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Originally Posted by blaSSt
The only conversation worth having is stock vs. stock. It depends on what year STI one is talking about. Any STI will soundly beat a stock LT1. And with an LS1 it comes down to a drivers race.
That makes it a drivers race. AWD on the STI gives it an advantage 0-60 off the line. 4th gens makes it up on the back end (if they got a good launch).
There have been a few factory freak 4th gens that got down to 12.8, but that also seems to have happened with Subarus also. (see link above)
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I beg to differ on that.
AWD helping off the line is a yes/no type thing. yes, you are applying power to all 4 wheels from the start, but you are dividing the power more ways.
being turbo'd, it will have better results once the car is moving. LT1s have ass loads of torque down low. the power band goes to ~285 from 1800rpms all the way thru ~5800rpms.
what that means is that if you can launch, you can get off the line in a hurry. it would be a close match depending on what all mods the STI has.
and being that your LT1 is over 14 years old, im sure the transmission wont shift like it should at WOT. (just a fact of life with these cars)