Update! Finally in is the new aluminum bar & plate top mount intercooler for the new 08+ Impreza WRX STI. The core measures a hefty 20 5/8" x 10 3/8" x 4", making it one of the largest TMIC's we have created - if not the largest. It has been designed as a drop in replacement for the stock intercooler - no cutting, grinding, or other work will be necessary to get it in. 

I was able to get out and attend the Olympus Rally over the weekend. AVO is sponsoring Gary Cavett of Cavett Rally Motorsports in his GC8 Impreza, and I thought it would be quite good to see him in action. The weather actually cooperated by not pouring rain over all of us, and the temperatures were above freezing as well - you could almost believe you were not in the Pacific Northwest!

I was only able to attend the Saturday portion of the event, which went well despite a few crashes. Wouldn't be a rally event without them, I suppose. My shooting location was only eventful in the amount of fist-sized rocks I was pelted with by the rally cars, and the demise of the StickCam™. (One of the crew I was with mounted a video camera on a stick and had it hanging out to catch the rally cars going by. Until one of the rally cars caught it when they went deep inside...) I'll report more on the race results later when I have the final results. 

The burning question is, probably, how did we do this year? Very well, thank you. After the dust (and random engine, suspension, and body parts) had settled, we ended up a bit better than even we anticipated. While not the fastest at the track, ending up at the 4th place mark is nothing to sneeze at. The car did a 1 minute, 1.5 second time, clearly better than last year by nearly a second. And to be honest, it would have been even better than that with a bit more suspension setup and choice of tires.