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For the 2016 Isle of Man TT, Subaru put driver Mark Higgins in a special STi, with the express purpose of setting a course record that would be tough to beat, with this being Subaru's last year of sponsorship for the event.
Two years ago, Subaru set a then-record with a lap time of 19:26 and 116.47 mph. This year, they upped the ante with a beastly 600 horsepower STi, that Higgins pushed to a new-record time of 17:35.1 around the 37.7-mile Snaefell Mountain Course.
The legendary Prodrive race shop, winners of four Lemans 24 Hours, three FIA WEC titles and the Le Mans series took a standard Subaru WRX STi, and turned it into a 600-horsepower monster. Torque comes in at 590 ft-lbs from a production-based (stock block and heads) 2.0-liter turbocharged boxer engine out of the STi. From there Prodrive got very creative with the engine, transmission (a six-speed semi-automatic) that Prodrive created along with transmission gurus at Xtrac.
The tires are 245/18 Dunlops that come straight from the British Touring Car Championship, and are mounded on Speedline rims.
Aerodynamics are mostly typical rally-car. A deep front bumper and fender flares are used with a mostly stock body. Prodrive added an active rear wing, which is activated by a button on the driver's steer wheel to reduce drag.
Below is a short video of the record-setting lap.
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