st vs gt, something ive been thinking about Options

[brianforster]

ok so most people on here are quick to say "the gt is better"

well it is , stock.

but in my opinion, if you do not plan on doing a swap, it might be more beneficial to go for an st.

the 7afe has a bigger aftermarket it seems, I think I read somewhere that it responds better to boost , that could be just retarded so feel free to call me out.

I think the person who contributes to this the most is kwanza, Ive read his posts a lot and he has an ST and I want to say it could have probably beaten most of the GT's on this site.

So what do you all think?

In terms of not swapping, just keeping stock or maybe adding a turbocharger, what has the most potential with the most reliability as well

[saleeka]

when Stock the ST's have narrower wheels, no rear discs, and i think no strut tower brace... The brakes alone are a big disadvantage, especially when you add HP... I could see the 7A-FE being a better base if you were to tune the car N/A, but thats it... repeating what was already pointed out the GT just has too much power over the ST stock for the 7A to make up if you added a blower...