2009-10 subaru wrx sti(wagon) vs my 06 mustang gt
05-19-2010, 12:10 PM
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holding at 6k and then letting it go reminds me of a video I saw of a Vette owner fusing his flywheel and clutch together 
If you both can drive perfectly hes a few tenths faster form a dig, on a roll its tough to say.
He has taller gears all the way around, weighs about the same, and makes 290lbs at 4000rpms, however you are RWD which helps a lot on drive line loss and in a roll situation, even though your max torque is coming in 500rpms later, youre making quite a bit more (30lbs) your max hp also comes in 250rpms earlier, assuming no driver error, you can max hp and then shift before him, depending on his pull, that could give you an advantage on power in a new gear and letting you start to pull
from there one of two things is going to happen, either your displacement will win or his turbo will keep spooling.
I've never driven or raced an STI but I know 06 GT's pull pretty nicely
sweet, i do feel that it pulls pretty well. its fast enough for me.
Any mods for either of you?
If you both can drive perfectly hes a few tenths faster form a dig, on a roll its tough to say.
He has taller gears all the way around, weighs about the same, and makes 290lbs at 4000rpms, however you are RWD which helps a lot on drive line loss and in a roll situation, even though your max torque is coming in 500rpms later, youre making quite a bit more (30lbs) your max hp also comes in 250rpms earlier, assuming no driver error, you can max hp and then shift before him, depending on his pull, that could give you an advantage on power in a new gear and letting you start to pull
from there one of two things is going to happen, either your displacement will win or his turbo will keep spooling.
I've never driven or raced an STI but I know 06 GT's pull pretty nicely
sweet, i do feel that it pulls pretty well. its fast enough for me.
Any mods for either of you?
As for mods, he's completely stock. I have pypes muffler deletes and a K&N air filter, so i'm stock as well i guess you could say. Yeah i saw that his car makes 305 hp as well, don't know at what rpm though
05-19-2010, 12:13 PM
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haha i'm hoping i can somewhat keep up with him from a dig and surprise him. I have a feeling he thinks he's gonna destroy me from a dig, but i found a sweet spot for launching. i hold it at 3k and slip the clutch and minimize wheelspin by alot, and it seems to jump off the line a whole lot better than just dropping the clutch. Hopefully he dumps the clutch like you said and i get him from there. i'll let you know how it goes.
05-19-2010, 12:55 PM
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You are going to get raped.
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05-19-2010, 01:12 PM
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Just remembered, don't the new STIs have a million different settings, including a pretty sick launch control? That maybe why that guy is talking about pinning the RPM and then dumping the clutch. I know a lot of the new performance oriented cars are using some sort of launch control these days, Camaro, 370Z, SS/TC, Evo, etc.
05-19-2010, 09:21 PM
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05-19-2010, 10:16 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7Wi3qHk2R0
Its MUCH more sophisticated on the STI, EVO, etc, as you prolly already know. You hold those guys to the floor and simply dump the clutch and it engages accordingly. Kind of takes all the fun out of it if you ask me.
05-19-2010, 11:57 PM
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Just remembered, don't the new STIs have a million different settings, including a pretty sick launch control? That maybe why that guy is talking about pinning the RPM and then dumping the clutch. I know a lot of the new performance oriented cars are using some sort of launch control these days, Camaro, 370Z, SS/TC, Evo, etc.
05-20-2010, 12:54 PM
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Yea, I tried to locate info about it and came up with nothing but the 3 drive modes already mentioned. Kind of surprised a car like that doesn't come with it considering all the other tech it has.