A coworker bought an 09 WRX, the 4 door coupe not the hatch, about 8 months ago. I think it's pretty much stock. Well my Camaro was in the garage for the winter, then we were on different shifts when I got it out, and I had an 09 Ram I was driving for work, so I wasn't really driving the Camaro much.

Finally today I drove it to work. He had been talking crap on and off and I told him I'm ready when he is. So I followed him out of the parking lot and we caught a light to turn right onto a 4-lane highway. So he's in the right lane and I move over into to get into the left lane and thought he would let me get up next to him. Instead he takes off with me atleast 2 car lengths behind him while I'm rolling at about 25 mph. So I put the hammer down. Took a little bit to get caught up since he had the jump and 2 lengths head start but I caught him by 80ish and put 2 lengths on him by 115, and I shut it down because I thought my hat was going to get sucked out of the car since the T-tops were off and the windows were down. We caught up to traffic and didn't get to run again.

I wish we could have gone from a dig to give him more of a chance. I think with my t-tops in and an even start from any roll speed I would have put a bus length on him. From a dig, if he can launch it would have been a better run since I would be fighting for traction because with my recently added 3.73's, BFG KDW's just want to spin from a dig. Anyway first run I've had in quite some time and I think it would have been much worse for him with an even start.

 

yea the new WRX's are like 260 hp arent they? good kill! they look 1000x better than STI's IMO.

 

I agree, the look better than the STI hatch's. He was telling me in the next year or two they are making the 4 door coupe style in the STI version and he was going to upgrade to that, but we'll see.

 

Those new WRX's run 13.5's(mfr's claim) from a dig of course. Not bad IMO ! With a few mods(TBE, AP, tuning), they are capable of mid-high 12's on the stock turbo. From a roll is no contest, LS1/2/3/6 FTW !

 

you forgot 7 and 9

 

OK ! Those too ! I was thinking of the obliteration they would put on the Subie. It's like comparing a whale eating a Tic Tac(margin wise).

 

Nice kill, man.

 

Good kill, especially after he jumped you at the start.

 

Do the t-tops being out make that big a difference?

 

It definitely doesn't help

 

13.5 is a bit fast for one of those i think lol, maybe with a pro driver, perfect track n weather conditions, neg. elevation, and a 6k launch lol...maybe

 

Sweet kill

 

Can't help much. I always wondered if anybody had ever done back to back runs at the dragstrip with ttops in and out and whether or not the drag made a difference. Of course it would have to be a place without much rules.

 

The new WRX's have revamp mapping and are quite a bit faster then the previos models which ran 14.2-3.

 

My friend's '07 WRX was pretty damn slow, even modded. Felt about as fast as a non PI 4.6 Mustang.

Haven't been in an '09 though, guess they are faster.