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Mwolf83 · 11-03-2010

Well anything is possible with the right amount of money, but if any of you have seen why the wrx/sti's will never handle as good as the Evo's can is because of how far ahead of the shock tower the engine sits. Subaru likes to think that by having the H pattern motor as low in the engine bay this will make all your handling dreams come true, but the fact of the matter is they have way too much weight hanging too far out there which from my experience of owning a WRX and attempting to make it handle is nearly impossible.
Just look at cars like the M3 and RX7 and other such amazing handling RWD cars, the motors are almost completely equal to or rearward of the front shock tower. So now imagine a heavy ass motor such as the iron block 4g hanging out that far and up high like the inline motor is. Retarded.
But on the other hand there is just the chance that the guy already knew this and wanted to know just how dumb you were and if you would sit and agree with him that its a good idea. People do this kind of thing at cars shows and meets just to mess with people.
My $.02.

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Mwolf83 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bemidji, MN Drives: 91 Eagle Talon AWD, 02 WRX, 97 Civic Hatch Posts: 222	Re: subaru tranny in dsm???? Well anything is possible with the right amount of money, but if any of you have seen why the wrx/sti's will never handle as good as the Evo's can is because of how far ahead of the shock tower the engine sits. Subaru likes to think that by having the H pattern motor as low in the engine bay this will make all your handling dreams come true, but the fact of the matter is they have way too much weight hanging too far out there which from my experience of owning a WRX and attempting to make it handle is nearly impossible. Just look at cars like the M3 and RX7 and other such amazing handling RWD cars, the motors are almost completely equal to or rearward of the front shock tower. So now imagine a heavy ass motor such as the iron block 4g hanging out that far and up high like the inline motor is. Retarded. But on the other hand there is just the chance that the guy already knew this and wanted to know just how dumb you were and if you would sit and agree with him that its a good idea. People do this kind of thing at cars shows and meets just to mess with people. My $.02. Last edited by Mwolf83; 11-03-2010 at 08:09 PM..