Legacy speed record

[thorpy]

While cleaning up my garage I found a book all about the history of subaru in motorsport and it had a section on the formation of STi.

Had a read and found this.....

Starting on January 2nd 1989 , just prior to the launch of the legacy 12 FHI staff in shifts drove 3 legacys continuously for

19 days around the Arizona test course in the USA .

Covering 100,000km at an average speed of 223.345km/hr , beating the 100,000km speed record previously held by Saab by over 10km/hr.

Who said subarus are unreliable.

[thorpy]

Found on wikipedia

On April 23, 1998, a Generation III Subaru Legacy set a new world speed record for mass-produced turbocharged station wagons with small engines (1600 cc-2000 cc class), clocking 270.532 km/h (168.101 mph) over one kilometer on Highway 10 in La Junta, Colorado.[citation needed] This record was previously set by a Generation II Subaru Legacy in 1993 at 249.981 km/h (155.331 mph).[citation needed]

The original Legacy speed record was set between January 2 and January 21, 1989, with three Japanese-spec turbocharged RS sedans at the Arizona Test Center outside of Phoenix, Arizona. It broke the 100,000 km FIA World Land Endurance Record by maintaining an average speed of 138.780 mph (223.345 km/h) for 447 hours, 44 minutes and 9.887 seconds, or 18.5 days. Pit stops were made every two hours with a driver change and refueling, while tire changes were made at 96 hour intervals, or every 13,400 miles (21,600 km) driven.

[subieboy]

Yep been around for some time now, plenty of info on here in various posts over time since then too

[thorpy]

ok , Id never heard of it.

[subieboy]

 thorpy said:

ok , Id never heard of it.

Yea its weird. Subaru doesn't really seem to use it in any advertising that I can remember...

[Joker]

yup thats what RA used to stand for...

and why advertise 20 year old record?

[subieboy]

 JoKer said:

yup thats what RA used to stand for...

and why advertise 20 year old record?

I was meaning at the time with the BH/BE, cant remember far enough back for hte 1st one

heritage is a good thing too

[Old Skool Subbie]

A FHI Subaru Justy owns a speed record aswell

http://driveperformance.subaru.com/Print.aspx?printpath=/Articles-(1)/dp41/dp41_attic&classname=custom.SDArticle

[subieboy]

 Old Skool Subbie said:

A FHI Subaru Justy owns a speed record aswell

http://driveperformance.subaru.com/Print.aspx?printpath=/Articles-(1)/dp41/dp41_attic&classname=custom.SDArticle

Never knew about that one

[rskikn]

 thorpy said:

While cleaning up my garage I found a book all about the history of subaru in motorsport and it had a section on the formation of STi.

Had a read and found this.....

Starting on January 2nd 1989 , just prior to the launch of the legacy 12 FHI staff in shifts drove 3 legacys continuously for

19 days around the Arizona test course in the USA .

Covering 100,000km at an average speed of 223.345km/hr , beating the 100,000km speed record previously held by Saab by over 10km/hr.

Who said subarus are unreliable.

ive heard this one as well.. wonder if a 2011 legacy could repeat it?? bet a euro/ford/holden/anything american would break down in the first 20,000kms hahahahaha ;D

[subieboy]

 rskikn']

[quote name='thorpy said:

While cleaning up my garage I found a book all about the history of subaru in motorsport and it had a section on the formation of STi.

Had a read and found this.....

Starting on January 2nd 1989 , just prior to the launch of the legacy 12 FHI staff in shifts drove 3 legacys continuously for

19 days around the Arizona test course in the USA .

Covering 100,000km at an average speed of 223.345km/hr , beating the 100,000km speed record previously held by Saab by over 10km/hr.

Who said subarus are unreliable.

/quote]

ive heard this one as well.. wonder if a 2011 legacy could repeat it?? bet a euro/ford/holden/anything american would break down in the first 20,000kms hahahahaha ;D

hahaha my last Holden (VE V6 Berlina) broke down at 8000Km, then again it died and required a new motor at 17 000Km...

Dealer and Holden to this day still wont say why it carked... (also not the only one our company had that did that)

[Jord]

The Forester also set a 24 hour speed record in 1996 at Indianapolis with a average speed of 180.082km/h...

[Joker]