1/4 mile run

5 speed cross the line in 4

6 speed you need 5 just towards the line.

how many have owned newage wrx/sti.

not saying either are bad just both have different advantages but as standard are very similar in performance

 

Dude, you should really take on board what Maydew is telling you because its obvious you really do not have a clue what your talking about

 

No i bought an sti because i could afford one and thought hmmm shall i get a wrx and mod it or shall i get an sti and mod it.

 

I did. pity the badges were just orange sticker's on the boot and both front doors. Nice car though !

 

The newer (hawk STI's) have a similar gearing to the forrester, but no issues with the 6 speed, if the driver of an STI is trying to hold 3rd on a long sweeping bend then he doesnt know how to use the gearbox properly, he should be in 4th, thats about 107mph rather than 87mph or on a 5 speed it makes it about 97mph in 3rd, and your going to have to change as your out of puff about 10mph lower than that.
This is the problem, all those who think the 5 speed is better just cant drive a 6 speed car, the 6 speed keeps the engine on the boil ALL of the time, the 5 speed doesnt.
I will give you an example.
Car 1, 260bhp MY00 uk turbo.
Car 2, 340bhp BMW M3 SMG (E46)

Car 2 puts foot down and off it goes from xxmph
car 1 cant change down gear from 4th to keep up as doing so means hitting 6.5k (totally useless in a uk turbo) or going to 5th (all out of puff), 4th is too long so cant catch said E46 M3.
(yes it did happen, and yes I was in the UK turbo)

Car 1, JDM Spec C MY03

Country roads, need to change gear for corners..... nil
go into corner, put foot down on exit and off it goes, nicely in the power band
25mph in town in 5th gear, put foot down and off it goes, comes to traffic lights, 5th to neutral.
Leaves traffic lights, goes 1st, 2nd, 3rd and if clear up to 5th, missing 4th out or even better, 1st, 2nd, little bit more power, 5th, sorted

Tony

 

poor mans sti lol.

wrx small c..k
sti big c..k

yes cheaper insurance no tracker required,myself and partner insured for 1k

how pre 05 wrx you see with knocking rear shocks every 10k errrrr none

how many stis errr every single one

 

Your right there i don't have a clue what i'm talking about but i'm sure having fun watchin everyone getting face on loool

 

 

all good fun

 

After reading all this I wouldn't be surprised if the next time I drive past a WRX he flicks me the finger instead of a wave .

 

:-)

 

haha think iv just wet myself

 

as the wrx driver drives back to the slums

 

Flick one back but make sure you have a big gold ring on and shout "Loads of money".

 

lets go back to the original debate,wrx sti/wrx off the lights,simple answer.both standard the sti will be quicker end of.the rest of the bulls**t depends on mods driver etc etc etc.
pointless debate in a way!

 

Yup agree with you there, they have different advantages, though the 6 speed has more advantages over the 5 have a look at what someone has posted about the 6 speed boxes, quite interesting but the gearing in 1st and 2nd are quite similar, 3-6 are closer giving better accelleration and performance due to keeping the engine in the power band better (plus shorter throw etc).
Now if you want a quick 5 speed box, try an STI type R or RA, very close to the 6 speed box without a 6th gear

Tony

 

 

totally agree mate when my sti running 380 with 20g came up against standardish classic ra by time i came on boost ra was gone gearing/ acceleration was insane

least we agree somewhere lol

 

pointless yes but give us sad lonely f..kers something to do on a saturday night while watching m.o.d



just too add if subaru had made the poor mans wrx with more bhp which has been proven it can take 265 all day long ,how many rich mans sti would have been sold ?

 

I owned a uk my03 wrx ended up at ppp spec approx 260bhp. Great car no regrets, I test drove the car I now own a my05 jdm sti and it didn't feel a lot quicker felt more solid and responsive on the road, but when you drive it on roads you know and keep an eye on the speedo you then realise how much quicker it is. Also I find the six speed box superb can always get the car on the powerband but I still say they are both good cars just different. But the sti is not just about off the line, it out performs the wrx in many ways, ok you can throw money at a wrx to get near sti performance but it still ain't an sti and ends up costing more than buying the sti in the beginning, the wrx with a few performance, handling and braking mods is very good, but to answer the question my sti would defo wipe the floor with my old wrx but I still like both of them,

 

 

I hate 6speeds and would rather have a 5 speed PPG, but i'd be surpriced if it would last long with my power

I ran 451bhp 420lbs/ft on a WRX RA box for 6 months and never broke it including 11.8s on the strip

 

what year was your RA box?

 

[QUOTE=maydew;10002899]pointless yes but give us sad lonely f..kers something to do on a saturday night while watching m.o.d



lollage

 

jdm gearing would have alot of influence on driver feel.

same as a classic feeling more aggressive different cars models give different driver feed back but back in the real driving world of of the car going from a to b island to island there really is not that much in them all.

 

dont start them off again mate ,its way past there bed time and there getting grumpy and over tired

 

V5 and is still going strong in another car now

 

754 box then.

 

For the drag strip 5th gear on a uk 6 speed is rubbish, its like a cruising gear and the pick up is so slow

 

Did change to a PPG in the end and got my times down to 11.4 @ 122mph in 4th