Originally Posted by AccordSleeper
yes it well known the evo is a better handling car. the evo is about 1 sec behind the STi in the 1/4 mile. the turbo lag is very bad, which is why my friend bought the STi. my other friend who is an avid autocrosser test drove both and did like the evo despite it's turbo lag. personally this is america, america is about hp and trq...give me an STi. i will never push the car to it's handling limits anyways, but i can always enjoy the power.
ahh.. but remember.. i said stock vs. stock.. my best friend wanted the sti and did a lot of research on it.. i wanted the evo so i did a lot of research on the evo.. eventually, my friend bought the evo..
i auto-x'd his evo.. horrible turbo lag.. but i also have another friend that has a fixed up evo.. with a few mods, turbo lag is virtually nil.. (insane acceleration).
if you don't want to spend money, an affordable reflash of the ecu will yield over 320 hp..
theoretically, with a 2.5l engine, the sti should be able to yield more power with mods.. but from last i looked, they haven't yet..