exactly what im thinking. im gonna have to test this on the way home from work

So you're holding them up? :lol:

JDMs will with the 8krpm limit... no?

A UK STi pre Hawkeye won't, or will just about hit 60 on the speedo, but not real speed.

No idea, I don't own an STI. :)

Only going from info and tested results published on other sites. They may do! I can not confirm or deny this personally.

JDM sti rev limit is 8250rpm and will defo hit 60 in second on a 6 speed box

Exactly my point :lol1: I was being pedantic, seems to be a lot of generalising going on...most of it horse $hit if im honest :D

Some info from another siteL

As you say, increase in rev limit will do it no problems. If still limited to 7k then it will be tight.

JDM's don't have 7k limit ;)

But aRSe_Matt wasn't talking about a JDM. :)

Besides, who wants a JDM car! :D

mine's an import. does that make any difference? been wanting to ask it for a while actually but what are the differences between a 98 uk and a 98 import sti

Sorry I'm just talking newage.

I know there were various gearboxes and ratios between the classic STis, RAs, WRXs etc. So I wouldn't be able to comment.

He's still in denial that they exist, the mythical 60mph 2nd gear STi :lol1:

Potentially a pointless exercise to rev to 8k though if you hit peak output at below 7k rpm as most street Subaru engines do. No doubt you will hit 60mph with increased rpm limits but if it takes longer (if time is important) due to lower engine output there's no point.
Obviously engines that have been suitably modified to shift the peak output higher in the rev range will benefit from higher rpm limits, but for most cars your rate of acceleration (0-60 time) will be in decline the further past peak output you go.
Of course most of us realise that none of the limitations to human achievement imposed by the Universal Laws of Physics generally apply to certain WRX owners, but that's what makes them 'special', isn't it ;)

Finishing work in 15 mins. Will test out the 2nd gear 0-60 after warming it up, will post honest results in about 1 hour.


I have a sneaky feeling my pressure is down to 0.8 from 1.2 however, might be simple case of bad batch of fuel and rest ecu.

5 speed should hit 60mph in 2nd with sti rev limit of 8k

Doesn't matter about your boost at all or the speed of the 0-60 run. The question is will the gearing of the gearbox allow the car to do 60mph before it hits the rev limiter in 2nd gear. You can take as long as you want to get there. All down to the gearbox in this question really.

Also, what car have you got? Matt has the worlds fastest Newage WRX.

yeh just done it on the way home. 65 around before 8k rpm, not even close to red lining.

pressure is down to 0.8 . time to reset the ecu. if this dont work back to scoobytec before pod ;p

Mine will... Actually I reckon mine will do more than 60 in 2nd....

Timed using your speedo I presume?

Remember that this is very likely not correct and will be over reading (by law) rather than spot on.

The legislation regading a cars speedometer are below:

Quote:

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The law for car speedometers in the UK

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Chances are you were not quite doing 60mph when you thought you were.

Best way is to use Satnav speed.

The above calculation isn't correct if you work it out, but the 110% rule still stands.

It does mean that you could be travelling at 54.55mph when your speedo reads 60.

So will mine...I was fishing for a bite :lol1: , I'm not really bothered about trying it as you can work it out on paper easy enough or saying that I could do a road dyno on delta dash that also gives top speed per gear

I`ve always said the 2004 WRX V-Limited is the best Subaru ever made.

My WRX doesn't hit 60 in 2nd even with a 7500 limit so the STI must be slower lb for lb for the other reasons.

You mean because it's heavier but still records a better 0-60 time with an additional gear change :p

Well mines a jap import so pretty sure doesn't need to stick to them rules?

Yours is a 98 import STI so is a little irrelevant as a test against Matt's (amazing) newage WRX anyhow. Totally different.

But also begs a question how do you know your speedo is correct as it would have originally read in km/h?

My mates 2005 wrx with circa 300bhp gets left by my 370bhp 440ftlbs hawk Sti, and every time he's in my car he wishes his pulled like mine!

So I also don't believe a 330bhp wrx will keep up with a 450 Sti!!


Did some number crunching on power to weight ratios between the Sti and wrx.

A uk 2005 wrx weighs 1390kg

A uk 2005 Sti weighs 1470kg


If both cars had 265 bhp that would give a bhp per ton of

190.6 bhp for the wrx

180.2 bhp for the Sti.


The wrx would have a 10.4bhp power to weight advantage. Hardly enough to destroy a Sti!

A longer gear ratio on the wrx would mean it would have a slower in gear acceleration than the Sti, but would hit a higher speed in that gear,

Think I'll take the extra weight knowing I've got the stronger gearbox, limited slip diffs and bigger brakes.

440 bhp 400 ft/lb Sti couldn't keep up with me. :D

Can't remember what engine Steve was running at the time, either a 2.5 or 2.35 with a GT30R, running around 500/500 despite his claims otherwise. Said see ya later to him too. :D

Hawk STI is 2.5L and has longest ratio's of all STI's, you also have significantly more torque with it being a 2.5L, the discussion is about 2.0L vs 2.0L.

P.S your's is considered the perfect road engine and the only thing that puts people off is the various problems associated with the 2.5L and the cost of repair. :thumb:

I have noticed when I do my WRX V STI newage battle threads a lot of People want to settle thing by racing me in their 500hp Classic.

One guy wanted to race me in his 500hp Classic WRX to prove the Newage STI was quicker then the Newage WRX!!

...and they say I'm mad!

I'll just get my mate to bring his R1 out to settle things once and for all. I think the STI fanboys have taken 'Born to race' too literally. It had a top mount, 9.9secs can't be done!!!!!! Unless it was Fat-Thomas whupping his wife's 215hp Bugeye WRX in his 430hp Blob STI that has created SN WRX denial?