BRUTAL 880Hp Impreza WRC || Onboard w/ Alister MCRAE

The younger brother of the Legendary McRae lineage, Alister, having beaten the All Time Record of Leadfoot Festival´s Hillclimb at the wheel of the ex-Possum Bourne Subaru Impreza WRC 1998 last year, was once again the winner of the event on 2020. The Monstruous WRC unit now run by Vantage Windows Motorsport is faster than ever and converted into full HillClimb-spec, it is producing around 880Hp/940Nm.

This is a 1998 S5 unit, originally driven by Juha Kangas on the New Zealand Rally, and is still powered by the 2.0L engine unit but now equipped with a Borgwarner EFR 7670 or EFR 8374 (depending on the kind of power and powerband required) with external wastegate. Running on E85 Fuel, it has an RPM limit set at 9000Rpm, delivering a maximum of 940Nm of torque at 5600Rpm.

All this additional power is transferred to the ground through a 4-Wheel Drive transmission with a Prodrive Hewland 6 speed H-Pattern with hydraulic centre and front diffs, while the rear one is now either a Hewland spool diff or locked LSD option. Suspension-wise it is equipped with Reiger dampers, 3 way adjustable, double piston and RCV with tarmac springs alongside Titanium sway bars for tarmac events.

While still weghing an hefty 1200Kg, it is an enormously quick machine, putting all this power to the ground in a very efficient manner, the key to its continued success at Rod Millen´s Leadfoot Festival, where it won the last 4 Editions.

[Yabud_]

Geez, he's running on the razors edge. What an absolute mad lad.

[netwrok]

The amount of times that car left the track but never lost control was very impressive of both driver and car!

[metalbucuresti]

The guy is doing well ... The car is jumping off the track ... Incredible ... You rarely see anything like that ... Many have hundreds of horsepower and don't use them .. they are afraid ..
The man in the video is going super loud.
Thanks again for the video. RESPECT

[richardperkovic]

Ex 1998 Subaru WRC..was crashed during the 98 WRC round in NZ driven by Juha Kangas..purchased by the late great Possum Bourne, rebuilt and rallied in NZ and Aussie until ex WRC were banned in NZ and Aussie championships..Possum converted it into a hill climb car, until his tragic death, great to see it out there still winning. RIP Colin, Richard burns and Possum, all Subaru WRC drivers who were taken too soon!!

[nad]

With manual gearbox "one hand driving" 😱❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥
McRae style🤘😎

[Russell_and_Rosko]

What a beautiful stage. Wow. The shot @ 1:58 is incredible with the pines and ferns. Sitting at a race track can be no fun. Exploring through the forest is one of the best things ever. Hill climb racing is where it's at.

[hillclimbracingfan]

Mcrae and Subaru, what else to expect except pure madness and top driving?Alister, just like his legendary brother Colin, is stunning pilot and it's amazing to watch with what precision and focus he tames monstrous Impreza.Definetely one of the very best videos you posted.
Top content as always.

[AddictedLeTube]

Brilliant driver, obviously from an amazing pedigree. Let’s talk about the mechanical grip from that car though! Amazing on all accounts 10/10

[ChEztified]

THIS is the car of my dreams, the looks, the power and the speed

[tlvidriss]

He is really pushing the car I like it !

[giorgio]

he's driving like he's running for his life. amazing video thanks

[cokker]

He has that car by the scruff of the neck and showing it who's boss! Very nicely done!

[AJ-msoi]

The whole family are/ were great drivers. :-)

[thehrschannel]

Jimmy, Colin and Alistair are all just epic drivers! Had the privilege of meeting both Jimmy and Colin when I was much younger and both where true gentlemen!!!

[angus]

Damn that thing is balanced, lands, plants and keeps on going!

[morganeklund]

I recognise the driving style ✌️ when in doubt 😂

[normanrodriguez]

I don’t think there was ever a moment when all 4 wheels were touching the ground at the same time....dude had this car on 3 wheels 98% of the time...

[sardengineering]

Thank you, thank you, thank you 🙏🏼❤️🍺 You didn’t disappoint at all, what an unreal perspective; the car was making all sorts of maneuvers. You really delivered on this one!

[Giulio_SM_Viganò]

This man has no fear of death.








Because he dominates it

[wyattoutlaw]

I’m surprised he’s not running a sequential shifter.