Offroading Subarus

We had done a lot of work to the car this year, building up stronger front suspension, placing the radiator in the rear on a roll bar. Race seats, and more. We were told the track would be mostly dry, in hindsight probably shouldn’t of taken advice from competition or the event coordinator! It got very wet and we just had no traction at all out there by heat 3. On the Sunday heats 5… Read More

In August we decided it was time to race the “new” (old) racewagon. With limited time and a very busy October we only just managed to get the racewagon ready for racing at the Loveday 2012 Riverland Challenge which was on the last weekend in October. Our support team on the sidelines. TOSSERS (Team Offroading Subarus Super Enthusiast Racing Specialists) Lining up for our first race of the weekend. The weekend of racing didn’t start… Read More

This year we raced in May and again in October. Our first race last year we managed a 2nd place in class, last may we got 3rd place in class and this race we got another 3rd place in class! After this race the car was stuffed, it started bending at the firewall like a banana and the windscreen had popped out a bit on two corners. As usual we went through a lot of… Read More

After the race in last October (2008) the car needed some repair. It also needed another engine as the previous engine was used in my road going Leone. We replaced the front struts, put a new engine in, fixed the rear torsion bars (they were sagged). We moved the seat belt mounts to the rear seatbelt mounting position to hold the driver and co-driver down in their seats better. Put some more paint and stickers… Read More

Friday we got there at 3pm, done scrutineering. Friday night we helped some of our competition (81 green wagon called Kermit) change a clutch. Saturday morning we then helped another Subaru driver (driving a red EA81 wagon completely stock) grease up his disty and plug up the grill. Racing started at 11am Started off bad, first heat about 30meters in my brother drove into a large hole… Floated for a bit then sunk 10″.. Engine… Read More