a detailed review of the new wrx sti
Nov 20, 2002, 09:20 PM
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a detailed review of the new wrx sti
http://www.apexjapan.com/news/sti8/sti8.html
my favorite part:
not trolling - just throwing it out there. this review got me drooling! and unlike the evo, subaru is actually letting people play with its cars so that they can generate real hype 
-bd
my favorite part:
Off-the-line response was immediate, a rational-thought-erasing grin generator. Nothing less than a complete rework of the intake, turbo and exhaust system had occurred, creating power way down low - it's making roughly 230ft/lb's of torque at 2400rpm - and continues on to a back-slapping midrange that holds on till about 6500rpm, then eases into it's redline at 7500rpm. Max torque? 286ft/lbs!! Yet still they claim it still only makes 276hp despite the fact that torque has increased dramatically throughout the entire rev-range. Our opinion points at somewhere just north of 300hp. Numbers are impressive, but what really shook my booty was the instant response once you've passed 2000rpm. It felt quite a bit closer to a big NA motor than most turbo's I've sampled, with linear response to the boom-boom pedal instead of the usual rubberband ramp-up of past STi's. This is mostly due to reworked intake, extractors and exhaust system in conjunction with a new-to-Subaru Twin Scroll turbo unit.
-bd
Nov 20, 2002, 09:31 PM
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Yes it is a pretty sweet car. But most of the new improved goodies will not be included on the US model like the twin scroll turbo, equal length headers, DCCD, and probably not even the strengthened internals (not sure about that last one though). Paul Hansen can vouch for that or take a look at 4Car.
BTW, doesn't this belong in Other Cars?
BTW, doesn't this belong in Other Cars?
Nov 20, 2002, 09:33 PM
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as long as i'm poting subaru stuff...
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/foru...?s=&forumid=63 for all your sti rumor needs.
the memo thread says that it's coming march '03.
-bd
the memo thread says that it's coming march '03.
-bd
Nov 20, 2002, 09:37 PM
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http://www.4car.co.uk/jsp/main.jsp?lnk=220&pageid=4795
is that the thing youre talking about? the "only japan gets the good stuff" part?
-bd
is that the thing youre talking about? the "only japan gets the good stuff" part?
-bd
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Nov 21, 2002, 10:13 AM
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Originally posted by Butt Dyno
http://www.4car.co.uk/jsp/main.jsp?lnk=220&pageid=4795
is that the thing youre talking about? the "only japan gets the good stuff" part?
-bd
http://www.4car.co.uk/jsp/main.jsp?lnk=220&pageid=4795
is that the thing youre talking about? the "only japan gets the good stuff" part?
-bd
Also Paul's comment is in this thread: https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...1&pagenumber=4So basically it's gonna be watered down Evo vs. watered down STi.
Nov 22, 2002, 01:08 PM
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I have a question and it may not belong in this post but reading it made me think of it and I am sure that some who read this post have read the posts concerning EI importing the EVO VII. Specifically the potential problems that they are or might be running into durning the importation process. Would it be reasonable to believe that once the new STi and EVO VIII come to the states that because there is a similar model to compare them to that one could, with a little less struggle, import the JDM models. Now I confess that I have not read all of the posts regarding EI's import woes but I do recall that it might be easier to import a car if there is a model already stateside that has similarities. 