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Old 2007-08-01, 09:40 PM   #22
ivanko
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As a former Evo guy I know for a fact that the unibody on an Mitsu Evo was heavily reinforced compared to the Lancer unibody. So the standard WRX already gets the improved chassis. Didn't know that.

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Originally Posted by sperry View Post
As far as I know, there is no difference in the Impreza vs. WRX vs. STi chassis. Sure the body panels on the WRX and STi are flared at the fenders, and there are differences in the grills/scoops. And the STi has lightweight rear glass... but the unibodies are identical. In fact, due to homoligation reasons, the WRC rally cars actually start out as WRXs not STIs.

And yeah, it doesn't really matter, 'cause there's a cage in there anyway.
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