For episode #162 of the Flatirons Syndicate Podcast, Jon sits down to talk with Tasso and Jeremy about what has been on their minds. We start off talking about what it means now that iWire is phasing out their harness merge service. Are standalone ECU's now going to be the best solution? From there, we go over our plans to change the suspension on our 2024 VB WRX shop car. Should we build for Tarmac? Dirt? We talk about how important it is to try things out so that you can experience them and learn. And finally, we talk about some of the changes that are being voted on for the Colorado Hill Cl ..read more

When it was announced that the WRX TR would be getting 6-Piston Brembo brakes, it sparked two questions. First was how easy it would be to put these on a standard WRX? Second, are these Brembos the same as what came on the 2019 - 2021 STI? We were curious too, and we decided to make this the first modification to our 2024 WRX project car. The install went very smoothly, and the performance upgrade that this offers for the price really can't be beat! Here is a link to the kits up on www.FlatironsTuning.com to do this same swap as well! https://www.flatironstuning.com/flatirons-tuning-wrx-tr-6-p ..read more

For episode #144 of the Podcast, Jon and Jeremy sit down to talk about taking an old car to the track. Jeremy has a number of Subaru's that he has driven on track, and all of them have some years on them. As more of us are looking back to the earlier WRX and STI to build track cars, this is becoming a more common thing to see at the track. So what should you do differently to prep an older car to take to the track? And what should you do differently once you get there? And is a newer car really the solution if you want to avoid some of these issues? Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned ..read more

Synthetic fuels are an exciting technology that might help prolong the use of our beloved internal combustion engines. Jon, Tasso and DP talk about how synthetic fuels might effect the car hobby and grassroots motorsports. Will they ever be affordable enough to be a good replacement? Should we just resign ourselves to the idea of electric cars? Is grassroots motorsports even going to stay relevant in the light of where the automotive industry is headed? Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned ..read more

The Subaru enthusiast community is unlike most any other car group because of the amount of information and help that they offer.  If you have a Subaru, and a dream of something to do with it, most likely the community will be able to help make that dream a reality. Art Petrakov aka. thenotorious_a_r_t aka. Art from Grimmspeed has been involved with Subaru's and the Subaru community on Social Media for nearly a decade.  And in that time he has taken his 2004 Forester XT and transformed it into a completely unique vision all his own. For episode 106 of the Flatirons Syndicate Podcast ..read more

If you have a WRX or and STI, and you have taken it to the track a few times, or have tuned it up to make more power, you may be at the point where you want or need to upgrade your brakes. There are a number of common upgrades, such as the Subaru 4-Pot and 2-Pot calipers from the 06-07 WRX, or the STI Brembos. And ever since the STI got the larger Brembo 6-piston calipers, those are becoming a more common upgrade as well for both WRXs and STIs. So when would you want to go with a set of OEM Plus calipers, and when would you want to look at a motorsport brake option from AP Racing or Alcon ..read more

There is no question that car prices are the highest that they have ever been. This was the topic of our latest Podcast in fact. But that got us wondering what would happen if we looked at current Subaru prices another way. What if we looked at a 2024 WRX but with 2002 dollars? What if we took inflation out of the equation to compare the 2002 WRX with the 2024 WRX? Would the current car be a better or worse value? And how does the STI factor into that? We ran some comparisons and the results weren't what we were expecting. We go through all of these pricing comparisons in this video, and t ..read more

Here in the US, we have only ever had the WRX STI, but in other parts of the world, there have been STI versions of other Subaru models like the Legacy and Forester. In the Legacy STI and Forester STI, the power and performance of the car was tweaked by the STI, which is why they got the "STI" badge. So we got to thinking, since Subaru sells the most Outbacks, Foresters, and Crosstreks of all of their models, why haven't they made "STI" versions of them for the US market? Considering the success of tuned versions of cars like the Porsche Cayenne and BMX X5, it seems like there could easily be ..read more

For episode #160 of the Flatirons Syndicate Podcast, Jon, Tasso, and Jeremy sit down to try to figure out why cars are so expensive. I'd make the argument that cars that cost more than $60,000 are irrelevant to most of us, but most of the fun cars are sitting just above or well above that mark now. So what happened? And how do cup holders fit in? Thanks for watching and make sure you are following OTC Racing and Money Shift Rally to stay up on what Tasso and Jeremy are up to as well. Stay Tuned ..read more

A few years ago, Subaru and Vermont Sports Car decided to build a car to push the boundaries of what was possible with a Subaru, and they called it The Airslayer. That car was used to create a Gymkhana video and also went on to set the overall record in the Mt. Washington Hill Climb. And since then Subaru and Vermont Sports Car have gone on to build The Family Huckster, and their latest build, Project Midnight. All of these cars are very fast and very cool, but they are almost entirely bespoke. The only actual Subaru parts on these cars maybe the odd badge, and maybe a grill... So are they act ..read more