There are a lot of Subaru Rally Cars competing at any Rally, and they are all going to draw on a similar setup of transmission, suspension, and most likely a Turbo Subaru EJ engine.  But now, there is one STI that is unlike any other Rally Car out there because it has a Ferrari 458 engine under the hood.

Sam Albert has been competing in Rally since 2017, and he has had a lot of success in his 2004 STI.  But a little while ago, he got to thinking about the ARA Rules, and how if he would make a switch to a naturally aspirated engine to get away from all of the restrictions that are placed on turbo engines, he might be able to build a cool car, and gain some advantage if he could just find the right engine.

Believe it or not, the engine he decided to switch to is a Ferrari 458 flat-plane crank V-8, and somehow, he has been able to not only make it work, but do so in such a way that this STI Rally car should now be better than ever before.

As soon as we heard about this build, we reached out to Sam because we had to find out more about how he decided to take on this build, and how he got it to work.

Enjoy the conversation and Stay Tuned!