By Al Mamoon

photographer: Henry Z. DeKuyper

As far as buzz and hype are concerned it could be argued that the WRX is on the played-out side of the equation but the current lack of buzz does nothing to change the fact that the Subie is an outstanding platform nonetheless. The car has been scorching U.S. pavement four wheels at a time since the 2002 model year. In that span of time the performance-tuning industry has been at warp speed. The development of parts and tuning strategies has been as frenzied as a pack of Great White sharks in a swimming pool full of seal pups during lunch hour. Harsh visual but you get the idea. Read more…

Before we handed back the keys of our Matrix back to Toyota, we paid a visit to the tuning facilities at DRT (Drag Racing Technologies) in Queens, NY during the winter off-season to see if the TRD exhaust lived up to its power improving claims on the lie detector of the tuning world ? a dyno. Operating DRT?s Dynojet Chassis Dynamometer would be DRT owner and tuner extraordinaire, Rafael Estevez.

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