2ndgentl

Pulling up to a light I heard a blow out valve from a brand new WRX impreza sedan next to me. He gave me the "hey my car is faster than yours look". I dont know much about the new WRX's but I knew that he would probably take me even though my car moves out really good for a tl-p. So when the light turned green we both rolled off slow looking at each other, then we both hit it at the same time. We were both identical up to about 90 mph then we both let off knowing it was a tie. We slowed down and ended up talking at the next light. His car was stock, he only had a blow-out valve from his previous STI that was wrecked in an accident. I have I/H/E. He was surprised that my car was the same as his, as so was I. So tell me if thats good for my tl-p, I dont know what the new wrx sedans run 1/4 mile. Let me know.

ed'sTL

congrats. the rex's are fast. maybe it was just because you didn't start from a dig but from a roll where our car's have the advantage under 30mph. 2007 Subaru WRX 2.5L Turbo (Non-STI) 5.3 (0-60) and 14.1 (1/4 mile) (May '07 C&D page 60) i found this online to give you an idea how fast the wrx is. Nice race.

Fender Bender

I don't know a ton about boosted cars, but if his WRX was stock and all he had was a BOV, wouldn't that make it a bit slower?

2ndgentl

I dont think a wrx runs a low 14, i think mid to high 14's.

iforyou

iTrader: (1)

2007 wrx does run low 14's as demostrated by C&D. I don't know about the new WRX here, but in Japan, the Impreza S-GT (250hp) 5AT can run 14.8. I am pretty sure 5MT is quite a bit faster than 5AT.

Go90go

For them it's all in the ability to cut low 60' times, which is pretty much what drag racing's all about (traditionally with an F or RWD). From a roll, there was almost no question that you could keep up. Most of them suck from a roll and they get you on the street where you only go maybe an 1/8 mile before another light or traffic or something. Good tie, though!

~Cheers~

Syed

nice race. the other day i was watching car and driver show or i think it was called cars 2008 or something like that in canada and they were comparing the new WRX to the old one. They said the new one is slightly slower and its handling got worse both on track and drag.

SatinSilverAV6

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Good race. Your car with I/H/E would gain alot of power. From a roll it would make sense. From a dig he should take you.

Eoanou

Pretty good results, I'm glad no one came to dispute the validity of the tie, because I'm pretty confident with your mods, you should have tied. But if you kept going til the top of your 3rd gear you would have passed him if you were even at 90mph. As he will be shifting out of 3rd you'll be at your powerband in 3rd gear, that's where you have the greatest advantage.

TwinTurbo335

the wrx maybe a automatic -_-even the older one the wrx can smoke my type s. i just raced my friends legacy gt with just a SRI and he smoked me from a 10 mph roll.. well not smoke but he beat me by 1-2 feet. I was on his fender the whole time. and the legacy is slower than WRX..

Go90go

Your friend's one doesn't happen to be black with a CF hood, does it? Or is it the white one I see tooling around?

~Cheers~

kensukikatayo

Nice race. I'm actually surprised at the outcome. The new WRX is faster than the outgoing model. Not by much but still faster. Even Legacy's are running low 14's. The WRX is definitely faster.

Racing from a dig would be a totally different race.

TwinTurbo335

you from the bay?

TwinTurbo335

i think i woulda took that legacy if i went onto 3rd gear.. was only at redlined 2nd gear..

iforyou

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Impreza SG-T 4AT like I said before run 14.8s, which is the same as a stock 2nd gen TL-S. A TL-p with those mods are probably making as much power as a stock TL-S. So on other words, the driver who jumped on the gas first had the better chance.

TwinTurbo335

impreza and wrx is different impreza is non turbo

iforyou

iTrader: (1)

Impreza SG-T is the equivalent of the WRX, if not faster (SG-T: 250ps vs WR-X 230hp?)

TwinTurbo335

its not all about HP. my friends legacy GT 250 -260 HP stock turbo.. got smoked by a WRX by a couple car lengthes. WRX like 220 hp turbo charged.

Go90go

^ Was cold and my friend who took the shot was shaking, haha.

~Cheers~

iforyou

iTrader: (1)

Yea i know what you mean, but I saw the video of the SG-T 4AT running 14.8s. I would imagine the same car, with 20-30 more hp should be faster too.

iforyou

iTrader: (1)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYGDv5ejHIs

there, Impreza S-GT (250ps) with 4AT vs Mazdaspeed 3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef7II...eature=related

and S-GT vs 130i.

iforyou

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"The last WRX we tested sprinted from 0 to 60 mph in 5.3 seconds and turned the quarter-mile in 14.1 seconds at 98 mph. We’d never before seen numbers that good for a WRX, and the new one couldn’t match them, either, getting to 60 mph in 5.8 seconds and running the quarter in 14.4 seconds with a trap speed of 95 mph."

http://www.caranddriver.com/roadtest...ict-page4.html

So a trap speed of 95mph, that's 1mph slower than the 2nd gen TL-S. The 14.4s time was probably due to the hard launch, which not many people would actually do it on the street unless they want to destroy the clutch.

From the story above, the OP and the WRX guy didn't launch hard, they started from a roll, and the result is pretty much inline with Car and Driver's results.

Soseductivesf

Are you stock? I think you should have took him.....

TwinTurbo335

no im not stock. i have a CAI and a exhaust. i had hella shit in my trunk. full tank, got sub/amp, hella books. he had nothing. we did it at a 20 roll.. honked 3 times and i had alil slower reaction.. just went up to almost redline 2nd gear.. so i couldnt use my monster gear.. ]=