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Originally Posted by engee
Yea man! I just want the car already. The only thing that will be hard to duplicate is the carbon fiber roof, but in my opinion the premium that you will have to pay for the STI version will not justify the weight savings.
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I agree.. the cost of the STI version is going to be pretty high. I think we may find that a standard version with $4k in mods will perform better than the STI factory version that will likely be at least $5k more.
The variable valve timing will be hard to duplicate as you would have to swap heads to get it.. But, if you were really looking for that power, you could do a more aggresive cam to get that high end. You would just sacrifice some of the smoothness at low end.
The higher redline should be achievable when the aftermarket comes up with the ECU crack and offers us tuning modules. The question is.. will Subaru make any other mods to the motor to allow that (ie.. higher quality valves)? If the stock motor components are strong enough (as I think they will be), then you'll be able to easily raise redline!
The CF roof would be cool... but not worth the money.. i'm guessing at least. If all you cared about was the weight savings, you'd probably duplicate that with some other changes.