Rev3 Tubby Vs Impreza

[gordy.r]

I know it's naughty and all that but i havn't really nailed the tubby off a set of lights since owning it yet, so this was the perfect opportunity......

I was sitting at a set of lights in a 40 zone when this youngish lad pulls up next to me in his Impreza Turbo with 2 mates in the car egging him on. So he revs up his engine and is sitting on his clutch, while i just sat there looking in the opposite direction..... lights go to amber......
He hammers it away (it's wet) but he doesnt seem to get the power down, so me being a little competative nails it off the line with minimum loss of traction on the wheels and upto 40 then into 4th and cruise along while he catches me up, flies up my inside and cuts infront of me.

So we enter a 70mph zone, side by side, again he drops a gear a guns it away..... i naturally do the same, into third, and start to pull away from him upto a roundabout.....

Both into second gear and exit the roundabout neck to neck...... a little depression of the right foot from me and bye bye Mr Subaru.....

My Rev3 tubby claims a good 5 car lead on an uphill stretch leaving a very embarrased but persistant Impreza turbo driver behind me.
I slow down and pull into the inside lane and he screams past with the 'usual' flashing of indicators that ive heard about so much.....

Rev3 tubby - 1 Impreza Turbo - 0

(and yes it was an empty, private road all conducted within the speed limits with health and safety advisors present......)

TBH i was just surprised at how much more powerfull the tubby was than the impreza. It wasnt a new one, maybe 3 or 4 years old.

[paulmann]

If it was a standard uk wrx then they are only 225bhp and weigh 2395kg.

They are lambs to the slaughter.

[[SiG]]

If it was a standard uk wrx then they are only 225bhp and weigh 2395kg.

They are lambs to the slaughter.

So they weigh more than a ton more than an MR2 mk2!?? Must be all that Burberry

[skinthespin]

errr, i think you need a lot of tandy amps and sub woofers to make an impreza nearly 2.5 tonnes!!!

Thats Land Rover territory!

Imprezas are my fave things to race btw, you see the scrap me and that P1 had at donny SiG?

[paulmann]

lol Yeah those subarus are really heavy when they have 6 mates and bitches rammed in the back.
Otherwise they come in at 1395kg with a driver.

[[SiG]]

Imprezas are my fave things to race btw, you see the scrap me and that P1 had at donny SiG?

Damn I didn't m8

Will def see the next one though

[gordy.r]

Otherwise they come in at 1395kg with a driver.

Im guessing that is with an 'average' weighted driver ...

[B17AD K]

My mate has a 276bhp Scooby Turbo, and although mine is quicker, his 4wd usually gets the better of me off the line

[rev3gt]

Weigh about same as a mr2 but have 4wd and loads of grip a car not to be underestimated. that said not as tunable as a 2 high up. a standard sti wil pul a sub 5 0/60 and grip like a rally car racing a uk is not a fair test as they are i highly diluted version of the jap versions.

Unfortunatly a lot of old ones are around badley maintaned and run on cheap fuel by there young tracksuit wearing owners its a shame such a good car has fallen in with the wrong croud and is being humiliated by people who dont maintain or drive them properly.

[MegatronUK]

Unfortunatly a lot of old ones are around badley maintaned and run on cheap fuel by there young tracksuit wearing owners its a shame such a good car has fallen in with the wrong croud and is being humiliated by people who dont maintain or drive them properly.

They've become the modern XR3i. Give it 10 years and people will start to see them in a more positive light again, the same as original condition XR3's are starting to become now.

[Scotster]

Weigh about same as a mr2 but have 4wd and loads of grip a car not to be underestimated. that said not as tunable as a 2 high up. a standard sti wil pul a sub 5 0/60 and grip like a rally car racing a uk is not a fair test as they are i highly diluted version of the jap versions.

Unfortunatly a lot of old ones are around badley maintaned and run on cheap fuel by there young tracksuit wearing owners its a shame such a good car has fallen in with the wrong croud and is being humiliated by people who dont maintain or drive them properly.

Not quite, they are just over 5 sec for 60 (perfect conditons etc same with any other car). The only 2 that can manage a sub 5 is the WR1 and the WRX 300.

Edit, of course thats only if your counting UK cars as the Type r can manage it too.

Scott =op

[rev3gt]

Weigh about same as a mr2 but have 4wd and loads of grip a car not to be underestimated. that said not as tunable as a 2 high up. a standard sti wil pul a sub 5 0/60 and grip like a rally car racing a uk is not a fair test as they are i highly diluted version of the jap versions.

Unfortunatly a lot of old ones are around badley maintaned and run on cheap fuel by there young tracksuit wearing owners its a shame such a good car has fallen in with the wrong croud and is being humiliated by people who dont maintain or drive them properly.

Not quite, they are just over 5 sec for 60 (perfect conditons etc same with any other car). The only 2 that can manage a sub 5 is the WR1 and the WRX 300.

Edit, of course thats only if your counting UK cars as the Type r can manage it too.

Scott =op

I am talking classic and import as i said obove the uk versions wer very a diluted version of the jap models (bit like mr2) also there was no uk classic sti
acording to japanese performance magazine the 0/60 times are

All standard

wrx 4.9
wrx facelift 96/00 4.8
sti 94/96 4.7
sti 96/00 4.6
sti type r 4.3
sti 22b 4.6

The whole range is sub 5 add 4wd and a rally bred chassis they are serious cars.

[DannyW]

ive got a 94 classic WRX, didnt realise it was that fast to 60, it does feel quick but wow!

[Scotster]

ive got a 94 classic WRX, didnt realise it was that fast to 60, it does feel quick but wow!

Its not, i don't agree with any of the above figures. Oh, cept the type r, i think that was round about that figure. AFAIK the only standard prezza's that can do a sub 5 are the 22b, the type r, the wr1 and the 300.

If thats not the case then why do mitsubishi always compare their 0-60 times when bringing out a new model? The evo V was rated as a whole second faster than the old WRX's at the same time of release.

If you aint got a type-r, a wr1 or a 22b you aint getting close to an evo IV+ standard.

Scott =op

[rev3gt]

ive got a 94 classic WRX, didnt realise it was that fast to 60, it does feel quick but wow!

Its not, i don't agree with any of the above figures. Oh, cept the type r, i think that was round about that figure. AFAIK the only standard prezza's that can do a sub 5 are the 22b, the type r, the wr1 and the 300.

If thats not the case then why do mitsubishi always compare their 0-60 times when bringing out a new model? The evo V was rated as a whole second faster than the old WRX's at the same time of release.

If you aint got a type-r, a wr1 or a 22b you aint getting close to an evo IV+ standard.

Scott =op

Im sorry you dont agree with the figures printed in japaneese performance magazines impreza supliment maybee they should contact you when next printing any figures about 0/60 times as you seem to know more than they do.
You reeling a list of special edition imprezas you have heard of as the only ones capable of these times also has no basis in fact and shows you havnt done any research please check your facts before arguing the toss.

[Scotster]

Listen get off your high horse. I aint arguing, i mearly said i didn't agree with the figures. I don't know any of the "Facts" but i have read a lot of wrong 0-60 times for a lot of cars posted in magazines, websites etc so i don't take a jap magazine supliment as the be all and end all.

Scott =op

[V8Killer]

Don't forget the Type RA. 0-60 in 4.2 secs in standard trim. 4 doors and a boot

[luthor1]

*any* scooby with more than 280bhp will do a sub 5. I had one that went 4.4 with only 275bhp and lightweight flywheel/pulleys.

the figures are correct. Scoob's do 60 in 2nd gear remember and are on the limit of grip in 1st where they hit around 40. Sub 5 is quite simple for them tbh.

[Scotster]

*any* scooby with more than 280bhp will do a sub 5. I had one that went 4.4 with only 275bhp and lightweight flywheel/pulleys.

the figures are correct. Scoob's do 60 in 2nd gear remember and are on the limit of grip in 1st where they hit around 40. Sub 5 is quite simple for them tbh.

U talking about import ones? The UK ones with 276 can't manage a sub 5. Listed as 5.2. Having a lightweight flywheel and pulley's would make a huge difference to the transmission losses.

Scott =op

[luthor1]

They flywheel does make a HUGE difference. I doubt it's 0.6 seconds, perhaps 0.3-0.5, so even without it would still have run 5