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"Ford Focus ST interior much better than GTI"
- Thread starter Philimon
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corrado917
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Chicago
The car feels awesome when you drive it hard, aside from the slalom part, the DSG GTI could be close in the straight, and to make things fair a stage II would compensate the extra power of the ST over the GTI.
chinqutie
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- MoCo,MD; NoVA
stage 1 GTI is equal if not better than the ST imo.
From the drag tests from Car and driver magazine,, a manual ST and manual GTI do the same time, 14.8. Yes they managed to do the SAME time with both car, but here the GTI has shitty all-seasons tires compared to real tires with the ST, both the ST has more power, more is heavier. The thing is that the ST has more top speed, 148 mph for the ST, and 125 mph for the GTI. So after a 1/4 miles, the ST would probably pull due to the limited top speed governor of the GTI.
So if we stick in a 1/4 miles drag straight, a stock Dsg would beat a stock ST. Then a Stage1, manual or dsg, would beat a ST.
And a stage2 GTi would destroy a stock ST, period.
Comparing modified cars to stock is silly.
especially when the comparison is to a car that is cheaper or the same price
chinqutie
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- MoCo,MD; NoVA
i don't see anything silly with an equal ko3/IHI turbo, fwd, 2.0 engine setup but only with a fair adjustment in tuning to have the same power output as the ST. and it's not like you're comparing a ko4/stage 2 GTI vs ST
i don't see anything silly with an equal ko3/IHI turbo, fwd, 2.0 engine setup but only with a fair adjustment in tuning to have the same power output as the ST. and it's not like you're comparing a ko4/stage 2 GTI vs ST
The ST is cheaper than the GTI when equally equipped.
The are tunes out there for the Focus too that will make it even faster. So this is a pointless game to play.
253WHP and 320 wheel torque
And yes you can make a GTI faster than say a Corvette for an arbitrary price. But that makes the comparison just as pointless.
chinqutie
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- MoCo,MD; NoVA
looks like you'll want an ST over an R.
Gunkata
Drag Race Newbie
- Location
- Lombard, IL
did someone say something about balls?!?!?
I'd say screw em both and buy a super bee super azz yellow Dodge Charger.
I'd say screw em both and buy a super bee super azz yellow Dodge Charger.
chinqutie
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- MoCo,MD; NoVA
touche!
Jcap287
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Pittsburgh pa
Lets not stand on ceremony here focus st
once the golfmk7 gti arrives , then the st has permission to die
yeah in two years just you wait ford(assuming the rumors of it being pushed back for the US are true
)STs are not discounted in my area. And I don't want a ford.
Jcap287
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Pittsburgh pa
yeah in two years just you wait ford(assuming the rumors of it being pushed back for the US are true
Now in 2 years would the ST be due for a refresh of some sort ? because it would be in its 3rd year I would guess the 4th year a refresh would come out ? that could be bad for the mk7 gti