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Originally Posted by ripper
nice writeup and agree with most of what you wrote.
i own both the '04 sti and '13 brz. the only thing i'll add is that i wasn't close to satisfied with the brz power delivery until i installed the uel header with stage 2 e85 tune. car is now a keeper...
i'm not a fan of the new sti's especially because of the looks and the dated original power plant. but..... one more thing to consider for prospective wrx vs. sti buyers is that everything on the sti is way more beefed up. brakes, tranny, clutch, which all support the more powerful motor. make any power modifications to a wrx and you'll have to follow suit with everything else. that bill starts to add up and soon enough you should have just bought the sti to begin with.
note on the new sti appearance. i was really excited by the concept drawings but when it finally came out the only thing that was close was the front end. everything else looked like a fat civic. makes me kind of wish they had stuck with the hatchback.
all in all great little cars and lots of fun to drive no matter what choice you make.
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The new wrx has been shown to hold additional power fine without other modifications. Obviously if you go too high it will become a problem though.