Wrx/sti & Fd
06-16-2003, 12:26 PM
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I'm out driving around Sunday morning and I just roasted a new normally aspirated Porsche 911 and a Mustang GT with a bunch of stickers. I then spot a WRX/STI so I zing up next to him and give it a tap on the throttle. He gives it a zip and whistle from his aftermarket BOV. I noticed his new HKS carbon Ti exhaust too so I guess the guy had a couple mods. Moving on , we stage up about 45MPH and I let him take off first. From second I rip out 5000K to 7500K and pull by the guy with about two car lengths by the time I hit third. I run third out with leaving him about six or so lengths back, but he was still hanging. Being amazed by Subaru I hit 4rth for a moment and drop off to coast down to play a bit more figuring he may have had a problem the first time around. I also wanted go give him a chance to unload his water spray on his intercooler.(Stock, the WRX/STI has a manual water spray for the intercooler) We hit it again and again I spank the guy. We roll to a stop, I'm guessing the guy wants to play his 4wd game out of the hole so I give it to him. We talked a bit out the windows of our cars with his first question being the regular "how much boost are you running?" I reply"stock, just down pipe and cat back" LOL. He was a nice guy. We take off and I roasted him again.
I don't believe my FD is all that quick, but it's pleasant to know it can still hang with these newer cars.
I'm out driving around Sunday morning and I just roasted a new normally aspirated Porsche 911 and a Mustang GT with a bunch of stickers. I then spot a WRX/STI so I zing up next to him and give it a tap on the throttle. He gives it a zip and whistle from his aftermarket BOV. I noticed his new HKS carbon Ti exhaust too so I guess the guy had a couple mods. Moving on , we stage up about 45MPH and I let him take off first. From second I rip out 5000K to 7500K and pull by the guy with about two car lengths by the time I hit third. I run third out with leaving him about six or so lengths back, but he was still hanging. Being amazed by Subaru I hit 4rth for a moment and drop off to coast down to play a bit more figuring he may have had a problem the first time around. I also wanted go give him a chance to unload his water spray on his intercooler.(Stock, the WRX/STI has a manual water spray for the intercooler) We hit it again and again I spank the guy. We roll to a stop, I'm guessing the guy wants to play his 4wd game out of the hole so I give it to him. We talked a bit out the windows of our cars with his first question being the regular "how much boost are you running?" I reply"stock, just down pipe and cat back" LOL. He was a nice guy. We take off and I roasted him again.
I don't believe my FD is all that quick, but it's pleasant to know it can still hang with these newer cars.
06-16-2003, 12:34 PM
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I cant wait to run into an sti on the road. I saw one the other day at the local autoX... he didnt run though, wtf! But yeah, they are nice cars by all means. Only problem i see with them is the price tag. 
too much for a wrx in my opinion.
too much for a wrx in my opinion.
06-16-2003, 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Turbo II' date='Jun 16 2003, 11:51 AM
nice, i thought they were a little quicker though, not doubting ur skills, but maybe he wasnt a good driver?
