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

[shid]

Nik, it's a matter of exponential growth when you're turboing a car; the difference between a turbo'd ST and turbo GT is exponential every psi you raise. Quite simply, while they only start out 30 or so hp away from each other; every psi increases that seperation.

in my opionion, a turbo'd ST vs turbo'd GT race wouldn't be any closer than a regular ST vs GT, even worse.

[nik]

Nik, it's a matter of exponential growth when you're turboing a car; the difference between a turbo'd ST and turbo GT is exponential every psi you raise. Quite simply, while they only start out 30 or so hp away from each other; every psi increases that seperation.

in my opionion, a turbo'd ST vs turbo'd GT race wouldn't be any closer than a regular ST vs GT, even worse.
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i agree with this statement but i would still like to see it in real life a turbo st and gt 10psi 1/4 mile isnt the st a couple hundred pounds ligther in stock trim?

[shid]

Nik, it's a matter of exponential growth when you're turboing a car; the difference between a turbo'd ST and turbo GT is exponential every psi you raise. Quite simply, while they only start out 30 or so hp away from each other; every psi increases that seperation.

in my opionion, a turbo'd ST vs turbo'd GT race wouldn't be any closer than a regular ST vs GT, even worse.
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i agree with this statement but i would still like to see it in real life a turbo st and gt 10psi 1/4 mile isnt the st a couple hundred pounds ligther in stock trim?
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Only 170 pounds..

Thats 19.1 pounds per hp for the GT, and 23 pounds per hp for the ST; so, actually, the GT is "lighter"