Watch an 818 Build on YouTube with Grassroots Motorsports!

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New

The crew from Grassroots Motorsports Magazine is building an 818 from disassembling the donor Subaru to building the completed car! You can watch these episodes online by clicking here.

We’ve worked with the great guys from Grassroots Motorsports Magazine for many years. When we launched the Challenge Series, they were the first ones to build a Challenge Car and compete with it. Nowadays, as we have developed an all-new design, we are again fortunate to work with the GRM staff.

We shipped our very first 818S kit to the Grassroots Motorsports guys and they will be documenting the build online on their discussion forum which will be live starting Wednesday, July 24th and running through the completion of the car.

The magazine will also be covering the build and subsequent track/street testing in the pages of Grassroots Motorsports. You can subscribe to the magazine by clicking here.

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