EVO X vs STI - Tsukuba Lap Times
being a former wrx owner i have a lot of respect for suby guys and i really love the new sti and evo x. im trying to get my dad to get the new sti and my mom a x mr and ill keep rocking the ix!
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I agree with you fully in regards to the communities, there's certainly a little more maturity and more people that respect many cars over on the Suby forums. I'm lovin the STI wagon, I would have bought an STI wagon in '03 if it was available...
Right now I'm a bit disappointed in both cars overall, but if I can get the faster better handling car and it has the utility of a wagon combined with Subaru reliability I might just be in. However, keeping my current Evo, modding the crap out of it, and getting a second car once it's paid off is what I'm leaning towards right now.
Right now I'm a bit disappointed in both cars overall, but if I can get the faster better handling car and it has the utility of a wagon combined with Subaru reliability I might just be in. However, keeping my current Evo, modding the crap out of it, and getting a second car once it's paid off is what I'm leaning towards right now.
This is a stupidest comment i've read in a while:
"So there you have it. The new engine placed further forward in the engine bay of the EVO X than in the EVO IX has indeed proven to be a handicap, while the STI's "wheel at each corner" longer wheelbase plus new double wishbone rear suspension has proved its worth."
How the hell does anyone know if the lap times have anything to do with what's listed???? Who allows these people to even write such dumb s***????
"So there you have it. The new engine placed further forward in the engine bay of the EVO X than in the EVO IX has indeed proven to be a handicap, while the STI's "wheel at each corner" longer wheelbase plus new double wishbone rear suspension has proved its worth."
How the hell does anyone know if the lap times have anything to do with what's listed???? Who allows these people to even write such dumb s***????
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This is a stupidest comment i've read in a while:
"So there you have it. The new engine placed further forward in the engine bay of the EVO X than in the EVO IX has indeed proven to be a handicap, while the STI's "wheel at each corner" longer wheelbase plus new double wishbone rear suspension has proved its worth."
How the hell does anyone know if the lap times have anything to do with what's listed???? Who allows these people to even write such dumb s***????
"So there you have it. The new engine placed further forward in the engine bay of the EVO X than in the EVO IX has indeed proven to be a handicap, while the STI's "wheel at each corner" longer wheelbase plus new double wishbone rear suspension has proved its worth."
How the hell does anyone know if the lap times have anything to do with what's listed???? Who allows these people to even write such dumb s***????
Especially when the weight distribution of the X is actually better than the weight distribution of the IX. The turbo is mounted to the backside of the engine and the battery is in the trunk...two obvious indications that whoever said that was on crack.
Let me guess the TME Evo 6.5 is fastest. If they make that again i'll live with the interior. I promise
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Evo X vs. STI Tsukuba Lap Times
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/05/e...uba-lap-times/
It didn't take long for Japan's journalists to get the new STI and EVO X side by side, and the results are now officially in. Tsukuba circuit regulars Kazuo Shimizu and Manabu Kawaguchi spent an afternoon thrashing around the notoriously twisty short circuit just north of Tokyo and here (drum roll please) are the best times they could ring out of the AWD rivals:
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X : 1:06:46
Subaru Impreza WRX STI : 1:05:95
So there you have it. The new engine placed further forward in the engine bay of the EVO X than in the EVO IX has indeed proven to be a handicap, while the STI's "wheel at each corner" longer wheelbase plus new double wishbone rear suspension has proved its worth.
Neither car is quite as quick as its immediate ancestor though.
Check out this 15 year rivalry of the EVO vs the STI as recorded at Tsukuba after the jump.
EVO / STI
2006 1:05:07 / 1:04:72
2005 1:04.88 / 1:04:17
2003 1:05:30 / 1:04:69
2001 1:05:17 / 1:06:56
1998 1:04:69 / 1:06:73
1996 1:07:00 / 1:05:92
1994 1:06:52 / 1:06:26
1992 1:10:90 / 1:07:99
It didn't take long for Japan's journalists to get the new STI and EVO X side by side, and the results are now officially in. Tsukuba circuit regulars Kazuo Shimizu and Manabu Kawaguchi spent an afternoon thrashing around the notoriously twisty short circuit just north of Tokyo and here (drum roll please) are the best times they could ring out of the AWD rivals:
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X : 1:06:46
Subaru Impreza WRX STI : 1:05:95
So there you have it. The new engine placed further forward in the engine bay of the EVO X than in the EVO IX has indeed proven to be a handicap, while the STI's "wheel at each corner" longer wheelbase plus new double wishbone rear suspension has proved its worth.
Neither car is quite as quick as its immediate ancestor though.
Check out this 15 year rivalry of the EVO vs the STI as recorded at Tsukuba after the jump.
EVO / STI
2006 1:05:07 / 1:04:72
2005 1:04.88 / 1:04:17
2003 1:05:30 / 1:04:69
2001 1:05:17 / 1:06:56
1998 1:04:69 / 1:06:73
1996 1:07:00 / 1:05:92
1994 1:06:52 / 1:06:26
1992 1:10:90 / 1:07:99
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That's suprisingly slower than last years Evo and STI. I wonder if it can be attributed to the new different tires that they are running... I know the weight increase doesn't help things at all.
