4.7 seconds

[SwampAss]

Whilst perched atop my throne (Ferguson, the king of toilets) I read that the new for 09 WRX hits 60 in 4.7 seconds YET has the same HP per lb as the MS3.

I know there are a ton more variables here...but hypothesising swampass says we'd prob do about the same stock if we were AWD.

Since my car isn't stock, I'm going to lie to all the kiddies at *car night that my car tags it in 4.5 second.



*If I ever attend a car night.

 

[BlackCherry06]

I would imagine a hard AWD launch has a lot to do with that time, so make sure you're not lying to a WRX fanboy.

 

[SwampAss]

well yeah. They all run from me anyway. They think I'm a NARC. Some gray haired mid 30s guy trying to push up on 19 year old asian chicks skeevs them all out.

 

[ecniemann]

well yeah. They all run from me anyway. They think I'm a NARC. Some gray haired mid 30s guy trying to push up on 19 year old asian chicks skeevs them all out.

Homer: Good concert, am I right?
Teen1: Yeah, nice try, narc.
Teen2: Where's a narc?
Teen3: Who?
Teen1: That fat Jamaican guy.
Homer: What did I say? What's going on?
Teen4: Hey, we're just trying to have a good time, narc. Why do you
want to destroy us?

 

[BlackCherry06]

Take your hate crimes elsewhere, narc!

 

[ecniemann]

Take your hate crimes elsewhere, narc!

LOL! Nice one!

 

[serialtoon]

Homer: Good concert, am I right?
Teen1: Yeah, nice try, narc.
Teen2: Where's a narc?
Teen3: Who?
Teen1: That fat Jamaican guy.
Homer: What did I say? What's going on?
Teen4: Hey, we're just trying to have a good time, narc. Why do you
want to destroy us?

Awesome! (flash)

 

[oaklandopen]

so what does 40 more hp (it's 305 right?) do for the sti?

 

[CnoTataymo]

If the MS3 were AWD, it would probably weight more and weight more then the WRX.

And the extra 40 horsepower the STI has, supposedly the WRX is still faster then it. Only thing that sucks about the WRX is the tranny. I've heard a lot of stories about them getting messed up.

 

[wisniaPl]

get slicks and you can make that time ...no need to lie

 

[mountjonas]

so what does 40 more hp (it's 305 right?) do for the sti?

the extra shift makes it slower to 60.

 

[opt_ms3]

take them from a rollll

 

[15min5k]

My car with just intake walks the new sti / evo from a roll so I doubt the new 09 wrx would hang with a speed3 after the launch.

 

[chrisp]

My car with just intake walks the new sti / evo from a roll so I doubt the new 09 wrx would hang with a speed3 after the launch.

(notcool) bring it biiiiatch(nailbyt)

 

[PCspeed3]

New WRX's are having problems with spun bearings with less than 5K miles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvxaR7HSmWc

 

[boostdog]

If the ms3 were awd i'd say it would hit that time pretty easily.

Ya like pcspeed3 says there are a few with eng issues, but subaru is replacing them and there are not alot of reports compared to the amount already sold. hopefully they get these issues worked out asap.

The 09 is a powerful beast forsure! when nasioc comes back online ( i guess they are doing maint on the forum) i'll post up the link where folks are making crazy power on stg1 and stg2 cobb maps. The new turbo on the 09 is awsome!

 

[boostdog]

here are the 2 threads on nasioc. making good power and these are off the shelf maps too..so a protuned 09 will/could make more power.

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1633679&highlight=cobb
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1634779&highlight=cobb

 

[08_MS3_GT]

AWD = all the difference when launching. they say that a good AWD launch feels like getting rear-ended by a dump truck.

ms3 has less drivetrain loss, which might explain why it can take a wrx from a roll. additionally, while the ms3 doesn't have the prettiest powerband ever, i think the wrx is dead below 4k..?

and it doesn't surprise me that wrx's are popping when nearly brand new. a number of sti's have had engine rebuilds due to leaning out when hitting the rev limiter, which has killed the engine compression after a few trips to the limiter. those issues were mostly due to bad ECU management.

is it possible that subaru decided to throw a bunch more power into the new wrx to boost sales, but did so without actually making sure the engine/drivetrain could handle it?

 

[boostdog]

Look at the graphs from cobb....on the stg2 graph at 4k rpm it's make good hp and a heck of alot of tq.

To answer your ? ...of course they made it with more power to boost sales...and because the 08 sucked badly...they had to improve it and fast. engine/drivetrain - noone knows yet. But my now outdated 07 has taken a beating and keeps on tickin.

as far as transmissions go...here is a good thread with good examples of people make good power on the stock so called "glass" trans ..
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1286161

 

[chrisp]

Look at the graphs from cobb....on the stg2 graph at 4k rpm it's make good hp and a heck of alot of tq.

To answer your ? ...of course they made it with more power to boost sales...and because the 08 sucked badly...they had to improve it and fast. engine/drivetrain - noone knows yet. But my now outdated 07 has taken a beating and keeps on tickin.

as far as transmissions go...here is a good thread with good examples of people make good power on the stock so called "glass" trans ..
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1286161

glass trans on the wrx was only pre 05