One of my friends has a Subaru WRX and his dad put like 5 grand into it to make it faster. It had an intake, chip, downpipe, catback, brakes, and wheels and tires. My car, when it was stock, still just dominated it. Those cars are over-rated for sure. The turbo lag is what made it loose so bad. That is why you supercharge cars and not turbo them.

So I'm with you acefighter...haha

I beg to differ. They are pretty fast stock. The turbo lag kills them, although it kicks hard when it spools up. The launch for turbos is key. If you mess up the launch, it's over.

Dude he loaded the transmission so hard he couldn't hardly keep the car still, and even after it spooled up he was only creepin up on me. I'm tellin ya, those cars are wimpy...

a WRX? are you sure?

Yeah I'm sure, its the hatchback version of it. He has it tuned by a tuner called COBB, and it has some stuff done to it. I thought it would dominate me until I raced it.

i have a friend with a legacy gt ... its the same drivetrain as a wrx.... those things are crazy .... at the line you load up at 3000 to get the turbo ready... and as soon as you drop it you are gone ... he was running in the high 12's and that is at a daily driver...

wrx's done right are very fast cars and if known how to be driven would beat you no prob especially with 5k into it....as for the new legacy gt's they are very peppy as well i hurd one with very lil work done to it n the blowoff was amazing....be carefull

Not trying to call you out Kev but those WRX's are FAST as a mug. I believe they run mid-13's stock. I raced one that had a boost controller an intake, catback, and a few other things, he was pushing 24 psi and he smoked me. It wasnt even a race.

Depends on how you race a WRX. They're AWD. From a roll, you can smoke 'em cause the drivetrain slows them down. From a stop, that AWD launches like mofo, and that's mainly why they're so fast in the 1/4.

yes awd really helps them ... they just lock up... we dont even bother trying to warm up the tires and all they do is give a slight bark... and then its gone.... legacys and wrx's are great cars ... right from the factory lots of power...

It also depends on the driver. Like I said, in my race, I feel certain the other guy had a faster car, because of how quickly he started gaining on me, but he never did get in front of me.

x2 4drgt.....you can get them from a role with a lot of wheel HP

OK to clarify this, I was racing an '05 wrx, not the new ones, which I believe are a little faster. Its an automatic too. But these were his mods: Chip, D/P w/ h/f cat, and 3" cat-back. I had at least a full car length on him at about 100 and he was slowly gaining on me, but thats it.

As far as the Legacy GT, my same friends mom has one (they are subaru freaks, and its a Legacy GT Spec B) and he took it out to race it one day, and I was at his bumper at about 100 and he was slowly creeping away. That was with the throttle pretty much on the floor with the brake on the floor to keep it still so he could get the best launch with the automatic. The legacy also had a D/P so it wasn't stock, and my car had only an intake essentially. I dunno what the numbers are on those cars, but thats what happened guys. Way to be proud of your cars.

its not a matter of being proud, its a matter of being truthful. maybe your car is a freak?

i love my grand prix but i know alot about various cars not just ours and i know which ones can hold there own....good luck when he dials up the boost n doesnt just have exhaust n a chip