wrx and gsx

[qr25sentra]

Originally Posted by Ace$nyper

Wow yea, I'm sorry, I'm not a highschool drop out whos handing out katsup for a living.

Post count is the nearly as sad and desprate nooblet defence as, join dates.
BTW if you notice i've been here YEARS longer then you. So yea makes sence I have more posts.

I also happen as many know to run AF in the backround at work all the time and I'm allowed to at my job(s). So yea sorry I finish my work fast and have free time to kill in the office.

You can't even manage a simple forum correctly, so before you try to come back I invented glue and have a P.H.D. from Yale don't bother because we know you're lying.

well yea bro im just sayin i wanted to hear things about the gsx like what other memebers have posted. and i thought what u put on there was pointless.. im not sayin u dont have a life, im sure ur life is pretty good and u have a lot goin for u.. good job man keep it up.. what exactly do u do for a living? i think im leaving for trade school in about a year in orlando.. (UTI) im gettin into workin on cars as well. and then i want to do real estate also when i get a little bit older..

but anyways back on topic.. i just wanted to say wow, i never knew with free and cheap mods u can nearly run a 12 in the gsx. i am very impressed.. do u think the wrx owners can do the same.. one of my friends has a boost controller and a 3 inch exhaust.. the other friend is stock.. how bad can he murk him if they were equal drivers(in the 1/4). im guessin the modded wrx is easily in the 13s.

[RaidenKing]

like I've said before, the DSMs didn't get their rep being quick for sticking with the stock form. A DSM is so notorious for it's ability to make really good power for cheap. Stock form is simply, unimpressive.

go ahead, throw 2 grand or even 1 G into both a wrx and a gsx. I'd bet the gsx would come out on top.

[Skyline_R32_Canada]

well speaking from experience (i own a wrx), it doesnt have much low end power, but once u free up the restrictions (cats) by adding a TBE and up-pipe, you will feel a HELL of a difference, add an ecu upgrade and you're in the low 13s...

[Igovert500]

Originally Posted by 90redgt

All i know about this stuff is... AWD<RWD

I think you got that backwards But both are AWD so it doesn't really matter.

[Ace$nyper]

Originally Posted by qr25sentra

well yea bro im just sayin i wanted to hear things about the gsx like what other memebers have posted. and i thought what u put on there was pointless.. im not sayin u dont have a life, im sure ur life is pretty good and u have a lot goin for u.. good job man keep it up.. what exactly do u do for a living? i think im leaving for trade school in about a year in orlando.. (UTI) im gettin into workin on cars as well. and then i want to do real estate also when i get a little bit older..

Weird a logical and polite reply. The internet must be broken

I am a higher ended temp, "work" at a furnature store *and spell horridly typo was funny so it stays* and when non summer I work part time both jobs and go to school full time. I am currently looking into transfer schools as I am going after a masters, I will be starting R.O.T.C. once I change Unis.

UTI is a very good school my friend is going to the one up in our area and is quite happy with it. Real esate is good not exactly what it's laid out to be but if your hard worker and have some luck.

If I had a sence of guilt I'd feel bad, you seem to be pretty cool. But all that was meant, was please use the right area for posts we have a car comparo area for just such questions. All us old timers esp my self and lack of any form of temper get real sick of seeing yet another who would win or whats better thread after the first 500.

[Right_LiRrr]

I know gearing is a big factor for the WRX's acceleration. It's designed to make it fast from 0-60 rather than have the high top end of a grand tourer. As an example, at 60mph in 5th gear I'm at 3000rpm (or is that just me thinking it's a bit high?).

I don't know much about the GSX though.

[Skyline_R32_Canada]

Originally Posted by Right_LiRrr

I know gearing is a big factor for the WRX's acceleration. It's designed to make it fast from 0-60 rather than have the high top end of a grand tourer. As an example, at 60mph in 5th gear I'm at 3000rpm (or is that just me thinking it's a bit high?).

I don't know much about the GSX though.

lol yea its a bitch eh......

[Right_LiRrr]

if by bitch you mean woman who takes all your money for a bit of fun...yes! =P Damn, fuel prices are a bitch these days.

[RaidenKing]

Originally Posted by Skyline_R32_Canada

well speaking from experience (i own a wrx), it doesnt have much low end power, but once u free up the restrictions (cats) by adding a TBE and up-pipe, you will feel a HELL of a difference, add an ecu upgrade and you're in the low 13s...

heh yah, too bad most wrx's i've seen up for sale cost 10 grand more than the gsx's i've found.

[Skyline_R32_Canada]

^^.....no shit, they're DSMs

and the wrx's were started production in 2002, gsx's were stopped in 1999

[90redgt]

why did the GSX stop production in 99? not enough sales? Seems like a popular car now days.

[DragonofBC]

I can speak for the gearing on a GSX. At about 65ish I'm boosting as well (3k rpms). It sounds as the WRXs and GSXs are comparable in that instance. I feel pretty confident in my car at lower speeds but highway racing sucks. I've never been in a GST but I hear thats the way to go for the +70mph stuff.

The GSXs stopped being produced because Mitsubishi wanted to reintroduce the Eclipse to a different audience. I'm not 100% sure of the timeline but EVOs were in production introduced shortly after the GSXs stopped. Basically Mitsu evolved the GSX into the EVO. Essentially the same engine but sold in a more tuned form. If you look at the way the DSMs are viewed now it makes sense. The RS and GS models are for the people who like the car for its character and the GST and GSX owners are usually tuners. I don't want to get flamed because plenty of people have tuned up RS and GS models but almost any DSMer will agree that it you are interested in speed, it is worth your while 99 out of a 100 times to just get a GST/X from the start

By essentially splitting the RS/GS and GST/GSX into the 2000+ Eclipse and the EVOs they could make more money because they could market the cars more appropriately. Just look at the price difference between the two lines. It would be funny to imagine a car salesman trying to justify a price difference of $12,000 because between the two identical (aesthetically) cars, one has a turbo and beefier engine. Nowadays, the sales people can be like "you want performance? Look at the EVO. You style and practicality? look at the Eclipse."

*I'd like to throw a disclaimer up that there is no hating going on in my post. I respect all cars and everyones personal motivations for going with whatever they have. I'm speaking more from a stereotype perspective so please don't flame me.

[RaidenKing]

Originally Posted by DragonofBC

I can speak for the gearing on a GSX. At about 65ish I'm boosting as well (3k rpms). It sounds as the WRXs and GSXs are comparable in that instance. I feel pretty confident in my car at lower speeds but highway racing sucks. I've never been in a GST but I hear thats the way to go for the +70mph stuff.

The GSXs stopped being produced because Mitsubishi wanted to reintroduce the Eclipse to a different audience. I'm not 100% sure of the timeline but EVOs were in production introduced shortly after the GSXs stopped. Basically Mitsu evolved the GSX into the EVO. Essentially the same engine but sold in a more tuned form. If you look at the way the DSMs are viewed now it makes sense. The RS and GS models are for the people who like the car for its character and the GST and GSX owners are usually tuners. I don't want to get flamed because plenty of people have tuned up RS and GS models but almost any DSMer will agree that it you are interested in speed, it is worth your while 99 out of a 100 times to just get a GST/X from the start

By essentially splitting the RS/GS and GST/GSX into the 2000+ Eclipse and the EVOs they could make more money because they could market the cars more appropriately. Just look at the price difference between the two lines. It would be funny to imagine a car salesman trying to justify a price difference of $12,000 because between the two identical (aesthetically) cars, one has a turbo and beefier engine. Nowadays, the sales people can be like "you want performance? Look at the EVO. You style and practicality? look at the Eclipse."

*I'd like to throw a disclaimer up that there is no hating going on in my post. I respect all cars and everyones personal motivations for going with whatever they have. I'm speaking more from a stereotype perspective so please don't flame me.

Very good points brought up there. Mitsubishi has seen some tough financial issues and they needed a good business plan to help get up.
So they just yanked the gsx engine/tranny, stuck an EVO16g turbo on it and placed a more agressive looking version of the lancer's body to market a tuner/performance car separately. The 3g eclipses showed up to take over the eco/comfort department in the sports car coupe field. Now the choices had gone from gs-t,gsx/gs,rs to GT/gs,rs. Essentially having the GT just take over the spots the gs-t,gsx occupied as the 'higher powered model' of the eclipse. If someone came in to buy an eclipse but decided the i-4 in a gs,rs was underpowered for their taste, mitsu still offered a v6 with similar horsepower to the stock turbo dsms.

I don't know why I'm just reiterating what you just said but yes I agree completely.

I'm also well aware that the wrx is much newer than the gsx but that doesn't mean the prices are any different. I could care less what a car sold for 6 years ago, I care about what it sells for now, currently.