# VF48/Any north american Subaru stock turbo record, first in the 10s!

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**Created:** [October 21, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vf48-any-north-american-subaru-stock-turbo-record-first-in-the-10s/233420 "2013-10-21T13:16:40Z")
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### Author: ![Inn-Tune](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/inn-tune/32/7588_2.png) [@Inn-Tune](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Inn-Tune)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vf48-any-north-american-subaru-stock-turbo-record-first-in-the-10s/233420/1 "2013-10-21T13:16:40Z")

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Event: 1/4 Mile Drag Racing (test and tune)  
Location: Toronto Motorsports Park, Cayuga, Ontario (NHRA)  
Ambient Temp: 61F  
Elevation: 630  
Weather: Cloudy, cool  
Track and Conditions: zero track prep after rain (street wars / street tire night)  
Tires: Hoosier DOT legal

Car: 1995 Subaru Impreza  
Tuner: Mike @ Innovative Tuning  
Builder: Innovative Tuning  
Dyno Info: Mustang Dyno  
Transmission: Stock 6 Speed  
Gear: 4th  
Peak HP: 403 whp  
Peak Torque: 570 wtq  
Baseline hp/tq for a stock 08+ STI on same dyno: 240whp  
Target Boost: 28 tapering to 15  
Target AFR: varies with boost  
Fuel: pump E85

We have lots of Mitsu customers and I love Evos, but in the spring I decided I was tired of hearing that Evos can run a 9 second pass on a stock shortblock and Subarus can’t…so I broke that record with my road course Subaru.

Then Wednesday the VF48 (stock STI turbo) record was knocked down to 11.3 and I decided before someone else took away the right to say Evos can run 10s on stock turbo and Subarus can’t, I had one of my techs slap a VF48 on my 95 Impreza Thursday. On the dyno it made the same HP I made with my old rally car and a VF39, but with a lot more torque (570 ft lbs)! I didn’t spend much time on the tune, but I can probably get HP to hold better at high RPM if I try. The “charge pipe” I rigged to make this work is also pretty comical and I put nothing on the compressor inlet so it was sucking hot air off the top of the engine. There’s definitely room for improvement. I’ll let others find the limit.

 ![http://innovativetuningdl.com/images/blog/10.13/DragSubyVF48Tuned.jpg](http://innovativetuningdl.com/images/blog/10.13/DragSubyVF48Tuned.jpg)

As mentioned there was no track prep after the rain so the track wasn’t as good as it usually is, but I got the job done with a 10.97 followed by a 10.96.

**This is the first VF48 (or any stock Subaru turbo from a North American car) in the tens and the quickest ever.** To be clear this turbo is off a stage 2 car and it has not been ported or otherwise molested to enhance its performance.

 ![http://innovativetuningdl.com/images/blog/10.13/10.9TimeslipsVF48Record.jpg](http://innovativetuningdl.com/images/blog/10.13/10.9TimeslipsVF48Record.jpg)

This may also be the fastest trap speed for one of these turbos, but I’m not sure. Here’s my warmup pass timeslip. The launch stunk, but 100 mph at the 1/8 and 123.9 mph at the 1/4.

 ![http://innovativetuningdl.com/images/blog/10.13/123.9MPHTimeslipVF48Record.jpg](http://innovativetuningdl.com/images/blog/10.13/123.9MPHTimeslipVF48Record.jpg)

This video is the second 10 second pass, the 10.96 at 123 MPH. On this one I must have magically found a spot with grip because it seems it would have held more power on the launch.

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### Author: ![piratemosh666](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/piratemosh666/32/6116_2.png) [@piratemosh666](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/piratemosh666)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vf48-any-north-american-subaru-stock-turbo-record-first-in-the-10s/233420/2 "2013-10-21T13:49:52Z")

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Fuck yes!

:bigtup:

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### Author: ![Saxon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@Saxon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Saxon)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vf48-any-north-american-subaru-stock-turbo-record-first-in-the-10s/233420/3 "2013-10-21T14:15:07Z")

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how much does the car weigh?

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### Author: ![Inn-Tune](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/inn-tune/32/7588_2.png) [@Inn-Tune](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Inn-Tune)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vf48-any-north-american-subaru-stock-turbo-record-first-in-the-10s/233420/4 "2013-10-21T16:31:34Z")

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About 2600 + driver. The record holder before this week at 11.5 weighed about the same as my car, then the guys that ran 11.3 were at 2800 lbs I believe.

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### Author: ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vf48-any-north-american-subaru-stock-turbo-record-first-in-the-10s/233420/5 "2013-10-21T16:32:58Z")

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Whats the fastest in the US :lol:

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### Author: ![Inn-Tune](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/inn-tune/32/7588_2.png) [@Inn-Tune](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Inn-Tune)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vf48-any-north-american-subaru-stock-turbo-record-first-in-the-10s/233420/6 "2013-10-21T16:41:33Z")

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> [@LZ](#):
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> Whats the fastest in the US :lol:

I’m not sure what you mean. This is a world record, so it’s also a US record. I’m guessing I mis-spelled something and you’re messing with me. lol

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### Author: ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vf48-any-north-american-subaru-stock-turbo-record-first-in-the-10s/233420/7 "2013-10-21T16:42:41Z")

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:tup: Congrats!

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### Author: ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vf48-any-north-american-subaru-stock-turbo-record-first-in-the-10s/233420/8 "2013-10-21T16:46:05Z")

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> [@Inn-Tune](#):
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> I’m not sure what you mean. This is a world record, so it’s also a US record. I’m guessing I mis-spelled something and you’re messing with me. lol

I was just messing with you.

Usually people don’t use North America for these title things

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### Author: ![Inn-Tune](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/inn-tune/32/7588_2.png) [@Inn-Tune](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Inn-Tune)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vf48-any-north-american-subaru-stock-turbo-record-first-in-the-10s/233420/9 "2013-10-21T16:51:05Z")

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Hah. It’s a habit I have since we deal with Canadian and US cars and the turbos/engines on the STI models have been the same.

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### Author: ![GV1390](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gv1390/32/5432_2.png) [@GV1390](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GV1390)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vf48-any-north-american-subaru-stock-turbo-record-first-in-the-10s/233420/10 "2013-10-21T21:15:52Z")

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Congrats Uncle Monk :tup:
