Me and the WRX

[G_racer]

Yeah i raced a WRX with my 94 integra LS(intake and exaust)and beat the shit out of it. HAHAHAHAHA I wish. No but i really did race a brand new stock WRX and i got spanked so hard, :cry: im suprised i'm living to tell about it. WRX's are nice cars, but why do they have to be so damn FAST. Oh well sooner or later Honda will come out with a turbo charged ricer burner we all can afford. MABYE!!!

[slowANDfurious]

Why? The ITR is as fast as the WRX and the same price
Why don't you just get a real Honda:hehe:

[G_racer]

Because I have no money:cry:

[slowANDfurious]

Originally posted by G_racer
Because I have no money:cry:

Thats why im rollin a 95 CIVIC:hehehe:

[jOYRiDe]

the wrx is still the better car

[LjasonL]

Originally posted by slowANDfurious
Why? The ITR is as fast as the WRX

where the hell did u hear that??? the non turbo impreza is as fast as an itr (yes i have raced one, no make that 2) dont go by the published times for imprezas theyre way faster.

[slowANDfurious]

Originally posted by ldelaysionl


where the hell did u hear that??? the non turbo impreza is as fast as an itr (yes i have raced one, no make that 2) dont go by the published times for imprezas theyre way faster.

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Sport Compact Car didi a head to head shoot out between the US market ITR and the US market WRX sedan, the 0-60, ITR actually edged the WRX by 0.1 in their testsI know that a few cheap mods, like unglogging the plumbing on the wrx will allow it to smoke an ITR no contest though

[LjasonL]

ive said this many times before on here, but the wrx and 2.5 liter imprezas are faster than what the magazines get on their testing. it takes practice to launch one without bogging the engine, simply dropping the clutch at redline, which is what most magazines do, still bogs the engine down. i raced an itr with intake header exhaust at the dragstrip and beat him by .1 second through the 1000ft. now he was gaining on me so im sure he would have just barely edged me out through the full 1/4 mile, but mine is a 2.5liter, a wrx would hand me my ass with a skilled driver. and like i said that type r had i/h/e it wasnt stock.

plus mine is a wagon, which is 80 lbs heavier than the sedan

[slowANDfurious]

Originally posted by ldelaysionl


the non turbo impreza is as fast as an itr (yes i have raced one, no make that 2) dont go by the published times for imprezas theyre way faster.

What? The non turbo impreza is not as fast as the ITR! Last time i saw one running at the drags was in Joliet, he was getting eaten by GSRs and SIs!

Why would the Impreza be slower in magazines? Even if the times for the cars are slow, wouldn't the itr times be slow? I mean its SCC, they did multiple runs head to head, i dont see why they wouldnt be able to drive the WRX, id think it would be easier to launch and get a good time out of than the ITR. Ive never driven a Impreza though, i have driven an ITR however i know if driven properly its faster than the 2.5rs

[NSX-R-SSJ20K]

sport compact car is a crappy mag Super street is better


my opinion tho

[LjasonL]

Originally posted by slowANDfurious
The non turbo impreza is not as fast as the ITR! Last time i saw one running at the drags was in Joliet, he was getting eaten by GSRs and SIs!

wow he musta not had much practice driving that thing. im telling u it takes a LOT of time to get it down right. i could put 4 lengths on a gsr with intake header exhaust no problem. and if u read my above post it details ONE of my type r beatings.

in fact theres a guy here with an si with i/h/e and a 75 shot of zex nitrous and he can barely pull ahead of me...

[LjasonL]

think about it, usdm itr and 2.5 liter impreza have CLOSE to the same hp, but the impreza has a buttload more torque, closer gearing, awd launches and a more usable powerband. the itr's weight can only make up for so much of that.

[slowANDfurious]

Originally posted by ldelaysionl
think about it, usdm itr and 2.5 liter impreza have CLOSE to the same hp, but the impreza has a buttload more torque, closer gearing, awd launches and a more usable powerband. the itr's weight can only make up for so much of that.

I believe you but if you beat type r's whith your 2.5 , why are the times for the WRX so close to the ITR's? What mods do you have?

[slowANDfurious]

Is a 2.5TS the same as a 2.5RS? Thats what was getting beaten

[LjasonL]

a ts is an rs wagon. my only mods performance wise are an air intake and a universal muffler. all im sayin is that the published times u read everywhere for imprezas, they can be much faster once youve had a good deal of practice in them. when i 1st took my car to the dragstrip, our local strip is only 1000ft long, i used the same launch method all the magazines do, put it to redline and drop the clutch. i was getting 14.1's on average, hardly a match for even an integra gsr. now that i have about 300 runs under my belt im getting on average 12.9 which means bye bye gsr . the difference is that i no longer just drop the clutch at redline cuz the engine bogs down when u do that, i drop the clutch, immediately press it back down and drop it a 2nd time, then press it about 1/2 way down and hold it for a split second before dropping it a final time, keeping my rpms up the entire time but still getting the advantage of that instant power transfer as opposed to slipping the clutch to keep rpms up. it takes exact timing that comes with, like i said, about 300 runs worth of practice and one stripped 1st, 2nd, and 5th gear (thank god for warranty!) my guess is all the magazines use the old drop the clutch once and go method cuz they havent spent enough time with it to perfect it, and ive got timeslips to prove my method is almost 1.5 seconds faster, at least in the 2.5 i havent had the chance to get a wrx on a track yet but if i do ill see how fast they really are too.