opinions on 2011 Subaru STI

DJ-of-E · 11-08-2011, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Whitemtl370

I say buy an evo. I had an x, and drove the sti many times, the evo is simply better. Road and track referres to the evo as an insurmountable opponent to the sti. The engines are bullit proof, and 350 awhp is simply turboback exhaust uicp and boost controller away(dyno tune of course)

I wouldn't call it bulletproof since I use to work on many evos as well. Then again, my standard of bullet proof is if it could hit 100,000 miles without issues or over 10 years old.

I do know 350AWHP on evo 9 and 10 seem to last a good 40,000 and the only thing to concern is a head gasket replacement (which is a WHOLE LOT EASIER TO DO ON EVO than a Subby). As far as bullet proof, I haven't seen a many evos in my area over 100,000 miles on that set up, but I haven't seen any complaints as well.

At least better than many Subies going on detonation or rod knock when doing auto-x, why is their oil issues so....horrid compared to Porsche?

phelan · 11-08-2011, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by DJ-of-E

I wouldn't call it bulletproof since I use to work on many evos as well. Then again, my standard of bullet proof is if it could hit 100,000 miles without issues or over 10 years old.

I do know 350AWHP on evo 9 and 10 seem to last a good 40,000 and the only thing to concern is a head gasket replacement (which is a WHOLE LOT EASIER TO DO ON EVO than a Subby). As far as bullet proof, I haven't seen a many evos in my area over 100,000 miles on that set up, but I haven't seen any complaints as well.

At least better than many Subies going on detonation or rod knock when doing auto-x, why is their oil issues so....horrid compared to Porsche?

2011 has different oil requirements lol. And detonation? Road knock? I haven't heard of a lot of the recent ones having issues, other than the 2008 ringland debacle.

DJ-of-E · 11-08-2011, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by phelan

2011 has different oil requirements lol. And detonation? Road knock? I haven't heard of a lot of the recent ones having issues, other than the 2008 ringland debacle.

It's harder to tell with the recent WRX's because lot of SCCA entries are still 2002-2007 models. There were many at first, but twiddles very quickly over the years due to what I said.

The new ones, I do not know, but I'm guessing previous years' experience scared them off from track/auto-x.

Red__Zed · 11-08-2011, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by DJ-of-E

It's harder to tell with the recent WRX's because lot of SCCA entries are still 2002-2007 models. There were many at first, but twiddles very quickly over the years due to what I said.

The new ones, I do not know, but I'm guessing previous years' experience scared them off from track/auto-x.

prosolo d stock had 2 2011 wrx's. they seem to be holding up very well.

local entries here are also mostly 11s that seem to be holding up well.

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