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Old Sep 9, 2003 | 05:28 PM
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yeah buncha WRX guys and turbochargers.com were down here just this weekend, pretty much had their own dynoday i believe......

All I know is it really depends on what you wanna do...... if you wanna abuse the poor thing and completely ignore all potential, just race the quarter mile. But if going straight for 12 seconds isnt your thing, look into dirt, concrete and cones If you ever want to go the 1/4 rate, just remember, you're gonna be pissed when you realize you coulda got your truck to run just .5 tenths slower for what you just spent.

Anyway, if your roadcourse id say definitely play with suspension, stick to externals and the VF30, and your 4EAT will have a longer life. Upgrade that fuel to match boost, but mainly id focus on suspension and drivetrain. Thats what i'd pretty much do. Though I'd get a real turbo and put the VF30 etc on my keychain I mentioned going internals simply for the 1/4, something you dont see TOO often here, other than that, forget it. If you're wondering why im blabbling its pretty much because everytime i've looked into a friends mag with WRX parts/or ask him "how much did that cost?", i usually end it with laughing and some head shaking. After I find out the price, I usually like to point out what i could throw on the truck for that, and what kinda performance i'd get out of it. Yeah i'm real inspiring when it comes to people who spend big dough and get small performance. A lot of the aftermarket import world to me, is one big Borla. You're paying for the name, and not much else.

The cars are fun as crap to play around with though, and fascinates me to gas it in rain and not spin!?! If I had one of those i'd definitely be in some road course clubs. But ima sucker for top end so, naturally that awd wouldnt help me get my fix...
I'd like a straight line WRX and that is pretty much my goal...I don't care too much for Auto-Xing. I do some high speed cornering every now and then so a decent suspension is in the future. Just going to start with the basics and see how that takes me. I figure that is the best approach.
hmmm.....straight line wrx.....

To be honest I can't figure out what your goals are, besides more HP. Infact, I never can figure out what any WRX owners goals are.

Dont get me wrong, but to be honest I just never understood why people buy AWD performance vehicles with the intention of just going straight. I mean sure you'll have a pretty 60', but anything after that, that awd is your worst downfall. IMO the 60' pretty much all that car has going for it in a straight line, which is ofcourse ruled out when the competition is on tires as well.

Then again, it all comes down to what youre goals are. 95% of wrx owners ive known simply want a car to play with on the weekend, and a car to take them to school/work on monday. Which is what most of us do here. But when you've seen more 11 sec. silverados than 11 second WRX's (which is zero), somethings up.....I can tell you exactly why, but lets just say it deals with whats behind the steering wheel. Like volkswagons, subaru has their own type of owners as well, and the owners arent very diverse, unfortunately 95% of them arent gear heads either
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Old Sep 9, 2003 | 05:50 PM
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hmmm.....straight line wrx.....

To be honest I can't figure out what your goals are, besides more HP. Infact, I never can figure out what any WRX owners goals are.

Dont get me wrong, but to be honest I just never understood why people buy AWD performance vehicles with the intention of just going straight. I mean sure you'll have a pretty 60', but anything after that, that awd is your worst downfall. IMO the 60' pretty much all that car has going for it in a straight line, which is ofcourse ruled out when the competition is on tires as well.

Then again, it all comes down to what youre goals are. 95% of wrx owners ive known simply want a car to play with on the weekend, and a car to take them to school/work on monday. Which is what most of us do here. But when you've seen more 11 sec. silverados than 11 second WRX's (which is zero), somethings up.....I can tell you exactly why, but lets just say it deals with whats behind the steering wheel. Like volkswagons, subaru has their own type of owners as well, and the owners arent very diverse, unfortunately 95% of them arent gear heads either
To tell ya the truth, nor do I. I am just going to do a little of this and a little of that and maybe by the time I get done with that I will know my direction.

Phil @ Turbo XS, his WRX ran a 11.9X then something broke. He is in the process of a 9:1 motor as well as some other goodness. Hell I could use dual power adders and get a WRX into the 11's just like people use blowers+spray for their trucks. But that would be on a power band of 4000-7500...not what I want. I guess it is all realitive.
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Old Sep 9, 2003 | 09:01 PM
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