Yes i know another race Q but anyways my friend just recieved his 06 wrx but can't drive worth a **** and i have a stock 04 gt with 1100 miles on it ! he wants to have a go at it and i'am a fairly good driver ! He want to race from a dead stop to 90 m/h and both cars are manual ! What is your take on the outcome? If i do decide to race!
if you can hook up, you should win if you dont hook up, and he launches hard with the awd, he will take ya, but hurt his car
well, obviously this will be done at a track so run it up to 100mph, which is close to most stock Mustangs' trap speed. If he dumps the clutch from high rpm's, he'll jump out ahead, but you should easily reel him in. The only reason a bone stock WRX is a 14sec. car at all is because of their AWD launches. Don't worry
WRX's are good off the launch, if the driver can drive. Aside from that I wouldnt worry too much. If its an STi though, they are a good bit quicker and usually have better ET's than stock GT's.
Coming from someone how actually drives a Suby car. The 06 WRX's are somewhat faster than the pre-06's car. The 06 WRX's put down 250-255 whp on a dyno and a low 14's are possible in stock form.IF he has a turbo upgrade like a 16g or 18g, cylinder head work,full exhaust and new maps stage 2 don't race him or you could be the laugh of the night.I think if you can beat low 14's go for it and race at the track I hope.
if he knows that you slip the clutch at 4-4.5k then your hosed but otherwise you got him... if your friend is smart hell do a V34 turbo upgrade off of a 04 STi...
Did you just say a stock 06 WRX sedan puts down 250-255whp? The car has a 2.5L engine making 230hp at the crank. Hows that possible? If it had 255whp along with its AWD, i freaking get one myself
Actually the WRX's and STI's are highly underrated by everyone. Most guys on the suby forums who have 06 WRX's are saying the new set up "stock" will put down 250-255 whp and the new 2.5L flat four engine is giving them an easy 30+ whp plus faster spool time. The STI's really will put down 270-280 whp stock because they really take advantage of the extra cubes of the new 2.5L engine.Houston GT the new WRX's are very nice cars and are pretty fast stock.The Suby cars you should seriously consider they are worth it if you got the bucks.Also the WRX's and STI's responder better to mods than mustangs.I am thinking about trading in my 04 WRX for a 06 STI but, I am not sure because I haven't decided what I want to do with my mustang?
True,but from a launch they will rape you quickly the question is can you reel them in? The STI's are like rockets even stock!
There are a few modded sti's that frequent the local track and NONE of them rape from off the line. In fact, one of them (claims he makes 310awhp) even refused to line up against me.
255WHP>230RWHP...even from a roll. Althou I dont think they really put that much down. Thats like 310HP at the motor. They arent that stout....maybe the STI.
dont get me wrong, im not dissing them at all. ive done a lot of reading about WRXs/STi's. i was thinking about buying one for a while, plus my mom drives one. im sure the turbo loves the extra .5 displacement, but from what ive seen, mods are still not as effective as larger displacement cars. manifolds are pretty useless on them. i think an up-pipe/down-pipe is probably comparable to an o/r mid pipe plus plenum/TB, right? one of the biggest reasons i didnt get a Subie was the price of parts. so damn expensive. $1500 will barely get you an A/P, up/down pipe. all that is good for, what, like 35 awhp? weak.
I don't blame him since you have a KB and a six speed transmission. If he was making 310 whp than he probably only had bolton's.If he had a huge turbo upgrade and tune I bet that guy would race you for sure.All the races at the track I have ever seen AWD vs. RWD the person in the RWD car will get owned off the line period.
wow, how often do you visit the track? a rwd car with traction (DR's) is capable of 1.8 60's, which is the pretty decent for an AWD car. its not even a big deal for a RWD car on slicks to run consistent 1.6's. a feat that you would be hard pressed to find in an AWD.
