friday night grudge racing at Motor Mile Dragway
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From: Christiansburg
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Im with him on this one. If there were a local quarter around then im sure hed be there instead of shelor. And if you dump that much money into it and just drag it then im more then certain hes got the money to do so.
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From: Christiansburg
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Yes, so I speak from experience. Mine was modded to shit and I still couldn't get out of it what I wanted. Great fun car, but nothing i'd throw a ton of money at - it's a money pit and much easier to make a similar car faster and more reliably. I feel that way at least...Still love the handling of them!! 
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With the stock TDO4 you will be no where close to 300whp. More like 220-240whp on the high end. In order to hit those times of low 7's the wrx had to have some serious weight reduction as well as a heathly size turbo with a dash of race gas or meth.
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From: Christiansburg
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. And im sitting at 250 to the wheels so those numbers are low.
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If im not mistaken your WRX had about 300 wheel or crank hp? Almost every other WRX owner i know of has more then that so it cant be too hard to acheive that power. Subaru parts are more expensive then others but they are by far not hard to get above what you had yours at. Im still on stock TD04 with exhaust pipes and front mount and with a tune id be sitting at or around 300 and i havent spent alot of money on it. With an 18G like you did on yours you shouldve been pushing past 300. So there must have been something holden it back. A VF34 or 39 or a 16G will easily get you past 300. But your right, they do handle really well. But nothing agaist you or anything im just saying it isnt as hard as you think to get a WRX up there.
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If im not mistaken your WRX had about 300 wheel or crank hp? Almost every other WRX owner i know of has more then that so it cant be too hard to acheive that power. Subaru parts are more expensive then others but they are by far not hard to get above what you had yours at. Im still on stock TD04 with exhaust pipes and front mount and with a tune id be sitting at or around 300 and i havent spent alot of money on it. With an 18G like you did on yours you shouldve been pushing past 300. So there must have been something holden it back. A VF34 or 39 or a 16G will easily get you past 300. But your right, they do handle really well. But nothing agaist you or anything im just saying it isnt as hard as you think to get a WRX up there.
My point is, why sink money into something like that where the yields are terrible. The EJ20 motor is shit, so are the heads, they flow horribly. If I were to put money into one of those cars, i'd go with an STi motor. The ECUs are weaksauce, they have a very difficult time living with reflashes. ETC. ETC. ETC.
You'll be happy to know the subaru I owned was fully built when I bought it - I didn't invest anything into getting it the way it was (thank god)...And I bought it at an extremely good price at the time. Then it went to shit on me, cause well, it was not the best car for that setup. That's my personal soap box on those cars... If I wanted a fast as hell rally car, and were to do it over again i'd 100% go with an EVO, or STi. End of story.
Yes. An 18G on a DSM takes you much further, I hear.