Originally Posted by Civic2Scooby

your friend is a fucking idiot. Even if he made power that is "faster" than a stock STi he would grenade that transmission in about 10 seconds. The STi is worth every penny in that generation. bulletproof transmission, front LSD, rear LSD, beefier axles, better suspension, DCCD, Brembo brakes, Aluminum control arms, infinitely better turbo, 2.5 vs 2.0, I can go on.....

up/down and full exhaust coupled with a tune on the STi (600 bucks maybe) would absolutely dessimate a fairly well built and tuned 04/05 WRX.

to even get the WRX up to stock STi snuff he would need

up pipe, down pipe, exhaust, new bigger turbo, bigger injectors, tune. Even then he is limited to a shitty 5 speed transmission and a clutch that can't take the power it's putting down. So now lets pull the entire thing to do a new clutch and flywheel. Hell while it's out you might as well pull the motor and do forged internals. Then once you get nice big 300whp numbers you get to spend 5000 dollars to do a 6 speed transplant because you have blown your 3rd WRX transmission and just now figured out that if you want a big horsepower application you should have bought an STi to begin with and that you are a super retard who should hang himself.