New Zealander Makes Impreza ATV

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Man builds Impreza quad bike
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The sort of stupidity that breeds a Subaru Impreza STi-based quad bike can only be found in the remotest parts of the world.

Take New Zealand, for instance. Here's a country cut off from the rest of the right-thinking world, a place so isolated that they need to fill their time somehow.

Ken Brough has filled his time building just such a quad, and his reasoning for it? "Why not?"

Complete with a 230bhp turbocharged 'flat' four engine, the 530kg quad has a power-to-weight ratio of 434bhp per tonne, or more than twice a normal Scooby's.

The original Impreza's four-wheel drive is still in place, and Ken describes the quad as "awesomely quick".

Even with four-wheel drive, the STi-ATV - as Ken calls his machine - manages to lift up the front wheels under hard acceleration to do wheelies.

If you fancy one for yourself, Ken is thinking of making a few more STi-ATVs. Now, where can we book a flight to New Zealand? Sounds like our kind of place.


 
Very, very old. But still pretty damn cool. I'd drive one!
 
I Want One
 
Just one word: "wow'. I want one.
 
WHOA! i would love to have on of those! cruising in the woods with those........WHOOOO!
 
Come to think of it, don't those look like R34 rims?
 
Master_Yoda
Come to think of it, don't those look like R34 rims?

They look like aftermarket issue rims though. This might be the sickest ATV in the world.
 
With those big rims and low-profile street tires, that thing is useless for off-roading, unless you just want to tear up gravel roads rally-style. Still, it's a crazy idea, and you gotta give him credit for all the work he did converting it over. :lol:

One question, though -- how did he convert the gearbox to an ATV-style shifter? Or do you still have to stir the gears by hand?
 
As Radicool02 said it is old, but still awesome, love to take it for a spin.

Master_Yoda
Come to think of it, don't those look like R34 rims?

They are aftermarket rims that resemble R34 GTR rims.
 
Not a bad idea, but I'd prefer one to be made sort of like a Locost.
 
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