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I agree though that the STI is not worth the extra money when you honestly have to be a very good driver on a track to find the performance gain of the STI. Besides EVO>STI at that price. The WRX is much cheaper and in my opinion the best all-arounder in the mid to upper 20's price range. |
Almost all of the ringland issues are coming from cylinder 4 so this shouldn't be as hard as Subaru is making it to correct. Also if you plan on modding a lot to a WRX/STI then yes the WRX is the better car to buy as you can get a lot more out of it for the $8-$10k less depending on model but the 5 speed in the WRX sucks with a lot more power added so you'll pretty much want to do a STI 6 speed swap anyways as that tranny is a lot better. The EVO's are much better then either of these platforms and are much easier and cheaper to mod out and get gobs of power. Most importantly, there is nothing like running 40 pounds of boost in an EVO which your not gonna do in a Suby but the Suby sound can't be matched either by an EVO. I love them both but if I was buying new it would've been an EVO IF they weren't gonna stop making them which they are so that hurts the EVO. |
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No no. I no but hurt at all. Maybe you? Anyway. Tp=test pipe=exhaust piece=second cat delete. I got my ap and internals bnib from ptp for 835 shipped. The test pipe was $80 used, and I won my sure intake in a raffle here. My tune was free. And no. Not 290bhp. 280whp. I average 30mpg with combined city/highway. It's not that I forget you owned an ms3, I just have no clue who you are or what good things you did with it. The car makes 263bhp from the factory bud. How's you bum feeling now? |
i drove an hour and a half to get a wrx on hold for me. some other idiot sold it.....:sad: im sure he said "wow its already to go, maybe its not for hold......" |
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And this platform DOES NOT make 263 bhp stock, that is CHP, what the fuck. You have been here so long and you don't know shit. ^Same:umbrella: Quote:
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I mentioned tp (TEST PIPE!!!!) in my first post! I don't what a tune costs but if I didn't pay, it didn't cost me anything. I never said bhp in any of my posts. Your dyno chart was whp. I said I had 40 less. Mean on the same plane. Bhp IS crank hp you fucking moron. Nothing pu say from here out has any merit with me at all. |
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That's test pipe. As in second cat deleted. $80 shipped used. |
You're right. Good job. I was was reading TIP. However, you didn't configure your costs correctly even having magical winning SRI and free tunes. THe average person will not have such luck. |
Well I did. You. Can't tell me I paid more than I did. @Bucker what were your final stock intake exhaust +93 tune numbers? |
So you are special? You got good prices and free shit. I didn't. Your original argument is that you paid a grand for what you have and are making 50 less horsepower. But the point is, the average person paid differently. For example. I paid 1800 for my mods to make the same horsepower you are talking about on my MS3. |
Alright. That's valid. But if you think chp is different from bhp, you don't know what you're talking about. If I told you I tuned myself, would you still consider that to be a worth? |
Can't we all just get along??? Congrats on the X, I was actually looking into a used one before the speed, to much money though. I ended up running one a couple days after getting the speed, both of us still w/dealer plates... Haha!! We did it from a roll put about 2 and half cars on him!!! Ms3 FTW.... |
I'm glad you have a car you like. Even happier I have one I like. |
Ms3 for the win for sure. *until snow, or rain, or bumpy roads, or gravel, or corners, or most of the things speed3's cant do very well. I do not like the way the evo x produces/controls boost however, but i think that can be taken care of easily. |
My speed handles all of that very very well. What's wrong with yours? |
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@Tomas passes Ferraris on road courses with his! |
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All I know is if the 2014 STI is anything like this( Next Subaru WRX STI will feature new 300+ HP 2.0 liter turbo ) I will be buying one for sure. I love my MS3 and it will still stay in the family though. @dsmluck are you coming to Edge's meet on the 28th? Both cars are great by all means, and I dont think you could go wrong having either one! |
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So you're generalizing. The new Megane 256 is faster around a road course than a 370z. |
I'd put money on myself to hold more entry speed and have higher exit speeds in my speed than someone in a similarily modded wrx. Stock for stock the ms3 holds higher skid pad numbers. |
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Kinugawa td05/06 20g - $800.00 Brand new. Ebay Catless DP - $180.00 Fuel Injector Clinic 900cc - $400 Walbro 255 - $100 Open Source E85 tune 22-25 psi - $150 Stock VF52 turbo - -$600 At my altitude I am trapping higher than fully bolted VF-52's on E85 and a fully bolted VF-52 WRX at sea level puts down 340-360whp and are capable of high 11 second runs. |
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I wouldn't be so quick to put money on anyone including myself, who has limited or no track time putting down respectable times or clean driving lines. |
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The car in the picture is my boosted 06 sedan. I own/compete with a 2012 speed in a FIA sanctioned series. I do tech/marshaling for CRC rally, i think i know the difference between FWD and AWD performance in snow/gravel. why else are the 4wd cars THAT MUCH faster in any type of weather? ohh because they are 4wd. maybe your WV winter is a little different than my canadian winter. 4wd>fwd all day nov-march where im from. |
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Here is what im saying @Standsideways @dsmluck... In non racing conditions the speed 3 can handle snow, rain, gravel, bumpy roads etc with minor issues if any. Of course if you are going to race on these conditions then you would want awd because FWD RACING in those conditions is just asking for a wreck. |
this is true ^ :) |
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My ms3 gets sideways all the time. And no, I'm not using the handbrake to endive it either. The suspension has passive rear steer built in. If yours didn't rotate, you weren't going fast enough. The ms6 guys are quiet because their car is basically fwd anyway. I remember reading about how the handbrake at two clicks disengages drive to the rear wheels, so they could get a better launch, so they know what I know too. |
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As much as I have drag raced I really don't understand how it would be beneficial to launch in FWD mode. So are you saying that a similarly powered MS3 (gt3071) would beat me from a dig? |
Awd cars understeer in the same condition you describe. Most don't have the power to get the wheel slip that is required for a good launch, because they can't overcome the mechanical grip, so either they bog the launch, or the clutch slips. |
@Tokay444 I usually respect your knowledge about this platform, but I have to say that I completely disagree with your logic here. I cannot see how anyone on their right mind would say that FWD has the same launching capabilities, or no advantage to AWD. Look at the 2012 GTR. Pushing 430whp stock. Doing 0-60 in 2.6 seconds. How many BT MS3's do we have here that push out the same or higher numbers in power. And yet they will never see anything under 4 seconds with slicks and a VERY good driver. I don't know what "bog" you speak of. Go on google and see comparative BT Evo's and they launch a whole lot harder than anything I've seen here. I am not arguing against the MS3 here. I owned the car and I loved it. But there is no way in hell you can come here and say that FWD=AWD when it comes to launching. |
Are talking about a gtr? We're talking about a wrx/evo. And now we'er taking about big turbo cars? When did that start? |
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As you stated, you were talking about AWD platform in general vs. FWD. I don't care if it's a GTR, Evo, WRX or STi. AWD has a clear advantage when launching over FWD. That was my point. |
My buddy just bought an evoX with the paddle shifters and I get the jump on him every single time. |
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