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Originally Posted by JusticePete
I am not sure what is misleading. The Sti was the dominant T2 car for a couple of years. Then the Solstice came in and pretty much tromped the field. On the shorter tighter tracks the T2 Solstices posted times that would have been mid pack T1. I have not seen a T2 STi put up times like that.
Could you heavily modify an STi and make it faster, absolutely. The deal breaker comes with the cost of a gear box upgrade to handle that kind of power. It makes Tremecs look like a bargain.
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If any car is that dominant in a touring class it's because the rules allow it to be. All turbo cars are running restrictors, varying in size in each car, suspension, tuning, and braking rules are very specific, the cars are limited by the rules of the class, not the performance they're capable of. You can be sure there will be rule changes to make the class more competitive, just like happened after the 2005 and 2006 seasons when the STi's finished 1-2 consecutively. In fact, didn't an Evo win the 2010 T2 championship followed by two BMW M cars. . . ?
The stock sti trans is good to 400awhp+/-, but 350awhp or less could easily put a T2 sti DEEP into the T1 time range. T2 STi's are making less than 240awhp. That's why your comparison is misleading. You're talking about how your supercharged, 550rwhp+ camaro with waayyy more modifications than you would be allowed if you raced in the T2 class, puts down T1 times in comparison to the sti T2 cars. A T2 STi with even a few power bolt ons and no restrictor would be perfectly capable of T1 times as well.