It is almost hard to picture now, but there was a long time when we couldn't get a WRX or STI here in the states, even though they were available most everywhere else around the world.Then, in 2001, the WRX finally landed.In this episode, Jon talks with Justin from Overtake USA and Dan from Mach V Motorsports about what it was like when the WRX finally landed, and how it changed the world of Sport Compact Cars here in the US.What got Subaru to take the chance of bringing the WRX and STI over, and what might this tell us about the Future of Subaru?Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

There are two things that Subaru has told us the BRZ will never get from the day that the design was revealed.1. It will never get a turbocharged engine2. It will never be All Wheel DriveBut now they have built the Boxer Rally spec.Z which is both.How did we get to this point?When we thought that this AWD BRZ Rally Car was just going to be a clone of the Toyota Celica that we have seen testing for the 2027 WRC season, it seemed like this was at least going to be part of Subaru's return to the WRC. But it seemed like it was going to be using Toyota's engine and drivetrain.Now we know that the Boxer Rally spec.Z is at least using a Subaru engine (A turbocharged BRZ FA24 from the looks of it), but that also makes it seem like this may not have nearly as much to do with a return to the WRC as we thought.So why is Subaru building this car? What are they testing and what do they hope to learn?After going through a number of videos from the launch of the car, I have a couple of guesses.Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

For Episode #195 of the Flatirons Syndicate Podcast, Tanner, Art, Dewey, and Jon sit down to talk about recent events.Art is just back from a two week trip to Japan, and we talk about what he did, and Subaru culture in Japan.Dewey just won Street Mod at Gridlife South Carolina and set a new track record in the process.Subaru Just revealed the Boxer Rally spec.Z All Wheel Drive BRZ Rally Car, and we give our initial impressions about that as well.Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

Ryan Douthit of Driving Sports TV is our guest for this episode of the Flatirons Syndicate Podcast.Ryan gets to drive most all of the new vehicles as Subaru releases them, so he has driving most all of the newest Subaru's, so he has a unique perspective on the direction that Subaru is moving in.In this episode, we talk about the newest Subaru EV's, including the Subaru Trailseeker, and Subaru Uncharted, and how they compare to their Combustion counterparts.We also talk about what he thinks about the STI returning to the US market, and the direction that Subaru is going in terms of Performance.If you haven't all ready, check out the Driving Sports TV review of the Trailseeker here:https://youtu.be/bDlvUUzaewM?si=PgkPGqFLz6w5epV6And their review of the Subaru Uncharted here:https://youtu.be/bDlvUUzaewM?si=PgkPGqFLz6w5epV6We also mention the Silver Bullet XV video testing the Trailseeker, and here are links to those videos as well:https://youtu.be/bDlvUUzaewM?si=PgkPGqFLz6w5epV6https://youtu.be/YUp2XQfFx4o?si=93HJbqPF828LCc2LThanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

For Episode #193 of the Flatirons Syndicate Podcast, we couldn't land on a single topic, so we covered just about everything that was on our minds.Were the days of Subaru Forums really the good old days?When was it the PEAK time to modify your Subaru?How does the BRZ fit in the Subaru lineup?Are Bugeyes easy to find these days? What about First Gen BRZs?And lots more.A big thanks to Art, Tanner, and Dewey for making time to chat again, and I hope that you enjoy the conversation.Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

This went up on YouTube today, but it is a good primer for the Podcast that will go up tomorrow. I decided to put it up here as well just in case any of you aren't following us on YouTube.

Hope you enjoy this conversation, and Stay Tuned for the Podcast tomorrow!

There has been a lot of discussion of late about the All Wheel Drive BRZ Rally Car that Subaru just unveiled, and for good reason.If there wasn't all ready enough to be excited about as a Subaru Enthusiast, this is just icing on the cake.Art and the folks over at Overtake USA have also been following all of the information coming out from Subaru lately, and they had a bit of a different take on what this all means.I decided to reach out to Art to have a discussion about what all this means.Check out their video on the Subaru Super Taikyu Motorsport announcement here: @OVERTAKEUSA  https://youtu.be/lr78aRpJQG0?si=5eK-RXAYqojekBLMAnd if you haven't watched the LoveCars TV video on this, be sure to check it out as well:https://youtu.be/iG2KvgHufpo?si=ro00G3SeO_VLmiNpThanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

There was a time in the early 2000's where Subaru Forums were the place to go to find information, parts, or to connect with the Subaru community in your area.There were a number of local forums but the central hub for many of us was NASIOC. The North American Subaru Impreza Owners Clubhttps://forums.nasioc.com/This was at one point the largest Subaru forum, and had tens of thousands of members from all over the globe. It was, and still is to an extent, a critical source for information about how to build or fix your Subaru.At some point though, people just stopped using forums. For this episode, we talk with Justin from Overtake USA, and the legendary Unabomber (one of the most prolific contributors to NASIOC) about what happened to forums with the rise of Social Media.Are we in a better place now than we used to be? A big thanks to Justin for putting this together, and definitely let us know what you think about this in the comments below.Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

Are Subaru's reliable? Do they really have as many issues as you read about on the Internet?It is time to have a real conversation about it, and on this episode, we have the perfect group to get to the bottom of this topic.SmeediaArt from Overtake USAAnd Dewey from IAGWhat is the truth about Head Gasket issues on WRX's, STI's, and Subaru's in general? What about Ring Lands and Rod Bearings?Part of the inspiration of this topic is Smeedia's video where he tries, and fails, to kill an STI here:https://youtu.be/lR7XrfCPz6s?si=NRxxqScLGHnUZ86qThanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

If you follow Rally, RallyX, or motorsport in general, there is a good chance that you have seen the Your Mom Races Rally Instagram page pop up on your feed. When Kelly decided to jump into Rally and RallyX, she decided to document her journey into the world of motorsport on her Instagram page. As it often does, things started out with a car and a few small changes here and there, and now Kelly is looking at welding in a cage and has here eyes set on competing in Stage Rally in the near future.For this episode, we talk with Kelly about how she found Rally, and how motorsport had a more profound impact on her life than she expected.Max Crouch, the co-Driver of our Flatirons Tuning Rally Team joins us on this podcast as well!If you are interested in reading Kelly's book, you can find it here:https://www.carrarabooks.com/store/p/your-mom-races-rallyThanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

If you are building up a track car or a race car, and you need to add power, where would you start? A bigger Turbo? Supercharger? Maybe building up the engine and tuning the ECU?What about making your race car a hybrid?I think I am safe in saying that most of us would not even consider turning a car that didn't start out life as a hybrid into one, much less making it a hybrid to improve the cars performance.But that is exactly what Sasha from Mountain Pass Performance did with his 350Z Time Attack car.In this episode, Sasha and I talk about everything that was involved to turn his 350Z Hybrid Time Attack car in to the monster that it is. We also talk about how this project relates to the work that Mountain Pass Performance does to improve the performance of EV's like the Tesla Model 3.If you want to see all the details about MPP's KELS build, and everything else that they are up to, take a look at their Youtube Channel here:https://www.youtube.com/@UCq47UcvRMn97rd_ams7dtfA Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!