08-29-2009, 05:38 PM
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STI and EVO are not drag cars, if you want to drag a rear wheel drive car like a Mustang makes more sense. You'll go faster, cheaper. They make great autocross and track cars though.
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09-02-2009, 11:30 AM
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My other car is a "Rice Rocket" as the term goes, but both of my cars serve two completely different purposes. My Soarer would spank the Boxster up and down the strip all day and probably on a track too. However the Boxster would own the day on tight curvy roads or an autocross course. Personally though I hold far more attachment to the "rice rocket".
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09-02-2009, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by surge425
My other car is a "Rice Rocket" as the term goes, but both of my cars serve two completely different purposes. My Soarer would spank the Boxster up and down the strip all day and probably on a track too. However the Boxster would own the day on tight curvy roads or an autocross course. Personally though I hold far more attachment to the "rice rocket".
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I hadn't heard of a Soarer before so I looked it up. It looks like it's known as the Lexus SC300/400 in the US.
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09-02-2009, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by blue2000s
I hadn't heard of a Soarer before so I looked it up. It looks like it's known as the Lexus SC300/400 in the US.
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Ya same body but different motor/tranny/suspension/breaks ect. plus a couple of neat Japan only things like rear wiper, digital gauge cluster, couple other things.
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09-30-2009, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by ekam
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EVO's eat clutches, Subarus break axles when drag raced. Like I said, you can go faster, cheaper, reliably in a Mustang.
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09-30-2009, 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by silver arrow
EVO's eat clutches, Subarus break axles when drag raced. Like I said, you can go faster, cheaper, reliably in a Mustang.
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I know someone that has a 700hp mustang and it's a dyno queen, because the chassis is not designed to handle that kind of power and last time he took it on a dyno something else broke again.
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09-30-2009, 10:13 PM
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Interesting thread & timely. We have 02S and an 05 Outback XT - upgraded suspension&brakes. After driving the S all summer we finally started the OBXT for the first time in 6 months after a blown turbo and my wife & I can not believe how much of a POS it feels like in comparison. Handling, fit & finish just does not compare. We cannot go back to Japanese now. We are selling it and looking for a Cayenne for our second car/winter rig.
BTW - daily driver S/weekly costco grocery getter. It is a practical sportscar.
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