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Originally Posted by DaveSTi
Yup. I really think once you get past the stage 2 and maybe a bolt on turbo, the cost:benefit ratio on the subaru/mitsu cars starts to fall off quickly.
One of the best comparisons I've seen on the Evo forum I'm on is the GTR. Basically, you'd have to rebuild the engine and run a huge turbo that'll spool around 4.5k rpms in order to keep up with a stock GTR. Factor in the supporting mods to let the car handle that amount of power and we're talking tens of thousands of dollars by the time this build is done. As we all know, the GTR then just needs to buy a Cobb AP and reflash the ecu and he's in another stratosphere from the built Evo. The Evo has the better engine for this power game and even still, it'll get roasted pretty easily.
Cost to benefit ratio. Great economic term and it's helped a lot with weening off the bigger, more more more MOAR of car modifying.
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Exactly, and I don't mean to imply that I don't understand having passion for what you own but you do have to come to terms with what it is and how much it will cost you. Even if you don't care about the numbers or what will beat what, you still have to consider that the more you do to modify a car past stock the more likely you are to have a failure that can destroy what you've built. I know for myself I love my WRX but there is always a part of me that wishes I had just left it stock with an exhaust.