WRC Impreza performance on snow

Snow and racing. Wild combination, no grip and no traction (I know, I broke my front front rim a week ago:)

I posted a comparison video some time ago between stock Subaru Impreza STI and Impreza STI WRC version. It was something for imagine the difference, but what do the experts say about WRC Impreza performance? Here’s an old video of WRC champion Tommi Makinen as a guest in Touge Showdown Special, driving around Keiichi Tsuchiya, Nobuteru Taniguchi and Manabu Orido. See what they have to say about it.
This time with subs! Thanks to GTchannel

HKS TRB02 EVO 8 Story

It was back in 2004 where Japan tuners gathered at Tsukuba Circuit to race in Video Option's 2004 Tsukuba Super Lap Challenge. HKS had Tsukuba circuit record that time (55 seconds flat), made by their HKS Lancer Evolution 8 Hypermax TRB02. This 552hp monster was built especially to break Tsukuba Circuit fastest tuner-car time. TRB literally means Tsukuba Record Breaker.

HKS EVO 8 TRB02 had a super-light body made of carbon fiber material. Bumpers, seat, wing, doors, bonnet, roof... it was all super light with crazy power/weight ratio. Interior of course specially designed for TRB Evo8 driver Nobuteru Taniguchi and his driving style; Takata seat-belt, Bride Zeta III CF seat, Chrono DB oil pressure meter... Sitting on gold Advan RG II racing wheels with Yokohama A048 (265-35-R18) tires, it was the meanest looking EVO ever.

HKS that day with driver Nobuteru Tanaguchi gave a lesson to other tuners what a CF bodied HKS tuned EVO8 can do, they broke their own record, setting a super-lap time 54,739 seconds. HKS had a few more runs, but tragedy happened after super-lap, brakes locked before corner and Taniguchi drove a car to the wall. Things like that happen when the car is driving on the edge of limit, I bet Taniguchi was looking for time in 53.xxx second range.

All the engine tuning parts are still available at HKS, so if you have about 100+k$ too much, you can build your own HKS TRB02 EVO 8 Hypermax.

Crash afterwards:

pic source: bushido81

NA Cars Battle - 10000rpm @ Ebisu

Best Motoring: Battle at 10.000 rpm. Battle of NA cars.
Shinichi Yamaji: 1.3L 160hp G-force City
Shunei Kawasaki: 2.0L B18C spec-R 240hp SS Works CRX
Naoki Hattori: 2.0L 260hp Spoon S2000 Super Taikyu Model - group N
Nobuteru Taniguchi: 2.0L 250hp Redline Lexus Altezza Super Taikyu Model - group N
Manabu Orido: 2.1L b18c spec-R 246hp JUN auto EK Civic
Keiichi Tsuchiya: 3.2L 340hp Esprit NSX

J's Racing S2000 on the touge

How does the 1st generation of J's Racing Honda S2000 handle on the touge? It's designed to be a daily driver car with stereo and navigation system. Keiichi Tsuchiya is really impressed with cornering abilities of J's s2k. When he's suspiciously quiet while driving any car, that only means he really enjoys the drive. Taniguchi and Orido are also impressed with J's s2k, is it better than Amuse S2k?
J's Racing Honda S2000 specifications:
Engine - F20C moded by J's racing - 280 horsepowers
ECU - J's Racing
Headers - Mugen
Exhaust - J's Racing
Transmission - stock
LSD - Cusco RS
Final drive - 4.777
Dampers - J's Racing coilovers
Brakes - J's Racing CV with Grooved rotors
Bodykit - J's racing
Weight - 1240kg
Tires - Advan Neova 255/40 R17