I vote the IS300. More luxurious, looks better(my opinion), and has reliability from a Toyota. And on top of that I just really dislike the WRX. heheheh
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Originally posted by Chris
Also, with the WRX, it is VERY easy to up the power, anyone can do it. Get 300 hp with bolt-ons.
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Which bolt ons are required for that? Because from my friends with WRX's(Well.. 2 people) tell me that free flow intake and a cat back exhaust equates to about nothing.. Well perhaps 4 or 5 hp... But the gains should be A LOT higher with a turbo'ed car... So what does this tell me? Correct me if I'm wrong, but Subaru's 227hp motor is not so restricted. I mean.. practically every other car in the world will experience some gains with a free flow intake and a cat back exhsaust.. and not to mention the WRX is turbo'ed and gains almost nothign with the basic i/e.
Yes, I know the WRX has a few cats... 3 of them right? Which is somewhat restrictive.. But its impractical to run without cat's.. at least here in CA where Smog laws are pretty tight.
All in all, the hp gains don't even start becoming noticeable untill you modify the ecu. Not that I've done that much research, but the last ecu mod I came upon costs about 600 US bones.
And when you do get 300 hp, your transmission will fall out(most likely not literally). A fix for the trans problem is to get something those subi guys call a dogbox.... With that you can launch at redline all day long and not have a worry in the world about your transmission... butt then of course, the cost on that dog box is about 11 large...
so IS300, it is.
