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Ever since we saw the three new Manual cars that Subaru said they were developing a few months ago, we have all had questions. And recently, with hearing some of the news that came out of the National Dealers Meeting, coupled with the realization that most of the STI 6-Speed transmissions have been discontinued, this has been top of mind again. Love Cars TV actually published a lot of the actual Subaru Press Release at that time, and I decided it was a good time to go back and watch that again, and see how it lined up with what we now know. And he got to sit down with Subaru's Chief Technical Officer, Tetsuo Fujinuki after the Press release. If you haven't watched that yet, definitely go and watch it after you watch this video. Here is a link to that: https://youtu.be/--nlYnCRJW0?si=zPJNyr5jY2PoTWrA I think that there is a lot to look forward to for 2027, and especially 2028. With any luck, in a few weeks after the Japan Mobility Show, and maybe the Tokyo Auto Salon, we will have a better idea of what Subaru is cooking up. What do you think? Are a lot of good things in the works from Subaru? Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

Rally Colorado was a couple of months ago now, and we had a rare opportunity at this event. We got to watch the Rally. We even did our best to capture our spectating experience, and you may have seen the video that we put out about that: https://youtu.be/1yPpkkQbGAY?si=xhyztoGa8kKPT-9e Now, on pretty much the whole drive back, we talked almost non-stop about how much fun we had, and how baffling it was that most people aren't following Rally here in America. And we had a few ideas about how to fix that problem. But as is the cast with most Road Trip conversations, it was pretty much forgotten as soon as we got back to our daily grind at the shop... Fast forward a few weeks to last weeks Very Vehicular Podcast with Brian Scotto and Ron Zaras talking about "America's Rally Problem": https://youtu.be/RlBjReVdsG4?si=QgmMLxgE-MQbHCrb This brought it all back to top of mind for us, and sparked the discussion all over again.... So we decided we had to capture this one, and put it out as a reaction podcast. We hope you enjoy this conversation, and be sure to check out Scotto's podcast as well. Let us know if this helps to change your perspective on the sport, and if you agree with our ideas about how to make the challenge of Rally Racing more accessible to more people. And no matter what, hopefully this inspires you to get our and check out a local Rally race or Hill Climb to see what it is all about. Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

Subaru's and Dirt Roads go hand in hand. But over the last decade or so, lots of you have been taking your Subaru's much further, and into more challenging terrain. On this episode of the Podcast, I wanted to dive into taking Subaru's Off Road, and I was able to find some great guests to bring me up to speed. Ryan Douthit of Driving Sports TV Carey Lando - aka MtnSubi Milton Salguero - aka silverbulletxv So how good is X-Mode? And how capable is a Forester Wilderness? Or a Forester Hybrid? What is the most Off-Road Capable Subaru on sale right now? We get into the weeds and the rocks on this episode. If you want to find out more, be sure to check out these pages for lots more Subaru Off Road content: https://www.youtube.com/@drivingsports https://www.instagram.com/silverbulletxv/ https://www.instagram.com/mtnsubi/ Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

For Episode #210 of the Podcast, Dewey, Tanner, and Art are back. This episode starts out with a quick discussion of a new Shirt design that we are launching here at Flatirons Tuning. You can check out the new shirts here: https://www.flatironstuning.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Sprue From there, we dive into our main topic which is the Subaru Market. If you had $10,000, $20,000, $30,000, or more, what Subaru would you buy? Or what Non-Subaru would you want? We all go through our picks, and land on the best choice at each price point. What does this tell us about the current Subaru market? And what does this tell us about how Subarus compare to other makes in those price points? Let us know who found the best choice at each price point in the comments. Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

Olly Clark of Roger Clark Motorsport is back on the Podcast for this episode.We catch up with Olly first about the latest developments of Gobstopper 3.Matt Clark has found a way to add AVCS to their GS3 spec shortblock, and this is in part motivated by getting the car to a point where they think it would be ready to race up Pikes Peak.We talk about how Pikes Peak and the Nurburgring are similar, but also very different.Subaru has a long history in Rally and RCM has been right there through a lot of that time. What would it mean to Olly and RCM if Subaru returned to the WRC?Also, Olly's son Archie has been working his way up the driving ladder in Europe, building the foundation for a professional racing career. What does that look like, and would it be possible for Subaru to develop a car that could fit into one of those series?Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

Dewey has just locked up his 3rd Gridlife Street Mod Championship this year, and more and more Subaru's are not only competing, but making it onto the podium in both the Street and Street Mod class. Not long ago, it seemed like most everyone was building anything but a Subaru as a race car unless they were building a Rally Car. But now Subaru is back, and it seems like there are more Subaru's turning up at local track days, Gridlife events, etc. So what has changed? In this episode, Jon sits down with Dewey and Nick from Subimods to try to figure out where this new wave of Subaru's is coming from. Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

Tanner Foust is just back from driving the RUF B8 at Goodwood. He has won championships in US Rally Cross, Formula Drift, he has 4 X-Games Gold Medals, and this is just the top line of his racing resume.He was also one of the hosts of Top Gear America, which is most likely where many of you know him from.Having been part of motorsports and media for more than 2 decades now, he is now part of the Driven Media Platform.But way back at the beginning of his career, one of the first National Championships that he won was the 2005 Rally America Production GT Championship with his Co-Driver Scott Crouch, driving the Flatirons Tuning WRX.In this episode, we catch up with Tanner about what he is doing now, reminisce about those early days, and we talk about the new Driven Automotive Enthusiast platform that is launching soon.If you want to follow along with what Tanner is up to, check out his Instagram here:https://www.instagram.com/tannerfoust/Here is a link to the Driven Streaming Platform you can check out as well:https://www.getdriven.co/Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

Subaru's Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive allows them to excel in many different applications, but one that might not be as obvious is Drag Racing.Through the years, this has presented a number of different problems. The first of which was, how do you make big power with a Subaru EJ engine? Then, how do you keep the drivetrain together once you are aggressively launching the car and making big power?There are no shortage of challenges here, but there are a few people that have been diligently working through all of these problems, finding solutions, and making Subaru's faster and faster each year.One of the shops that is at the front of making Subaru's fast in the 1/4 Mile is Prime Motoring.For this episode of the podcast, Jon sits down with Demetri from Prime Motoring and Harvey from The Boostcreep to find out more about all that it takes to make a Subaru fast.Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

For Episode 205 of the Flatirons Syndicate Podcast:Dewey just locked up his 3rd championship in Gridlife Street Mod class out at Watkins Glenn last weekend competing in Gridlife Summer Apex. We start out talking about all that went into making that happen.Art is just back from Subie Fest California where he was in the Overtake booth, but also got to ride in a couple of very cool Subarus as well.From there, we talk about the State of Subaru Enthusiasm. What are people excited about, and how well is Subaru connecting with us as Enthusiasts?Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

Cobb Tuning has been at the center of Subaru Performance basically since it was founded in 1999. When they released the first version of the AccesPort in 2004, they completely changed the way that Tuning worked, and established the foundation for what the future of Subaru Performance would be for decades to come. In this episode, Jon and Dan (Mach V Motorsports) sit down with Tadd Crayton (President of Cobb Tuning) and Billy Brooks (Chief Technical and Compliance Officer) to get a clear picture of where Cobb is now, and what they are working on for the future. We start out the conversation talking about the Green Speed initiative which was the point where Cobb set a new standard for CARB compliance for all of their Performance Parts. We then talk about the changes that are happening at Cobb this year as they re-structure to work with some of the brands that their Parent Company (Engineered Performance Technologies) has added to their group, specifically Grimmspeed, PRL, and Hondata. From there, we talk about some of the things that Cobb has been working on for the future, specifically a CARB approved Down Pipe (which still has a little development to go, but is getting close) and the possibility of a CARB approved Flex-Fuel kit in the future. Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

The path of the Automotive Enthusiast is one that is full of fun and excitement, but there are many traps and challenges that await you along the road. Those of us that have been building, tracking, or racing cars for years will tell you that those traps and challenges are how you learn and that finding your way through these trials is as much a part of being an enthusiast as having a perfect trouble-free day at the track. There is an argument out there that the less you know about what could go wrong, or how challenging a task may be, the easier it is to get excited about it, and the more likely you are to jump in head first to the challenge. Ignorance is Bliss as they say… I was having a conversation with Dewey about some of the recent issues that we ran into with our Pikes Peak car, specifically about how a very simple and cheap part caused a somewhat significant issue on our run up the mountain this year, and how frustrating it can be to work through these problems. He said that there has to be something like the Dunning-Kruger Effect that applies to Race Cars that related to what we were working through now, and which is something that most all of us who have frequently tracked our cars, or worked on or around a race team have run into. It was immediately clear that this was a broader conversation that we needed to have, and we decided to bring in Tony from Turn in Concepts to help us work through all of this, and hopefully gain a clearer perspective on why we push through all of this. I think that there is likely something in this conversation for anyone from a true novice that is just starting to think of taking their car to the track for the first time, through to someone like us that has been working around race cars for a while now, with full knowledge of what it takes to properly prep a car, and all that could go wrong when you are pushing a car at speed. I hope that you enjoy the conversation and Stay Tuned!

On this episode of the Podcast, we talk to Matt and Austin from North American Motorsports Research, better known as NAMR.They have developed and released the Subaru Tuning software - Atlas which is a free software that lets you get access to the ECU of yourFA20DIT or FA24DIT Subaru WRX and see what the ECU is going, make changes, tune your car, Datalog, etc.It has been a long time since a new Tuning software come out for a Subaru, so when we heard about this, we had to reach out to the folks at NAMR to learn more.If you want to learn more, here is a link to the NAMR site:https://motorsportsresearch.org/Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

Mike Kojima is someone that needs no introduction because of the notoriety that he has from his roll at Sport Compact Car magazine, and more recently MotoIQ.Mike was at Pikes Peak this year with the Evasive Motorsports Ioniq 5 N and our paths crossed and I was able to get him to come on and have a chat on the Podcast!In this episode, we talk about what it was like working with the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, and how it compared to some of the earlier cars that he helped get ready to run up Pikes Peak.We also talk about Subaru, what he likes about the EJ and FA engines, and what needs attention.We also talk about how the STI stacks up compared to an EVO, and what might be coming out from Subaru in the not too distant future.I hope you enjoy the conversation and Stay Tuned!We mention a couple of videos that Mike has made about Subaru on his MotoIQ channel, and here are links to them:EJ vs FA engines:https://youtu.be/AU9U9JCCwqo?si=1uGLY7Z01_6tR3CrHow to build a Subaru that won't blow up:https://youtu.be/cRr2pc9ctgE?si=EVkG7V7y772-c7N0Why Subaru engines blow up:https://youtu.be/ZrnHrNla17o?si=6dU4Aat3FcGb4lcw

In the Automotive Aftermarket world, there has been a change happening in the background that has been under the radar up until the last few years.A few Private Equity groups have been slowly starting to take hold of more and more Automotive brands, and in some cases of late, the changes that are coming out of this are becoming more and more noticeable.With this in mind, Jon sat down with Justin from Overtake USA, and Dan from Mach V Motorsport to dive into the subject.For this episode, we decided to take a look at:- What it looks like when Private Equity invests in a company- How and why it can go well- When it can go wrongJustin has lived through both sides of this experience with the first company that he founded, Grimmspeed, so he has a lot of experience and perspective on this to share.Thanks for listening and Stay Tuned!

There has been a lot that has gone on since we last had this group together, and we wanted to cover all of those topics in this episode.Dewey was just running his car Boogie at Gridlife Midwest Fest, and we start off talking about how that all went.Subaru has now announced that they are working 3 new Manual Transmission cars that should be coming out by the end of next year, the most exciting of which is what they are saying will be the production version of the STI Performance B Concept car. But it sounds like they may also be making the STI Transmission (TY85) available in at least some WRX models???What does this all mean, and what will we see here in the US market? We give you our thoughts.Finally, Tanner has picked up a 2005 STI, that is very close to stock, and it is basically a Time Capsule to 2005 (It has been tuned on a V1 AccessPort for the last 19 years). Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!