Your getting a WRX?!

 

 

Scoobys suck in trap speed. That is where he will loose if I am modded. But the actualy 1/4 time they are fast. Guy ran 13.2 at 92mph this past weekend.

A chiped GTI ran 14.6 at 97 mph with no other mods.

 

High trap speed = Traction problems.
MPH means nothing...it's who gets there first!

 

Yea, compared to AWD vs FWD. If its a roll the 1.8t will take a WRX.... Less power loss to the wheels.

 

Thats nasty!

 

not if the WRX modded like crazy

 

i don't know what kind of chip my teammate uses (i saw him run 13.9 in an auto 1.8T jetta). i'm sure if you do your research you can find something with admirable gains. now howcome our ECUs don't add dramatic gains? even though it's naturally aspirated i was hoping our mods would add much more power than they do. now about AWD, the instinctual WRX driver will know to press the clutch in, give more revs then race. if you just press the gas from a roll you will get nowhere. the best time i could pull from the WRX is a 14.6@95,96mph. it's got top end pull. it's the launch that's so difficult to master. revving to 4.5k-5k, watching the light and allowing for slip is difficult compared to launching a maxima. also factoring heat sink, the WRX times can vary as much as 8 tenths (in my experience). maybe with a unichip, the WRX can match a comparable VW with a chip. i say the WRX is the best "overall" driving car when comparing the VW and max in the same sentence. i'll still go with the max's V6 stump pulling power though. i hate lag. power is power though, hello SR20DET here i come!

 

Russ-

I won't have the WRX in May. If I do get one, it will be later on in the year. I was just saying the next time you see me after May, I'll probably be sporting the Scooby. I bought my wife a 98 Legacy GT wagon earlier this year and I got to flog it last week during our ice storm. AWD is a blast. I know the WRX isn't the best topend machine, but it does pretty good for what it's got. Simply adding a boost controller, filter panel, remove the intake resonators, and add a good 3" turbo on back exhaust will easily get you in the 13s. SCC did a test of 6 WRXs, one of which has the mods I listed. It ran a 13.6@100mph on heavy 17" Sparcos. Once you uncork the WRX and take control of the boost, it becomes quite a different machine. I really doubt a chipped VW could hang with a WRX up top. Most of the guys at Vortex and a 18Turbo are in the mid to high 14s with traps in the 93-95mph range.

As for that guy running 13.2@92mph in the WRX, he must have been bracket racing and hit the brakes. That trap speed is WAY too low for a 13.2. A 13.2 with a modded WRX should be closer to 101-103mph.

What are your planned mods?

Oh and I'll smack you if you start quoting flywheel power numbers like most of the those 1.8T guys do I don't know why they do it. It's very misleading. I don't go around saying my car makes 220hp and 233ft/lbs of torque.

Dave