08 STi is good but not good enough. The 08 STi is pretty even with the Nismo Z. I had an outing about a week ago at Buttonwillow race park chasing down a 08 STi and finally passed it. In fact if the rules allow I could have a pass on the STi at the corners. Even at full boil the 08 STi doesn't seem it can pull away. Both of us were in the advanced group. Here is the link to my video. Sorry I could get the sound working.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=V5zXyPqMj3U

 

nice job bro...i'm drunk as ****

 

wow i didn't know 08 STi is out in US already. Awesome driving dude.

 

pimp!

 

Nice Job!

 

cool video man. makes me wonder what was running through the head of that STi owner?!? i used to own an '04 STi and all i can say is you did a good job on this one. it dosen't matter if you have a boosted car or N/A, it's all up to the person behind the wheel. good job.

 

sti is butt nasty...

 

It's probably more of the driver than the car. The 2008 Sti weighs about the same as the 2008 Nismo Z, has the same hp,about 40 ft-lbs more torque and a lot more torque in the lower revs, although the Nismo has slightly larger shoes. Hard to say probably about equal given equally skilled drivers.

 

Seems like the STI driver was over slowing the car in a lot of the turns.

 

nice!!!

 

my friend with his STI loved this.. i think he started a thread over on the STI forum. haha.

 

That was some great driving on both you guys part, the turbo charged Sti did have some jump and he handled the corners well, I could see several times in the corner that you could have past him, but in the short straights he was able to pull ahead but not away, nice job driving him down. I wish he had a video camera so we could see how close he tagged along.

Made me want to go do find some S-curves to drive through!

 

I doubt i could do anywhere near as well as either driver but i think its more the driver being good than the sti being slow. Like this guy said, you obviously took advantage of the sti early breaking.

This is very interesting since i just read an article on the 08 sti on msn. They hyped it as easier to drive with 12 hp over the outgoing model and Peak torque at 290 lb-ft available at 4000 rpm. So i guess the sti driver has no excuse of not being able to grab all of the power. Again, just beating that horse, its probably the driver rather than the car.

 

It looks like a civic... no worse, it looks like a civic with Altezza's

 

When are you heading to the track again? I want to check out the Nismo Z, as well as do some friendly comparisons with my car.

 

Nismo Z>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>08/09/2010+ Sti !

 

i would give my middle nut to drive on a track like that. rent it out for a full weekend by myself.

 

Miiddle nut........... how many you got???