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Originally Posted by AtomicLabMonkey
500 whp is a ridiculous amount of power in any car, especially considering the huge drivetrain losses your AWD cars have. With a 20% drivetrain power loss (that number was just pulled out of my ass), that's 625hp at the crank... you've got to be kidding me. That's well into dedicated race motor territory - assuming you could even get a small motor like that to put out that much, the car will not work well for normal street driving, break things all the time, and be a general pain in the ass.
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500 at the wheels is more than EasyStreet's 9.6s drag car puts down at the wheels. And they had to build a custom semi-auto tranny to hold the power. EasyStreet's car is said to have over 700hp at the crank. Drivetrain loss is *very* significant in a WRX/STi.
My car puts "only" about 200hp to the wheels, and it's certainly not a slow car. More than twice that power would certainly not be very streetable, and would cost well more than the price of the car itself... you'd probably need:
- EJ22TT closed-deck short block bored/stroked to 1.6L+, all forged internals
- Custom intake w/ dry-ice box
- GIANT turbo
- custom FMIC
- headers back custom exhaust (no cats)
- 800cc injectors, fuel rails, and a beefy fuel pump
- stand alone engine management
- custom clutch, tranny, differentials, and probably axels to handle the power
- And you'd need to run 110 leaded minimum... all the time
- And nitrous... all the time :shock:
And after all that, Dean would still kill you at AutoX...
However, if you really want to go big... I'm sure ESX will adapt their 740hp WRX kit to an STi:
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• Complete dyno tested engine via Tony Rigoli Performance(TRP)
• TRP engine internals and stroking
• ESX/TRP front Mount Intercooler with Aluminum piping
• TRP fuel system
• Micro-tech engine management system
• Innovative turbocharger
• ESX/TRP up-pipe
• ESX/TRP turbo-back exhaust system
• Nitrous Oxide Injection system - 50 hp shot
• ESX carbon fiber grill badge & 3 ESX740 decals
• ESX/TRP full dog-box transmission/or racing auto 4 speed (+ $3500)
• ESX/TRP Performance clutch
Professionally Installed and Dyno Tuned for $31,999 (w/core exchange)
http://www.esxmotorsports.com/html/esx740.htm
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Just remember where a car like that is at home:
