Recce RallySport / Subaru STi GD Short Wheelbase - First Time Out (2012)

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Hi everyone! Please read the description if you want more info about this very special car. Pause the video at 0:55 if you want to better see the profile of the car. Please also note that this car has since changed in various ways so do check out my other videos. You can also visit my rally team's website at: https://reccerallysport.ca/

My name is Jay and I am the proud owner, fabricator and driver of the world's first short-wheelbase Subaru Impreza WRX STi on a GD chassis. I purchased the car brand new in 2003 and it was planned to become my future rally weapon. It turned out to be a decade-long project full of craziness and creativity.

Please note that I do ALL the work myself (except ECU tuning) in my own home garage with the lowest allowable budget possible versus my build plans. During the entire build I did NOT have sponsors! While it may look costly at first glance, you'd be surprised to learn how little money I invested in it overall. This is the advantage of DIY'ing by recycling old materials or parts. My bodywork is inspired by the Japanese aesthetic concept of Wabi-Sabi 侘寂, rally, Group B and various other sources.

6 inches were removed from the car thus bringing the wheelbase to 93.3 inches. Various other custom mechanical & chassis mods aimed at track performance were made. The only hint that it was once a sedan is the shorter doors that I had planned to fix before the project was eventually terminated.

At the moment of this video, the car's "wet" weight was 2700 lbs / 1225 KG (without me in it) with a full tank of gas, liquids, cage, spare tire and tools, so you can see that a lot of attention was put towards weight reduction. A later addition of a rear-mounted radiator added back some weight to the build. I kept the car on a flat/matte black base paint for track testing of my body mods so that I wouldn't ruin an expensive paint job in case something needed repairing or further modding.

I had originally renamed my car the “Recce RS (RallySport)” or “RRS” for short, but a suggestion & vote by online peers made it officially “Wabi~Sabi” to honor what it currently reflects; an imperfect iteration of a dream, with flaws and compromises, however built hard work - all of which bearing fruit to a unique creation whereas beauty can still be found... depending on your own tastes!

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