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turtle · 03-20-2006, 03:47 PM

hmmm...Both the STI's and the EVO's are VERY fast. You can beat cars costing in the six figures with them, no doubt. Unless it is on the right track both these cars will beat most anything out there.
The problem is this: lots of power, no durabilty. I have seen too many STI's spewing the tranny's guts all over the road, and too many Evo's eating thier own engines and AWD coupling for lunch to consider buying them. After all, you get what you pay for. a $30k car that with $10k of mods that can keep up with and in some cases beat $80k plus cars are bound to have issues. And if you can afford to throw away $40k+, then you can afford a car that is built to go fast.
I would put some exceptions out there: a properly built 350Z with the Chevy 400 Turbo tranny swap is a real contender

03-20-2006, 03:47 PM	#24
turtle Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: tn Posts: 22	hmmm...Both the STI's and the EVO's are VERY fast. You can beat cars costing in the six figures with them, no doubt. Unless it is on the right track both these cars will beat most anything out there. The problem is this: lots of power, no durabilty. I have seen too many STI's spewing the tranny's guts all over the road, and too many Evo's eating thier own engines and AWD coupling for lunch to consider buying them. After all, you get what you pay for. a $30k car that with $10k of mods that can keep up with and in some cases beat $80k plus cars are bound to have issues. And if you can afford to throw away $40k+, then you can afford a car that is built to go fast. I would put some exceptions out there: a properly built 350Z with the Chevy 400 Turbo tranny swap is a real contender Last edited by turtle; 03-20-2006 at 03:52 PM.