Top Speed
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i want you to race some of those cars, you'd be suprised at how quick they are, if not quicker then your mustang.
calling a Mitsubishi Evolution, a Subaru WRX, a Pontiac G8 GXP, a Mercury Marauder and a BMW M5 pieces of crap is the stupidest thing i've ever read.
hell, the only one that remotely sounds like a ricey car is an evo. Subarus have boxer motors, like porsches, G8 GXP has what, a 6.2 liter v8? mercury marauder has a dohc 4.6 with the same amount of power we have. BMWs sound unique as hell, but not anything like a rice rocket.
the evo and the wrx will be sitting there at the line bouncing off the rev limiter to launch and dead hook right away. G8 gxp has more power then us, and will run faster then us stock.
like i said, horsepower don't mean dick. you ever hear the joke whats the difference between a supra with 600 horsepower, 800 horsepower, and 1000 horsepower? nothing they all run 12s?
it depends on how the cars are set up, whos driving them, how much the car weighs, hell, where they are racing at has a huge effect.
have you ever drag raced your car? if so what did you run? full time slip if possible, if not 60ft, trap speed and et are good enough. also a modification list.
sorry if i come off as a dick, but i respect cars for what they are. i appreciate the hard work people put into their cars, and the different tastes people have.
I would love to catch this guy in either a straight line or in the corners and slap his Mustang around in my "4-door POS."
Yep, the STi is a "Fast and the Furious ricer." Let's break it down, just to be sure that the STi really is rice. Based on MY 2005 STi.
Hood Scoop
STi- Functional
Mustang- Not functional, styling only
Spoiler
STi- Functional. It provides 90 lbs of downforce (2005) at 90 mph
Mustang- Non-functional. Styling aesthetics only, and a bit of interrupted airflow to produce unnecessary drag.
Suspension
STi- INDEPENDENT REAR SUSPENSION ,staggered shock setup, thicker swaybars, nothing in common with a WRX suspension. Don't forget that I can adjust the AWD setup from 50% of the power evenly displayed between the front/rear to a 35/65 FWD/RWD balance.
Mustang- LIVE AXLE, nothing special about a standard Mustang suspension
Brakes
STi- Brembo. 14 inch rotors up front, 12 inch rotors in the rear, 4-piston calipers up front, 2-piston in the rear
Mustang- What brakes?
Transmission
STi- 3.91 gears, 6 speed close-ratio
Mustang- Ancient 5 speed transmission (except SVT), 3.31 gears standard (?)
Now, here's where everybody gets upset.
My STi is better than your Mustang, period. Call me arrogant, but facts are facts.
BUT, WAIT! The Mustang trumps the STi with LESS. Despite the clear superiority of the STi as a full-on performance machine, despite having just as much power and torque as the Mustang, plus a lighter curb weight, it lacks not only the feeling of a domestic V8 Muscle Car, but also the sound.
Despite everything the STi has, it doesn't have what matters most, and that is why I am looking for a Mustang.
And FWIW, "rice" doesn't equate the manufacturer or appearance of a car. It equates a car having non-functional appearance items. What's that mean? It seems that your Mustang is more "rice" than my mailbox that mated with a shopping cart.
Have a good day, and see ya in the rearview.