Originally Posted by Dream Weaver

Look at how the ST owners defend how bloody excellent the ST is on Scoobynet and that should say something to you about how good they are to live with and own.

It was a balanced post though and it was asking for opinions on ST vs R26, I did advise to go and test both a modded ST and a modded R26 - I am that confident in how good the ST is that I am quite happy to advise people to test them all.



Most modded ST's are around 300bhp, as any more needs a bigger turbo so the stock turbo is good to that power point and is good VFM and this is against a std RS.

He was saying that the modded 300bhp ST's are more brutal than the new RS so the power delivery is more agressive on the ST, and more progressive and further up the range on the RS - you have to rev the RS more than you do the ST so the RS is harder to drive. He also stated that the RS suspension is harder than the ST, even when lowered like mine.

He said the RS *should* out handle the ST as it gets the power down better so I take from that he just means the acceleration is quicker which from the vids I have seen of the RS I can see what he means.

Interestingly, he also said that the RS is very tail happy so expect to see a lot of them in hedges.