STi spec-C spy shots

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  1. w_o_t_boy
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    Oh, it looks....the same?
     
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    Look closer. See those brakes?
     
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    6 Pot Front Calipers, Rear Diffuser, What Else?
     
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    Suspension is likely a little tweaked.
     
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    Fog lights on a Spec C? Yeah I spotted the brakes right away, but the fogs are throwing me off.
     
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    I Just read an article in sport compact yesterday. They said the spec C is focusing more on weight then power mods they are trying to drop 150 pounds with aluminum trunk, smaller battery, smaller gas tank and a couple other things I can't remember right now. Doesn’t really matter though can't get it in the states and licensed as far as I know. I've done some research and have talked to some guys from Japan. The best way I can tell so far is to have a JDM car shipped to Canada and licensed then drive it into the U.S. and hopefully get it licensed here. :roll:
     
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    I will kill for those brakes, seriously
    Gimme a name with addy, along with the calipers and you'll get your wish.
     
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    Why doesn't Subaru bring these into the states? With all the great cars available to buy these days from all the manufacturers, you would think Subie would add 500 or 1000 of these for sale in the states.
    They would no doubt sell!
     
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    america gets the detuned shat cars (not saying about subaru i mean in a general form) because of lame domestic laws and **** like that isnt it?
     
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    Oh if Subaru brought this over, it would WHIP the poor USDM performance cars. Of course there are OTHER really awesome cars that are sold here....Carrera GT, Lambos, Lotus, BMW, wait these are from Europe. lolz

    The majority of Americans don't buy fast little cars. They like fuel efficient cars on the Hiway and BIG trucks/SUVs for their family....etc. Seriously, I go on NASIOC and there are THREADS asking for "Can I change the 6spd's FD so it's longer than 3.900?" Seriously majority of them all want a FAST CAR that can also get some mileage on the Hiway. PPG's 1-4 and stock 5th. Clearly it's all about the 1320 here in the US.

    You GO performance if you want performance. I went performance with my setup. Granted it's not a BIG turbo...it's just a 16G. But JDM 6spd is NOT your hiway fuel efficient tranny. I like it, other's may not....but it's ok. Can we say GOOD BYE when a stg2 STi and I pop it into 5th and I walk 'em.

    ...because of this that's why Spec C doens't sell here. Too many complainers about "efficent" and "I want LONGER gears."

    cool eh??
     
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    why don't we get them here? because they think the american market needs more... more weight, more displacement, ect...

    JDM 2.0 > USDM 2.5
     
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    They want longer gears cuz they have a 2.5l, DUH!
     
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    I'd love to have a true "overdrive" gear on my WRX - an added 6th gear that spun at 2000-2250 RPM at 75mph would be t3h sex for high speed cruising. That (of course) seems pretty reasonable to me and keeps the OE 1-5 safe for lulz.
     
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    hopefully you don't have to go down a gear to get up a small slope. Our 4cylinders just don't have anything down there at those revs to pull use along. If you gave it enough gas you may build some sort of boost and it'll go keep your speed.
     
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    You 2.2 guys are funny :laugh::laugh:
     
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    I don't think it has anything to do with mpg really. They said the spec-c was the same as the sti engine wise but 200 lighter. If anything I'd bet it'd get a little better mileage based just on the weight reduction. It'd be small but none the less.

    I do think you nailed it right on the head with the 1/4 mile thing though. That's very apparent even on this forum. Most people in the states are more concerned with hp numbers and what they can trap compared to a well rounded all around driving car.
     
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    The 2.0 motor runs alot higher compression and octane then the U.S. models our gas here is a lot lower in octane then gas in Japan you can buy 97 octane at the pump.

    I'm trying to buy a JDM Subaru from www.adrenalinexxx.com Geting it here, then lic, then the right gas, but hey right hand cars are sweet!
     
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    Nice!
     
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    also these really are not spy shots since the car is already for sale overseas!!!
     
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    sweet sti spec c focus, lol
     
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    Nope.

    The stock compression ratios for the two are pretty close, within .2 (8.2:1 vs 8.0-8.4:1, depending on the EJ207/257 that's in some Euro countries) of each other. As far as the octane rating, the Japanese use a different method of calculating the octane number:

    In Europe 98-octane gasoline is common and in Japan even 100-octane is readily available at the pumps, but this octane nomenclature is misleading to Americans as foreign octane ratings are derived entirely differently from our own... So, like every other measurement system it seems that everyone else uses a different scale than we do, but unlike most other instances where we have had the good sense to create different units of measure in this case we all use the same name...
    Japan and Europe use a system called RON or Research Octane Number to determine the octane rating of their gasoline, while stateside we use a system called AKI or Anti-Knock Index to determine gasoline's octane rating... Interestingly, to further complicate things it would seem that our own AKI system is actually derived from the average of the RON system and another more complicated system referred to as MON or Motor Octane Number... So, to recap our methodologies for measuring gasoline's octane rating are different, but share some common elements...
    So, with the commonality of RON in mind a good rule of thumb is as follows, multiply the foreign RON Octane rating by 0.95 and you will have the US AKI equivalent.

    ( RON Octane Rating x 0.95 = AKI Octane Rating )
    98 RON Octane x 0.95 = 93.1 AKI Octane (US measure)
    100 RON Octane x 0.95 = 95 AKI Octane (US measure)

    So, as you can see the 93 or 94 octane fuel we are all paying an arm and a leg for is actually quite comparable to the higher octane fuels found in Europe and Japan. The people whom have to worry about low octane rating are our friends out west in places like California that are subjected to substandard 91 octane.
    91 AKI Octane (US measure) = 95.5 RON Octane

    (lifted with thanks from the Lotus forums)
     
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    very very nice car. wow.

    From what i think, the reason why that car wouldnt sell well in the us is because, one, itll probably cost too much and two, its not american made. Your avearage joe or even more than average joe will not pay 40K+ for a that car. They would almost rather go out and buy an american sports car.
     
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