What up guys,
I finally have had some time to take some pics of my Suby. I bought it bone stock almost 2 years ago so it was a good oppurtunity to take pics of my other rides too. I have the WRX of course which has become an obsession it is one the best cars I have driven. I just have a passion for all types of cars no matter what. The other cars are a 1987 Ford Mustang with around 350-400hp. I completely restored myself, The entire left side, bumpers, hood and paint, motor and tranny are all new, too much to list but you get the idea. I have had it for 6 years and got done building it last winter. The other car is a 1990 Porsche 944 S2. Its got a 3.0liter I-4, the biggest 4 cylinder ever built in history. It also was the best handling car ever built for it's time, a perfect 50/50 weight distribution with the tranny in the rear of the car, It has the S2 aerodynamics package, Brembo calipers all the way around with cross-drilled rotors, black dial tone Porsche rims and Weltmeister cat back exhaust, as well as the white leather interior. Very cool cars that I am very proud of. I just thought I would share it with you guys. Sorry all the cars are dirty didn't have time to wash them.

 

wow, you got some pretty dope *** rides man!

 

Thanks! I just thought you guys would enjoy the pics.

 

clean *** rides. i was thinkin about a 50 or chevy project on tha side.

 

cool. they are oldies, but goodies.

 

Thanks. You should do a 50 project. If you decide to get one try and find a notchback as opposed to a hatchback. The notchback is a lot more lighter and rare. My car ran 14.2 bone stock, most hatchbkacs run 14.7, 14.8 stock, also depending what gears came with the car, they range from 2.73's to 3.27. Besides putting in a new motor in my car all it takes is a cam, heads, upper and lower intake manifolds and a few small upgrades and you have yourself a 12 second car. Mine runs mid to upper 12's on street tires with 3.08 gears You would be quite suprised with what you can get out of these little cars. I know I am.

 

You got some fun cars.

 

Very nice collection of rides you have there. Some Japanese flair, some American Muscle, and some Euro performance.

I also own a 1994 B4C Camaro. 1 of 668 made. Gotta love the American Muscle.

 

Absolutley.

 

One of my main reasons for choosing the STi over the Evo was because of the look. As strange as this may sound, the STi felt like a Japanese version of an American Muscle Car when I drove it. It had low end torque, a nice growl, and it felt raw and rough. Not to mention, as I sat behind the wheel looking over the hood scoop I couldn't help but to think of a "Hemi-fied" Barracuda.

I'm all about the American Muscle. My next car will be a new generation Camaro (provided GM builds'em).

For the record, I'll just mention that I'm not a fan of Subarus or any other make of car, for that matter. I'm a fan of cars, not companies.

 

I agree. I think if the car looks, performs and is good quality engineering. I don't care if it's a Hynduai besides the fact. American muscle is what made me love cars and I have just grown no to be so close minded. I love muscle cars and I always will, it was the first car I ever bought with my own money, it was the first car I ever wrenched on so I will always have an emotional attatchment to cars manufactured by the big three. I just happen like all kind of cars.

 

Great post, and damn, I miss my 1971 402ci El Camino. My dumb *** traded it in for $1200 on a 1995 4cyl S10. What a stupid mistake, and I still kick myself in the *** every day for getting rid of it. I'd do just about anything to have that thing back.

 

Wow! A 402 in an El Camino would be nuts. I'm sure that thing roasted some pretty sick tire. That sucks you traded it, but you have an STi now at least that is what I am assuming judging from your screen name, and that has to be freakin great, I think all in all STi's and WRX's are the best car on the market. Where else can you get $60,000 in performance and pay between $25,000 to $32,000? Nowhere! These cars are unique in all aspects and categories, they look great, AWD, Flat-4, Turboed and intercooled. It's like having a European sports car in a Subaru body for half the price and you cannot deny it's rally heritage obviously.

 

Yeah, the Camino was awesome. And yes, it would not only roast some serious tires, but it would freight-train down the 1/4 mile in 11.80s @ 118 mph!

Yes, I have an '05 STi now, but NOTHING, and I mean NOTHING will ever "replace" the El Camino. Everything about the driving experience was just a feeling that can't be replicated. The sound, the smell, the ride, the view over the cowl hood, the way it shook back and forth because of the cam, etc. It just can't be replicated. NOTHING compares to the feeling of a classic American Muscle Car. It's the best feeling on Earth that you can experience in an automobile.

So, 1.5 years after my mistake, I obviously wasn't happy with my 1995 S10 (it wasn't fast enough) so I dumped that and purchased my 1994 Camaro in hopes of "quenching" my thirst for speed and hoping that it would "replace" that void left by the El Camino. While the Camaro has low end torque, feels raw, and has an "American Muscle feeling" to it, it's still just not the same. But again, with the Camaro, it has a feeling all its own, which can never be replicated by another automobile.

I obviously held on to the Camaro, but needed a daily driver so I got a 2002 VW GTI 1.8T in December, 2001. Great car. Never had a problem with it. The hatchback was versatile, it had a turbo (and I chipped it) and was on the "snappy" side with a chip and a diverter valve. It was also a 5spd. I traded the GTI in on the STi in March, 2005. Why? Well, the GTI was FWD, and I felt it wasn't fast enough, and it surely didn't handle like a car called a "GTI" should. Sure, the handling could've been remedied (I guess....), but it was still FWD. I also wanted something as a daily driver that would "quench" my thirst for the Camaro fun factor while I worked on bringing the Camaro back to its former glory. In other words, I was retiring it from daily driving duties. It was starting to cost me money (still is) and it was more feasible to get something else that matched or exceeded it in performance and fun factor.

In came the STi, and once again, like the Camaro, it failed to deliver the same "feeling" that I set out to "replace." Like I hoped the Camaro would take the place of the El Camino, I thought the STi would take the place of the Camaro. WRONG. While the STi is nimble, fast, raw, and loud just like an American Muscle Car, everything is just "different." Once again, the STi is a car in which the feeling could never be replicated in a different car. They're all distinct in their own ways.

So, I came up with an idea. I had no choice but to pit the Camaro against the STi in a heads-up, hair-dragging slugfest. I knew the Camaro didn't stand a fair chance of beating the STi in the 1/4 due to the AWD advantage, so I did the "ricer thing" and removed the "AWD advantage" from the contest by going from a 3rd gear roll. In 3rd is where the STi really starts to pull hard, so I probably ran them both from about 30 mph or 35 mph up to around 100 mph. I took the wheel of the STi, my wife the Camaro. While mentioning, mash the throttle in the Camaro at 30 mph and the transmission kicks down and the 2400 rpm stall converter really comes into play, sending it down the highway like a rocket.

And so it happened......I thought for sure that the STi was going to win, but I underestimated the Camaro. The STi's turbo spooled up and it was off. The Camaro's LT1 wound up like a top and surged forward with the fury of a pit bull. Bang, into 4th in the STi. The STi jumped ahead by a nose, only to be met side by side once again when the Camaro's transmission shifted. Both cars screamed with authority down the highway working their best to out-gun each other. But it never happened. It was a dead heat. Dead honest. Photo finish.

I was very pleased with the results. I love both of my cars, and I would hate to see either of them lose in a drag race, but when it comes down to it, the STi does handle better (not by as much as you would think...), and the AWD would've definitely stuck a fork in the Camaro's go at it, but that's fine. My intention was to see who had the bigger *****, and neither of them did.

FWIW, maybe I should go buy a 1985-1987 IROC Z, replace it with an LT1 and the same mods that I have done to my Camaro, and hit the twisties with them. There, things might be a different story, with the Camaro taking the cake. And for the record, if any of you are laughing, the 1985-1987 IROC Z corners at 0.92g on the skid pad, thanks to its factory Bilstein suspension components. If memory serves correct, an '05 STi will corner at 0.90g. A showdown made in Heaven.....

But after all this incoherent rambling, I would ditch the STi or the Camaro at the drop of a hat to have my El Camino back. Not just ANY 1971 El Camino, but "MY" El Camino.

 

Damn! 11.8 in the quarter, that pretty insane. The last time I ran my Mustang at the track it did a 12.73, on street tires and it being a 5 speed it's not exactly easy to hook up that much power and get a good 60 foot time. Yeah, I know what your saying though, every car has it's unique qualities. Even though a WRX or STi is a brute, it's still a car with a lot of finesse. In a muscle car, especially older models, the cars have so much charecter and they are built with great quality and craftsmanship that it is hard to compare anything else to it. They are 4,000 rockets built to do one thing, to go straight and make a lot of lateral g's. WRX's and STi's, they are built to do a little of everything and that is why I love the cars so much, they're unique, fast, attractive and I love that Boxster rumble, nothing sounds sweeter to my ears than a Suby with some nice pipes. It's comparing apples to oranges and bothtypes of cars deserve a lot of respect, especially the WRX and STi, who would of thought 5 years ago in the states that these cars would have such a huge and loyal following, people who don't know s*** ask, A Subaru? and I'm like f*** yeah a Subaru and all of you know exactly what I'm talking about. I have grown pretty much obsessed with Subies and I love them more and more everyday. I'll probably will own one for the rest of my life.