2008 STI...

WRXWagon2112 · Post by **WRXWagon2112** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:51 am

Umm... Maybe you can explain how that pic is related to the new 2008 STI. If it's a play on words then clearly it's gone over my head.

--Alan

Phibs · Post by **Phibs** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:55 am

WRXWagon2112 wrote:Umm... Maybe you can explain how that pic is related to the new 2008 STI. If it's a play on words then clearly it's gone over my head.

--Alan

just gotta get rid of those altezza tails Evil or Very Mad , but that's a minor aesthetic gripe.

That sir, is a Dremel, combined with Duct tape it is a lethal modification tool.

Libra Monkee · Post by **Libra Monkee** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:50 am

Full test 2008 STI
Video

The STi has grown up, you should too.

NEVARRRRRRR!!!!!!!!

drwrx · Post by **drwrx** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 11:41 am

That pretty much mimics every article I have read on the new STi (and WRX as well), less edgy, but a better car.

sirwilliam · Post by **sirwilliam** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 12:55 pm

Okay, so I was reading the small/brief article in the new R&T on the STi yesterday at is says larger TMIC w/ twinscroll...is this true? TS on the USDM model and the JDM?

Post by **complacent** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:47 am

WWPSD

Post by **Sabre** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:23 am

What Would Picard Son Do? lol

sirwilliam · Post by **sirwilliam** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:27 am

What Would Patrick Swayze Do? HAHAHA...is that guy still around? Seems like after Dingy Dancing he fell off the map.

Post by **Sabre** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:06 pm

I have to admit, I wish the car was as agressive looking as this: Link 1, link 2

sirwilliam · Post by **sirwilliam** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:08 pm

Sabre wrote:I have to admit, I wish the car was as agressive looking as this: Link 1, link 2

Never too late to get a body kit

Post by **Sabre** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:21 pm

Kind of hard to mod it to a 2-door though

Don't get me wrong though, I love having 4 doors.

sirwilliam · Post by **sirwilliam** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:25 pm

Sabre wrote:Kind of hard to mod it to a 2-door though Don't get me wrong though, I love having 4 doors.

So all you were saying before by posting those two links is that the two door is more aggressive than the four door? You can still use the body kit, its just that there will be 2 more doors

chicken n waffles · Post by **chicken n waffles** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 10:31 am

street test for the 08 sti w/ perrin exhaust. sounds sexeh.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0libqva404A

Libra Monkee · Post by **Libra Monkee** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 10:49 am

Gotta love that rumble.

WRXWagon2112 · Post by **WRXWagon2112** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:46 am

Full road test of the STI on Car & Driver online.

--Alan

Post by **Sabre** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:01 am

A couple of things to note:

The STI does roll a bit more through corners and kowtow slightly deeper when beckoned by the earnest Brembos, which halt it from 70 mph in a curt 159 feet. Plus, the STI has quick but rather lifeless steering for managing the early onset understeer that seems inevitable with a 58.3-percent front weight bias and all-wheel drive. Tire scrub speaks more clearly to the ears than the palms...

Project manager Hiroshi Mori says the 2.5-liter cast aluminum flat-four retains its old AJ25 designation despite new cylinder heads and a revised block with extra ribbing to make it stiffer... Note: Ribbing always makes things better!

The nitride-hardened crank is carry-over from the earlier STI, and the deeper-webbed rods and the forged pistons are new part numbers, says Mori. An IHI-sourced single-scroll turbo peaks at 14.7 psi of boost, 2.8 psi higher than in the WRX. Variable timing mechanisms adjust the intake and exhaust cams with a tune aimed at a flatter torque curve. The increase from 293 horsepower in the old STI to 305 is mainly due to the larger intercooler and higher-volume exhaust silencer and lower-restriction catalyst, according to Mori. The torque peak of 290 pound-feet has not changed from last year’s, but it does occur 400 rpm sooner (4000 rpm). A lower redline (6700 rpm instead of 7000) is the only negative...

Governing torque side to side are conventional helical-type limited-slip differentials on both axles. An electronic brake-based traction-control and anti-yaw system also assists when the road turns to butter.

GaToR · Post by **GaToR** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:29 pm

Sabre wrote:
The STI does roll a bit more through corners .

I'm sure having a roof thats 2" higher off the ground doesn't help either.

2007 STI
56.3 "

2008 STI
58.1 "

scheherazade · Post by **scheherazade** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:32 am

Spotted 08 sti today.

Woodbridge, Potomac mills area.
Parked at fridays, near mcdonalds and best buy.

Silver w/ black windows.

-scheherazade

chicken n waffles · Post by **chicken n waffles** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:41 am

yeah. we saw a gray one at the d&b meet last week. much sexier in person than in pics. i even liked the stock 5-spoke wheels in person (hate the pics). the stock exhaust note is meh at best. the stock stance is much improved over previous years. i didn't get a chance to sit in it but those were my first few initial impressions.

Post by **complacent** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:47 am

Not all of you youngins will remember, but Bo (Serendipity) picked up a grey/bbs/nav 08 the other day. I can't wait to see it.

Post by **Sabre** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:48 am

Wow, there's a name I haven't heard in awhile! lol, he probably won't bring it out to a meet in fear of loosing another rim!

chicken n waffles · Post by **chicken n waffles** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:54 am

Sabre wrote:Wow, there's a name I haven't heard in awhile! lol, he probably won't bring it out to a meet in fear of loosing another rim!

perhaps that was his problem in the first place!!!!

you know... because it's loose. the opposite of tight. aaaaand i'm spent.

Post by **Sabre** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:58 pm

Gerrrr. I'm sick you bastard!

WRXWagon2112 · Post by **WRXWagon2112** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:20 pm

The Truth About Cars' review of the 2008 STI. Doesn't sound like he likes it...

Excerpt wrote:When I bought my second Rex, I nearly bit the bullet and went STI. But I like to haul more than ass. So I sacrificed balls-out speed for cargo capacity and bought the five-door WRX (again). The good news: starting now, Subaru's hottest rally-bred machine is available only as a hatch. The bad news: the new STI costs $14k more than the WRX. Is it worth it?

Not from the look of it. I wonder how far the STI's development had progressed when GM sold its shares to Toyota; the front of this sucker resembles a partial-birth Saabortion. Subie designers must have had a running bet to see who can fashion the world's most grotesque cars nose. The STI's rump is also ugly against all odds. Clear Lexus RX style taillights? Yuck. Quad tailpipes? The STI only has four cylinders for Malcolm Bricklin's sake!

--Alan