WRX STI?

scupking · Mar 15, 2007

Well, my buddy who always had muscle cars bought a used 2006 WRX, STI. He gave me a ride in it and I have to say its one quick car. He wants to go to the track this summer and claims he will smoke me. I'm thinking it will be a close race. The only thing is those cars launch real good being AWD and 300hp.

mustangman666 · Mar 15, 2007

Beleive me they aren't as fast as people make them out to be. I work with a guy that has a slightly modded sti and i smoke it on a daily basis. He always claims it's faster than my GT but when it comes to racing i always pull away and finish with at least two car lengths.

scupking · Mar 15, 2007

mustangman666 said:
Beleive me they aren't as fast as people make them out to be. I work with a guy that has a slightly modded sti and i smoke it on a daily basis. He always claims it's faster than my GT but when it comes to racing i always pull away and finish with at least two car lengths.

What do you have for mods?

squares98 · Mar 15, 2007

same here. I can beat stock sti's(from 5mph-) all day long.

CobraRed_96_GT · Mar 15, 2007

squares98 said:
same here. I can beat stock sti's(from 5mph-) all day long.

has anyone here tried to launch a STI? They dont pwn from a stop - thier 60' are similar to ours. But that being said they arn't as easy to beat as this thread is making em out to be. I'd like the hear the mods you guys have, cuz just w/ full exhust they pick up 2psi

SaleenGT2001 · Mar 15, 2007

unless you are s/c you arent running with one unless it has a terrible driver

spitfirees20 · Mar 15, 2007

squares98 said:
same here. I can beat stock sti's(from 5mph-) all day long.

Your profile says you run 14.3's in the quarter, and you beat stis all that long?

squares98 · Mar 15, 2007

in that weather(2500d.a.+ 95 degrees) well driven 05 gt's and lightnings were running 14.3-14.4's. ANd I was having an off day on that day anyways(14.2's btw).

geoffsgt · Mar 15, 2007

Always hear mixed reviews on the STi's. Tons of "damn, they'll whoop a mustang" and "i beat them every time."

What I hear the most is they cut like a 1.7-1.8 60' and trap at like 96mph. Stock, well driven.

I think probably, the people who think they're fast race em in the 1/4 mile, and people who think they're slow race them on the street to like 120mph.

Never driven one personally, or raced one, but I've seen them run. I can certainly believe that their drivers and opponents might get wow'd when the thing jumps out in front like they tend to do with AWD. On biased assumptions alone, I like to think of them as "launch queens" just as Supra's are dyno queens.

03ghoststang · Mar 15, 2007

well unless your car can drive low 13's to stay neck to neck with an STI or high 12's you wont beat it

spitfirees20 · Mar 15, 2007

Personally, for a daily driver 4 cylinder, those cars are impressive as hell even stock.

scupking · Mar 15, 2007

How much power do you think is at the wheels? They must lose a lot being AWD. My problem is I have no traction and I still lose traction when my car shifts into 2nd. I have to ease into it till I’m about 3,000 RPM, then I can stomp on her and she pulls like crazy (got to love Tim’s tunes over at MPH). I will be getting new summer tires soon (275s out back and 245s up front). I was also thinking of getting 4.10s but if I lose traction now, what’s the point.

streetstang03 · Mar 15, 2007

squares98 said:
same here. I can beat stock sti's(from 5mph-) all day long.

in your NPI GT; no way With a PI GT, its going to be close with the STI pulling ahead.

Skidawg · Mar 15, 2007

I drove an STi for an hour once and it was unbelieveable! I'm guessing you'll need nearly 100HP in mods before you get into their neighborhood. They're very impressive cars for the type of car they are.

d98gt · Mar 16, 2007

Is 06 the year that they changed up the headlights? The "new edge" style seem to be running from 12.9s to 13.2s at HRP. Those are the cars that still sound stock and look to be, and I imagine that they can up the boost pretty easily to get into the very low 12s.

2002tbstang · Mar 16, 2007

What do you guys think of this video it doesnt seem to show it doing to well from a roll

http://videos.streetfire.net/search/mustang+vs+sti/0/66a1117d-dab6-403a-be5f-989d00d16ef9.htm

d98gt · Mar 16, 2007

I didn't watch the video (dial up ) though a roll isn't really their "sweet spot" by any means. That takes away the advantage of no wheel spin and actually hurts them since they have to power 4 instead of 2 tires

You'll be playing catch up at a drag strip even if they can't launch all that well.

squares98 · Mar 16, 2007

streetstang03 said:
in your NPI GT; no way With a PI GT, its going to be close with the STI pulling ahead.

Im glad you and most people think that.

d98gt · Mar 16, 2007

What are your mods if you are running with 05 GTs and taking AWD STIs

I lack a fast car--hell, anyone could tell by my times--though I know when I am at HRP and an STI/EVO is in the other lane that I get to see the tail lights quickly and the entire 1/4

Kilgore Trout · Mar 16, 2007

squares98 said:
same here. I can beat stock sti's(from 5mph-) all day long.

No offense but are you sure they were STis and not just the regular WRX? The STi is pretty fast stock and can easily be made faster...

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