Quote Originally Posted by lightspeed
yes ma'am, I was.

Also, Im forced to agree with shadow. Ive only seen one STI hit 350+ whp on a stock turbo. Ive seen several equally built evo's make 370+ whp... The STI will not make the HP with a stock turbo (or fully modded, for that matter) as an evo.

The 4g63 is a better flowing, higher-power-producing engine than the ej25. And you can put a period on that!

At a dragstrip with comparable drivers, an STI may leave a little better due to the better/stronger AWD system and more low-end torque, but an evo will usually out MPH it heavily (more indicative of HP.)

All of this pains me to say, because I like STI's better, but its true
STis with the same power won't hit the same time as an evo, because of the 5th gear shift, while the evo can stay in 4th to about 120ish mph. On the stock turbo you're right, the STi is stuck at about 350hp. Mine is close to 400whp on the stock turbo on meth.

The 07 STis are a different story though - the gearing is much much better, and there's absolutely the possibility of hitting high 11s on the stock turbo. Several have gotten close, I believe.

My latest trip to the dragstrip is on my myspace page, for all the doubters.