SUBARU 360 in Motor sports
This is Japanese from old car magazine.
It mean "raise Subaru360's power is Difficult "
There were few people used SUBARU 360 to racing.
People who needed more speed,drived HONDA or SUZUKI.
This section feature a bit of SUBARU 360 racing models.
Team SAITOH racer (1)
One of circuit special,in 1967.
Made by speed shop Team Saitoh.
Mr.Saitoh is specialist of racing Subaru360.
enlarged intake/exhaust port,planed piston skirt
small cooling fan, amal 34*twin carburetor
special tortion bar(front hard rear soft)
hard oil damper (front *3 rear *2)
Team SAITOH racer (2)
Saitoh's other machine,based YoungSS.
I think,To fight with fast Honda or Suzuki,
They needed to make such a refined machine?

DB special 102
This is racing machine,based Subaru 360.
Exhaust chamers appers from top.
at Fuji speed way.
1968 Boy's racer special (side>
This is street racer.
Young guy got second hand,and refined hard.
roll bar,side air intake cover
tin cylinder head gasket,smoothed intake manifold
etc...
1968 Boy's racer special (rear>
The rear view.
gulille was cut offed.

RQ-1
pure racing machine,based Subaru 360 made by Subaru works.
looks like sedan
This car have super spec,but when developing,company went away
from motor sports.it's reqrettable.
Running SUBARU360
This is me and my SUBARU360.
I often go to small circuit and try to time attack.
Too soft suspentions!
After that,I tryed to tune suspentions to hard.
See another motor sports photos,taken in "K&K clubman meeting1999"
Running minicar photos taken at local small curcuit,Okegawa sports land
"K&K clubman meeting2000"
2001/11/20 NEW!