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really love the look and feel of that hood. I
asked myself, ‘How do I get those vents?’
I couldn’t source them, so I literally went
out to the garage with a Sharpie and drew
on the hood. I kept drawing and erasing
and drawing and erasing until I got the
placement and the look just right. And
then I went for it, like a trapeze artist
without a net...cutting the hood and
making those vents. They are multipiece,
they’re all aluminum with some 3M
material in there to make them, but that is
totally hand-formed around a wood buck.”
Kendrick continued the same theme of
function, form, and attention to detail in
the cabin. The seats are Sparco Pro 2000s
with HANS-compatible Schroth belts. What
you can’t miss is the paint-matched rollbar
that keeps him safe and the chassis stiff.
Just like the exterior, the interior has the
right balance of carbon-fiber in the custom
WRC door panels. The backseat pan boasts
a surgically precise array of stainless-steel
tubing Kendrick bent to carry critical
fluids from trunk to engine bay. The rear
seat delete features the largest and most
technical CAD-designed pieces in the billet
bulkhead plates made from 6061-T6. “The
parts came off the CNC, but I still had to
drill and tap the final pieces once I hadeverything fitted just perfect.
“I’ve done a lot of car shows with it, but
we’ve really had the most fun doing our
driving events over in Sun Valley, Idaho,
and working with TheDrugCoalition.org
over there, trying to help keep kids off
drugs and bringing corporate sponsorship
to that. It’s kind of a passion of mine.
Being out sharing my journey and the
car with people has turned out to be the
most fulfilling part of the build. Watching
the kids climb all over it and really enjoy
it while helping promote a quality cause
makes it all worth it.
“The car has an amazing amount
of mechanical grip. It runs a functional
aero package that includes a carbon-
fiber wing and splitter, there’s no rubber
bushings in the car; it’s all Heim joint
steering and suspension links, so you get
a lot of response. It’s very tactical and
very responsive. The car likes to change
directions when asked, but it’s quite
docile and stable at high speeds. In fact, it
gets better at higher speeds.”
Kendrick says he plans to keep making
additional modifications to the car to
add more grip and power—and find more
reasons to get out and drive it. Sounds
like a great plan to us.WRECKED
Here’s what Kendrick’s Subaru looked like after flipping seven
times. Someone else was driving it on the track, and it went
from race speed to lawn art in 12 seconds.Tubbed fenders done by
Kendrick in his garage.Being out sharing my journey
and the car with people
has turned out to be
the most fulfilling
part of the build.