What's the big deal w/ the wrx

[sykikchimp]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (adey @ May 13 2002,07:42)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (sykikchimp @ May 12 2002,9:21)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">VW, Golf 1.8t and Jetta 1.8T.. Easily moddable, and in my opinion, better lookin than the wrx. and the Audi TT has a 220bhp turbo engine (same engine in the VW's but w/ more boost.)</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
Just FYI, the Audi TT Quattro has a 1.8T engine putting out 225hp, with a K04 turbo and twin SMIC setup.
The VW 1.8T engines (found in the GTi, Golf and Jetta) put out 180hp and has a 1.8 K03 turbocharged single SMIC setup.

I'm not sure if the TT's actually running that much more boost, but the fact that it's got a bigger turbo probably makes up the majority of the larger (225) number.

"chipping" (aftermarket ECU that basically bumps the boost to ~1.1 bar) kicks HP and Torque of the VW 1.8T engines to ~ 200hp and 230lb/ft. That's a big jump for a ~550 dollar chip! And yes, that's a LOT of torque!


edit: I think that's an ugly body kit... just MHO. There are other WRX headlights that I prefer to your friends, as well as the WRC ones too... I like the heads on the black soob posted earlier by dragonreborn.
soobs are nice. I took a ride in a WRX wagon for a canyon run and I swear, that thing stuck to the road like nothing else!</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
yeah.. &nbsp;there is a lower TT that has the 180 hp engine in the Golf too.. &nbsp;I wasn't aware they used a K04.. (Neither was the audi dealer when I test drove it)

Either way, I would look into a VW Golf before a Subie, b/c I personally don't like the way the WRX looks..