Blobeye STi over a Evo 8 GSR Easy

I’ve owned a few Evos recently and still for some reason come back to Subaru’s

 

Do you know the reason? Lol

 

I've driven STIs and Evo VIIs, VIIIs and Evo Xs on track. Put the Evo X to one side, because it's so far removed from the raw attraction of the original Evos. The Evo VIII is a brilliant car, but choosing between an Evo and an STI, I've chosen an STI. Again.

The straight answer is the Scooby burble - the car seems to have more character. Yes, I get some people don't give a monkey's about it, but that's mine

Yes, as long as they're maintained properly - just don't get a later 2.5

A bit different to the Evo, because of the lack of Yaw control.

Yes - SC42 turbo, Front mount intercooler, 700cc+ injectors, a decent set of exhuast manifolds and up/downipes, 3" exhuast and a decent remap. You can throw more into the mix, but hopefully you get the idea.

A lot of this depends on your driving style and whether you feel you need to adjust the car's behaviour or your own driving style on track to suit a non-DCCD model. You can really change the behaviour on track with adjustable ARBs and adjustable coilovers to get the car to suit your own driving style, although it's not quite as quick and easy and adjusting the switch in the car

 

Great thanks for the info

also as I’ve been looking online I’m finding a JDM twin scroll models which apparently have stronger and engines and rarer,is this true?
and in there anything persific to look out for when buying,is the timing belt a common issue?

 

Yes, JDMs are known to have stronger bottom ends, but you'll be fine with a genuine UK STI to 400bhp (and more, depending on who you speak to). Timing belts are no more common an issue than on any other car, but get the tensioners done at the same time - Roger Clark Motorsport to a kit using genuine Subaru belts. Again, it's down to personal preference, but I would always choose genuine parts for cambelts. I had mine done within a week of buying mine - £340 all in. Probably over cautious, as they were changed 2 years before I bought the car and it had done very few miles, but I just feel happier knowing, that's all. Probably no different to me changing the engine and gearbox oil every 5k miles...

 

If you are keeping the car the relatively stock with just a remap, then a JDM twin scroll is a better engine. But if you want 400bhp, you'll be changing the turbo, exhaust, intercooler etc anyway so probably not worth paying a premium for a JDM car in that case.

 

Tbh if you can find a JDM in your budget I'd go with that, it'll map almost as is to ish 360 with the standard turbo... add that to the instant pick up from the twin scroll and I doubt a 400bhp UK STI would be going anywhere... if anything it would most likely be behind you especially from a standing start... you'll also have instant pick up out of tight bends.