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Old 08-04-2020, 05:24 AM
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Re: Subaru EG33 breaks the class speed record

Did anyone else think of this when they saw "Subaru" and "speed record" in the title?

https://web.archive.org/web/20161220...speed-records/

"The original Legacy speed record was set between January 2 and January 21, 1989, with three Japanese-spec turbocharged RS sedans at the Arizona Test Center outside of Phoenix, Arizona. It broke the 100,000 km FIA World Land Endurance Record by maintaining an average speed of 138.780 mph (223.345 km/h) for 447 hours, 44 minutes and 9.887 seconds, or 18.5 days. Pit stops were made every two hours with a driver change and refueling, while tire changes were made at 96‑hour intervals, or every 13,400 miles (21,600 km) driven."

That is nuts, especially considering that it happened 30 years ago. And the EG33 shares a lot of that DNA, since it was derived from Subaru's EJ flat four.
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