spaced nearly at my cars range limit. Picked up one hitchhiker in the Yukon. The worse thing about the trip was the horrible 55 mph speed limit in those days. With all the roads being paved these days and way more populated areas, there's no need for all those extra parts. Start the trip with new brakes and a belt. If needed pick up the extra parts cheaper in Canada with the exchange rate. Camped and car camped the entire trip except for the last night in San Jose, CA. I really wanted to drive up to the arctic circle from Fairbanks but, the locals talked me out of it due to the permafrost and marsh-like conditions back then saying the Stang would get stuck quite easily. A/C? I rolled my windows down :-) Yes, rolled. No power windows or door locks. A cool sunroof was nice. I chuckle when they say the middle of nowhere in TX when your on an interstate Hwy and you have mobile phones and back up. Still, good to see others doing road trips like this. Trips like these are so much fun. Next time take an old Ford so not so many stops for repairs :-) Total mileage was 18k+ miles.

lavapix