Ken Block's rally car build

[WaveDemon]

It is crazy how small that motor really is. Looks around the same size as 2 62t motors sitting on the bench.

I could take a pic of the subaru motor next to a yamaha twin if you'd like.

 

[Idok]

I have actually had the chance to talk with him about the gymkhana cars. Those cars are funded mostly by him. SOA picks up PART of the tab for his rally racing, as well does vermont sports cars and and a few other companies.

Surprisingly it only has 390 AWHP..... certainly enough to get the job done though.

A STI on a mustang dynometer will put out about 230 AWHP bone stock. It is hard to get a good reading off of the dyno's though.....There isn't a set calibration on them. I remeber putting my car on two different dynometers on the same exact day....there was a 40 HP discrepancy. I also remeber the day that we re-calibrated a dyno and had a stock audi s4 make over a 1000 HP.

I dont buy that for one second

 

[WaveDemon]

I could take a pic of the subaru motor next to a yamaha twin if you'd like.

looking at the jugs there are some size similarities. but the subi motor is much bigger especially if you look at it with the double over head cam head on it.

 

[nokfir]

i dont buy that for one second

i agree, his first gymkana car had 530 awhp, why would it downgrade so much for the new car

 

[tor*p*do]

A yami 701 is 350.5 cc per cylinder
A Sub 2.65 is 662.5 cc per cylinder
Big difference!

 

[sneaky]

Ken will be driving for a Junior WRC team next year!