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Originally posted by Phoenix
If you look at the rest of Subaru's lineup, especially the Legacy & Forrester models, does their combination of AWD and Turbo'd engines make Subaru a performance car?
Is this company really making strides in the performance arena?
On the technical side, does the combination of AWD and a Turbo make a better performer than either one alone?
What are your thoughts?
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"This '00 Subaru Impreza WRX STi is meant to pick up where the Hyper Lemon Evo V left off. How do you top a 558hp Evo? This was easy enough for JUN as the Super Lemon GDB packs a whopping 582hp @ 7,600rpm with 495lb-ft of torque at 5,600rpm from its stroked flat four."
AWD 4 cylinder turbo-charged sedan that comes off the lot with a 5.7 0-60 at 227 horsies...Simple turbo/fuel pump/injectors upgrade can easily get into the 350-400 hp area...bringing your 0-60 times around 4.2-4.6 seconds easy...It is a canyon beast with a weak transmission, so you just upgrade to a 6-speed bullet proof tranny.
I have 30,000 miles on mine and the first gear synchro is going...I am talking abusive use.
Subaru blew the affordable supercar market wide open with this release. The import manufacturers are in scramble mode to release low-cost rice-rockets, and the market is loving it....As it stands the WRX/STI leads the pack but the Evo has them beat in skid-pad and handling (HP is Subaru's)...This race to please performance enthusiasts will be very interesting (sorta like the American muscle-car wars of a few years back), as they are in "one-upmanship" mode.