Video: Subaru RS-TI Coupe – (Decker) One Take

The Subaru RS-TI conversion is one of our all time favorite tuner car configurations. For those of you in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, or Japan, here’s a primer: Subaru sold you the first generation Impreza WRX in the 90’s and early 2000’s with a 2.0L turbocharged engine. Here in the US, we didn’t get a turbocharged Impreza until 2001. We only got the 2.5 RS model with it’s naturally – aspirated 165-HP engine. Since Subaru builds their cars like legos and uses essentially the same drivetrain configuration all the way through the current model year, you can pretty much plop in any drivetrain you like to the early cars, creating what is known as the “RS-Ti.”

While we certainly are of the opinion that a true JDM-spec STI (or 22B!) is the best possible option, here in America, we have to build our own. This one, owned by Chris Huynh, is a real gem in WRC Blue and Gold.

After the video, have a look at Chris’s WheelWell page to see the technical details of the car.

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