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Old 2007-08-01, 02:17 PM   #21
sperry
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Originally Posted by ivanko View Post
If it makes you feel any better then I'll say you are not alone. I've been going through a very similar experience with my Syclone starting out with a "mild mannered" and "civilized" street machine and transforming it into psycho-truck. It's a never ending process in persuit of perfection. Sounds like a Lexus ad?

The only real advantage I see with the STI at this point is the STI chassis is probably more rigid from all the extra reinforcements and spot welds strategically placed in the right spots, but then again you have a full safety structure that adds mega rigidity anyway.
As far as I know, there is no difference in the Impreza vs. WRX vs. STi chassis. Sure the body panels on the WRX and STi are flared at the fenders, and there are differences in the grills/scoops. And the STi has lightweight rear glass... but the unibodies are identical. In fact, due to homoligation reasons, the WRC rally cars actually start out as WRXs not STIs.

And yeah, it doesn't really matter, 'cause there's a cage in there anyway.
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