stock gen 2 vs modded STI

Tornado

Last night me and my wife went to go see Night AT THe Museum ( wich I didnt care for)...On the way home.......

Im cruising when about an 1/8 mile back I see some light coming up quickly on my tail. Then the car pulls to my left and paces me with us both doing 70 mph side by side on the freeway...

It's a very unstock Black STI thats so loud I cant even here my car with black rims...And man admittedly that thing looked sweet...

I think the guy thought that because mine is a rt10 that it was one of the gen 1 Vipers that run high 12's at 112 mph...And that he had a chance

So I tried to do the 3 beep and he motioned me just to hit it when I wanted to hit it...( Dang this guy must be packing some heat to give me the jump )

So I hit it at 70 mph and i guess he herd my rpm's cas it seemed like he hit it the milisecond that I did and we were both acellerating side by side...

We stayed side by side from 70-85 mph and then around the end of my 3rd gear I put 2-3 cars on him and by 130 mph in 4th gear I had a solid 5-6 cars on him...

I slowed back down to 70 mph to see if he wanted to try again...But when he caught up him and a passanger rolled down the window and gave me the thumbs up sighn...I returned the thumbs up...

( Ive read of many killies giving the killer the thunbs up after the race...But this was my first time..Admittedly his thumb up in my mind ment that he had gave it everything he had and lost...Kinda made the moment)

Honestly I was expecting to destroy the STI...They trapp a BEST of 105 mph bone stock to my best of 121 mph bone stock...

But this guys car was pretty fast..And he was very confident. I wouldnt be surprised if at a drag strip he could run an high 11 at like 112 mph and could take some stock Vipers...But on the freeway 112 aint gonna cut it

zengarage

with about $3000 in mods an 07 sti will run 12.0 on pump gas....11's on race.

my 07 sti will have a few dollars more than that spent on mods

The Great One

That is pretty funny, because on the way home from a run earlier today, my brother and I ran into a worked Evo in his RT/10.

We pass him on the highway, look in the mirror, and there he is in the lane to the right of us. Look over, and it is a young guy, about 19 years old. The exhaust of the car is loud as hell, and it smells like he has no cats.

The road had a bit of traffic, so they lined up and slowed down. Once there was about a 1/4 mile of open road. They both punch it at about 30. The Viper immediately gets a car length on the Evo and continues to slowly pull the Evo until about 100. At this point the Viper has the lead by 2 cars and is slowly pulling. Both cars let up at 100. The guy in the Evo gives a thumbs up and a honk. It was a fun short run.

plumcrazy

TGO, there's a few evo's running around down by you that are VERY fast and will eat our basically stockers....be carefull.

but some of those STI's are suprisingly fast on the highway but higher up in speeds, they fall off.

The Great One

I know that they get pretty fast. One of the guys that lives very close to me is putting down 600AWHP in his 2003 Evo. That car is no joke.

plumcrazy

isnt the fastest evo in the world really close to you. its out of that guys shop that has the black TT GTS for sale.

Makara

A good friend of mine has a few WRXs that will lay some serious hurt on just about anything they might run into. Depending on the car, he will run between a mid 7 and a high 8. Not bad for some little 4 bangers.

The Former PFR

I'm confused--- as in mid 7 quarter?

The Great One

I know they have a FAST STI, I believe they run the fastest street STI. Not too sure about the Evo, but I know the guy with the 600AWHP Evo had his car tuned there as well.

Tornado

Defiently not knocking the four bangers against my stocker..

the first car that ever beat me was a 418 awhp pump gas EVO..

Really close race but when we shut down at 130 he had a solid 1-2 cars on me...

But Honestly it seems like it's not that easy to get them to 400 PLUS AWHP..Especially compared to my Viper that layed down 410 from the factory.

plumcrazy

it doesnt take a lot to get them to 400awhp, its just hard for kid or younger guy to come up with that kind of extra cash to do it.

zengarage

are you sayiying I drive a kiddie car?

plumcrazy

not at all. just typically the drivers are younger. so im saying you must be younger...

and they are a serious threat to a stock viper

zengarage

at 37 years I probably have 10 years on most sti guys.

recently I had a customer rent a car at one of my offices, he parked his sti in my lot for the day. we got to talking about sti's and he informed me that he was probably the oldest sti owner in the country at 69

plumcrazy

then you are younger.

im 38...lol

Makara

Sorry, I was wrong. high 7s. 7.9 @ 175 mph He has more streetable, full interior cars that will run in the 8s.

Makara

I am pretty sure it is not the fastest unless it is my friend you are talking about who took the title of the fastest street STi away from the Australian Rigolis a few years back.

Smackie