Turbo=Vtec Wrx=SI STI=Type-R GC8=every stock honda

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Originally Posted by MADjdm

"rally racing performance for the road" umm commericials with it going sideways on road courses, IT DIDNT EVEN COME WITH A RADIO.......

It didn't come with a radio for its first model year when it was released as a limited production car to keep the cost down. THEY SHOW EVERY CAR GOING SIDEWAYS---ever see the Kia Rio commercial that shows the thing powersliding...or the hyundai commercials? How about the Mazda 6 commercials where is shows the Mazda drifting the number '6' in the dirt. showing a car slide or go fast in a commercial is in no way a declaration of being a full on race car. Not that if it WAS a full on race car it would matter, as you have already been proven wrong that a modded S2k could outperform an STi.

Originally Posted by MADjdm

so your telling me the wrx trans isnt crap???? within my own group of friends who were all under 300whp broke there trans no problem, they are 100 percent garbage im sorry im not gonna even argue this with you becuae its a known fact. ask any knowledgable person on this forum

Yes I am telling you the WRX trans isnt crap. Go search the mod list threads on ClubWRX. Its a known fact that if you dont beat on your WRX it can handle a good amount of power. The transmissions break when you add tons of power to an AWD drivetrain and beat on it. It is a fact that the earlier 02 and early 03 trannies are WEAKER, but yet somehow people still run tons of power in the bugeyes on stock transmissions.

Originally Posted by MADjdm

as for the interior comment, the point is that they put garbage interiors in these cars, along with the garbage 5spd trans thats been around since the 80's and 160 weak diffs to make the car "affordable" it seems like a great car for the price until you see the the stuff you have to replace to make it worthy of any kind of abuse or competition,

its a street car. WRX, Civic Si, ect...all street cars, built with one thing in mind---how can we make the most money while spending the least. Yeah, if you are gonna build a race car out of a WRX you gotta replace some stuff, whats your point? You would have to replace a lot of the civic too. However, the WRX is gonna leave the civic in the dust off the lot....

so in conclusion-- subaru built on other manufacturers knowledge of N/A engines, engineered a turbocharged flat4 awd engine and drivetrain, and came out with a very successful automobile that, stock for stock, is quicker that most n/a 4cyls available. Somehow they cheated though..right?