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The Subaru 22B was – and is – a legendary rally car for the road.
It had 206kW (huge at the time in a car that size), and enough torque and traction to get it moving along to 100km/h in 5.7 seconds.
It’s a car worthy of a modern tribute, and that’s what Willall Racing in South Australia has done. Only they’ve turned it up a few (hundred) notches.
Due for a debut at Subinats at Phillip Island on July 2, it’s the first in a small series of cars being built for export.
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Martin Donnon from Willall says they’ve considered building them for Aussie clients, but that it’d be an expensive exercise – he estimates you’d be forking out GT-R money.
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“We have a magic set of cylinder heads and camshafts to make that sort of power, we have a special rotating assembly, which is pistons, crank and rods that take it out of 2.63 litres [and] a specially-made turbocharger system.”
“You can’t get anything wide for these cars other than the front fenders, so we thought we’d metal finish an entire car. It’s WRC blue so we’re going to make it faithful to the whole 22B concept,” Donnon told MOTOR.
Watch this space for MOTOR’s upcoming review of the car, once we’ve had a change to get behind the wheel.
