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When I woke up this morning I saw and old issue of Car and Driver that had the title "EVO vs. STI: we test 'em!" And them I thought to myself, "what about GT4?, Has this ever been done before?" Well I searched and nothing came up so, I bring you this write up of the Subaru impreza versus the Mitsubishi lance evolution 8 GSR
All testing was done in A-spec and on S2's with no aids and an oil change, nothing else
VS. 
Here are some numbers to take into account:
Performance-STI-EVO
Weight: 1440kg-1410kg
Skid pad:
1.15G's-1.15G's
0-60
3.991 sec(2nd gear)-4.63 sec(3rd gear)
0-400m
13.0630-12.926
0-1000m
24.043-23.766
Power to weight ratio:
4.350-4.180
Top speed:
170mph-169mph(rev-limeted)
Track times:
The "ultimate" track, trial moutian:
1'41.804-1'40.082
Nurburing:
8'02.577-8'07.501( im sure there is 1-2 seconds improvement!
)
Tahiti maze:
2'25.827-2'28.984
Tskuba wet:
1'15.595-1'16.574
And now my thoughts...
Both of these cars are so close togeth, there almost like brothers from another mother. But there are so very diferent. The only thing that the EVO had an edge was in weight and horsepower. With 6 more hp and 30kg lighter, I was assuming that it would be quicker. But I would late be fooled, the od ratios in the trans mission delayed the 0-60 time greatly compared to the STI. Another thing was the track handeling for the EVO. I coul brake a little bit later than the STI, but the understeer going though the corner canceled out the late braking, which made it a little slower than the STI. Now the STI on the other hand was a little bit harder to control at higher speeds. But got though the corners woth not as much understeer as the EVO.
Some of you are wondering why I chose to do dirt tracks and wet tracks. So heres the anwser: As you may know, both Subaru and Mitsubishi are both avid competitors in the WRC. So I just thoguh I throw that in there.
So the winner in my book is the STI
P.S., if you want me to test on any more tracks, let me know
All testing was done in A-spec and on S2's with no aids and an oil change, nothing else
VS. 
Here are some numbers to take into account:
Performance-STI-EVO
Weight: 1440kg-1410kg
Skid pad:
1.15G's-1.15G's
0-60
3.991 sec(2nd gear)-4.63 sec(3rd gear)
0-400m
13.0630-12.926
0-1000m
24.043-23.766
Power to weight ratio:
4.350-4.180
Top speed:
170mph-169mph(rev-limeted)
Track times:
The "ultimate" track, trial moutian:
1'41.804-1'40.082
Nurburing:
8'02.577-8'07.501( im sure there is 1-2 seconds improvement!
)Tahiti maze:
2'25.827-2'28.984
Tskuba wet:
1'15.595-1'16.574
And now my thoughts...
Both of these cars are so close togeth, there almost like brothers from another mother. But there are so very diferent. The only thing that the EVO had an edge was in weight and horsepower. With 6 more hp and 30kg lighter, I was assuming that it would be quicker. But I would late be fooled, the od ratios in the trans mission delayed the 0-60 time greatly compared to the STI. Another thing was the track handeling for the EVO. I coul brake a little bit later than the STI, but the understeer going though the corner canceled out the late braking, which made it a little slower than the STI. Now the STI on the other hand was a little bit harder to control at higher speeds. But got though the corners woth not as much understeer as the EVO.
Some of you are wondering why I chose to do dirt tracks and wet tracks. So heres the anwser: As you may know, both Subaru and Mitsubishi are both avid competitors in the WRC. So I just thoguh I throw that in there.
So the winner in my book is the STI
P.S., if you want me to test on any more tracks, let me know
