well my buddy was talking all this **** about his sti and everything, he cant drive for ****, but anyways he took his car to the local track...sumerduck, its only an 1/8 mile track, but he ran a ******* 9.2.........i asked him and he said he got bad launches all the time, and i said stop making excuses, he was launching at 4grand, i dont know, this just seems really slow to me

 

oh and if you didnt catch the title, he has an STI

 

I recently raced a stock Sti, he pulled a 9.33@74.13 in the 1/8 with a 2.0 60', so that should be a decent reference.

 

your friend should be launching at redline. haha 4k will just bogg out.

 

thats what i said, and especially with awd, he really doesnt have to worry about traction, i dunno

 

tell your friend to lock the dccd and launch between 5500 and 6000rpms. one of my friends sti sucked at the track for the first few runs but then he learned to drive a little bit. he got his launches down to where he was pulling high 1.6's and low 1.7 60 foot times. he was able to get a 13.5 quarter mile.

 

1.6, thats crazy

 

the beauty of all wheel drive

 

more or less, its not the RPM you are launching at, its how you launch at what ever RPM you decide to do so. you can launch these cars like hondas, or anything FWD. you have to get the perfect amount of feathering down and once you figure that out no one is going to get you out of the hole. bottom of the line is you cant dump the clutch. in order to see a good launch out of an AWD car, you need to smell clutch when you are leaving the line i used to own a 1G DSM, and with small upgrades i was seeing mid to low 1.6 foots....just learn how to drive it

 

Sti is fun to race once you get used to launching at high rpm. Car is awd and has sticky tires. Her are some of my best times...STOCK
60' 1.74
1/8 - if your not mid 8 sec or lower, better work on driving....8.3
1/4 13.21 @ 102.47

Tried the rev limit launch...doesn't work too good, easier to launch at 4k and slip a little clutch, that managed me consistent 1.7 60' times and didn't risk snaping an axle while doing it. We have cobb stage 2 and tbe+intake now....no new runs yet. hoping to run 12.6's? idk maybe....

 

hahhahahaha it doesnt help that summerduck is an uphill track plus it sucked big donkey ***** the last time I was there...... but I heard they sold it and are redoing some things.... but yeah your friend should be running better times

 

yea thats for sure, and i am too puzzled, while i was there, there was a ef hatch with a 200 whp h22, running 9.8, i dont know what the world is coming to