Car and Driver Article comparing the Sti's and Evo's AWD systems
Feb 11, 2005, 11:07 AM
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Car and Driver Article comparing the Sti's and Evo's AWD systems
Just thought you guys might find this interesting 
http://www.caranddriver.com/article....&page_number=1
http://www.caranddriver.com/article....&page_number=1
Feb 11, 2005, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Mitchubishi
Subaru always had the superior AWD system...there's nothing new here.
Feb 11, 2005, 04:13 PM
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i actually sent a letter to car and driver on this one. Dont know if they will put it in the next mag or not.... but I basically said that their analysis sounded like grounds for another test where they take a stock sti and stock evo to different tracks. My moneys on the evo
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Feb 11, 2005, 05:34 PM
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While I respect the desire to avoid another Sti bashing session, that no reason to slap someone down for posting an article. Reading a comparison between two noble competitors is a good thing. I haven't read the article yet, but if there's some good tech info about how each set of diffs is working and the advantages and disadvantages of each, then I'll consider it a good use of time.
Feb 11, 2005, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by dividedsky
While I respect the desire to avoid another Sti bashing session, that no reason to slap someone down for posting an article. Reading a comparison between two noble competitors is a good thing. I haven't read the article yet, but if there's some good tech info about how each set of diffs is working and the advantages and disadvantages of each, then I'll consider it a good use of time.
Feb 11, 2005, 09:44 PM
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The C&D article is very informative. For me both AWD systems functions in a different way, but still both AWD offers better handling/traction.
Feb 12, 2005, 02:09 AM
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subarus symmetric awd sounds better in threory but realize the engine and the transmission are mounted above the front differential. car and driver is too stupid to realize the evo has a lower center of gravity, thats why it beats the sti in the handling dept.
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Feb 12, 2005, 08:08 AM
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I guess most of us have driven both cars. Where the Subaru seems like a car you'd want to drive to work everyday, the Evo is the kind of car you'd want to rob a bank and run from the cops with.
No, I dont really want to do either of those. Im just describing the mentality of a STy owner, an eliest (sp), a status junkie who bought the car becase of the .1 second difference in the 1320. I bought my car because its a pi$$ed off, mean, nasty, loud, obnoxoious car that I can abuse, drive hard, put away wet and laugh about how fast it is to other owners and wow non-believers when the turbo spools up. The STi just seems more, "luxury" to me.
The Evo is a ticking time bomb. Buy an exhaust, get Al Friedman to reflash the ECU, and light the fuse. Its got too much potential to even give a dang about the knock-happy STi. Read Shiv's sight on the STi, didn't it knock straight from the factory? Gotta love that....or was that someone elses write up?
No, I dont really want to do either of those. Im just describing the mentality of a STy owner, an eliest (sp), a status junkie who bought the car becase of the .1 second difference in the 1320. I bought my car because its a pi$$ed off, mean, nasty, loud, obnoxoious car that I can abuse, drive hard, put away wet and laugh about how fast it is to other owners and wow non-believers when the turbo spools up. The STi just seems more, "luxury" to me.
The Evo is a ticking time bomb. Buy an exhaust, get Al Friedman to reflash the ECU, and light the fuse. Its got too much potential to even give a dang about the knock-happy STi. Read Shiv's sight on the STi, didn't it knock straight from the factory? Gotta love that....or was that someone elses write up?