Just wondering how everyone else does when racing gti's. Those things are MEAN on a 40 roll! They have suprised the hell out of me!
I talked to the owner the other day. 2020 gti with a catted arm dp, tip, intake, hpfp and an e85 tune from eqt. He was still on the is20 turbo. I love my sti, but man, I could not keep up on a 40 roll! I definitely have some more respect for them!Yea they have 1+ less passenger (weight) and put the power down more efficiently.
Those 2.0T's can be cranked up pretty well too.
Still though, stage for stage the sti is going to pull, and if there are corners involved, he's gunna wish he had the R.
The only way I see keeping up with dsg gti is using the Cobb AP “flat foot shift” feature with a stage 1 plus tuning or more. If your losing boost on the shifts any good automatic will win. A rotated turbo setup on E85 would help. .
2008 SRT4 Caliber here. Made 358/368 on pump gas and deadly from 3rd gear roll. Used to pull everything behind the front seats for weight reduction. Fun cars.AWD cars are terrible from a roll. That's where FWD shines.
but I dont street race anymore. I had an 08 Cobalt SS that put down 320/420 on 91 at 25 psi on stock turbo and was super quick from a roll and 348/457 on E85 stock turbo.
No shitI think the Cobalts where 150-200 pounds lighter than the Calibers. The turbo ones got really fast without a lot of mods. Oh the days of torque steer. lol.
Amen! Bader Built just threw in a stock STI transmission behind his newest 1100 whp build. Look up his youtube.People bitch about the STi engine, but the transmission/drivetrain is damn near bulletproof.
Agreed, the torque steer is fun though. I had an 08 SRT4 with bolt on’s that made 358/368 on pump gas. When I pulled the back seat and all the crap it was 3000 pounds. Same thing with 1st and 2nd. Roll car only. Surprised a ton of people on hwy though.I had an 08 Cobalt SS that was FBO with e85 making 343 whp, 457 ft lbs of torque with a nasty 30 psi spike on the stock k04 turbo and it was useless in 1st 2nd, and part of 3rd gear.
From a 40 roll it was crazy fast. I swapped to an EFR 6758 and made ~400 whp and 380 wtq with it and it was a bit better but still torque steered like a boss. It had an LSD transmission as well.
I put 100k miles on it when I sold it in 2015 like this, and the next owner was still driving it a couple of years ago when i ran into him. It had 150k miles on it, with the factory clutch.