my friend just bought a 1997 vet and wants to see how it would do against my 06 STi. I havent done anything to my 06 STi except put a catback spt exhaust on it. his vet has some mods and said it can be compared to a 2003 zo6. putting drivers aside, what car would win in a drag, 1/4 mile, and a race track. he was also asking me what was my cars lateral g-force. can anyone give some honest feedback.

Bomb

 

why don't you race and find out =)

 

fix0rd

 

+1.

 

I raced a 2004 vette he won and for comparison I raced a 2006 evo mr and beat it pretty easy.

 

The stock evo should not have been easy to beat unless the driver was not good.

Was it a race, or one of those "races"

 

I'm not stock So it was a easy kill. No comment on the 2nd question.

 

Road and Track measured the 05 STi @ 0.92g

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....&page_number=2

 

Using the comparision of the 2003 Z06, the 2003 Z06 had 385 hp. In 2004 the hp was bumped to 405 hp.

The Vette weighs in at just under 3200 lbs. That would give him a serious power/weight ratio advantage over your STi. 385 hp and 3200 lbs makes for a pretty fun ride. Figure that with his drivetrain loss he's making about 330-340 at the wheels. Your 2006 STI might be making 250-260 hp at the wheels, and it weighs over 3300 lbs. Then the aerodynamics come into play, and STIs are shaped like bricks compared to Corvettes.

My prediction is that you will take him off the line and run him up to maybe 40 mph, then kiss his butt g'bye.

 

2001 z06 is 385hp 2002-2004 z06 is 405hp they dyno in 340-365hp at the wheels. the z06 weight is around 3050-3100lbs. 97 vette stock is around 3200ish lbs and 320ish at the wheels. Vette will beat it down pretty bad. Sorry to say but its true...

 

D'oh! You're right! I was way off with my years LOL!

But yeah, a Vette will smoke an STi. I'm not sorry about it. I didn't spend $45,000 for a car.

 

why is he picking on a 4 cylinder? tell him you will race him but only with 4 additional passengers in each car.

 

Race him on a road like the one to Mt. Hammy. You would kill him, unless he is a great drifter.

 

Oh, please. That's so lame. The Porsche Carrera makes due with a 6 cylinder and holds its own against a Vette in a straight line. The BMW M3 doesn't fall far behind; another which runs with a 6.

And then there are the plethora of Ferraris, Porsches, and other exotics that the Vette "targets" with the Z06. Look at the new Z06. It is just as every bit as fast as a Ferrari Modena and 430, 911 Twin Turbo, Lamborghini Gallardo, etc. at a fraction of the price.

There are plenty of cars that are light years more technically advanced than the Corvette, yet nobody complains about, "Let's see Ferrari do it with 8 cylinders instead of 12," or "It takes Lamborghini stuffing a V10 into a car to beat the Corvette!" I don't think Vette owners race people and then say, "Unplug 4 of your spark plugs and then it'll be a fair race!"

There are plenty of roads out there where an STi will be the better handler than the Vette. You get a tight course with A LOT of twisties and the Vette is not going to keep up. It'll be fishtailing all over the place, and when it isn't fishtailing it will be understeering. However, get that Vette on a track with a lot of straights and you can kiss it goodbye.

The Vette costs $45,000. The STi costs $32,000. Not to mention, I've run into many STi owners that are in the same age bracket as "Corvette drivers," and it's always the same answer when I ask them why they bought an STi over a car like a Corvette at their age. I just ask, "So what made you decide on an STi over a Corvette?" The response is always either for practicality reasons, Subaru's reputation for quality and reliability, "it's just as much fun as a Corvette for 2/3 the price," or "At my age it's tough to get out of a car that low."

I gotta say, the STi is a blast, and I can't imagine having much more fun in a Vette than I have in the STi.

 

depends on the driver, I've beat a camaro that was as fast as a stock vetter when Suzanne's car wasn't even tuned...it's all about the driver!