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Originally Posted by Bad70supreme
STI, every time I see one run there lucky to get into the 12s but everyone talks how fast they are. The ones I have raced are strong on the low end, but really fall short on any kind of speed and end up being cars behind. Although I did see one running 12.30s over the summer, he must have been very modded.
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He probably had meth or e85. They don't have forged pistons and the boxer design runs very hot so they have to be tuned conservatively to be safe and these knock resistant fuels help a lot. The e85 cars are way faster than the 91/93 cars in general. Typical stage 2 cars on pump gas make around 300awhp/315awtq give or take 15 or so and with e85 or meth they will generally pick up 30-40awhp and a bit more than that in torque. One of the guys I track with makes over 400awtq with e85 and that thing corner-exits like a damn rocket, but falls off hard after 100mph. They have a very large gearing change from 4th to 5th which really hurts their acceleration.