# STI or GTO? PLEASE HELP! **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [November 5, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sti-or-gto-please-help/200538 "2008-11-05T21:09:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sti-or-gto-please-help/200538/21 "2008-11-06T09:29:38Z")
> [@FS: 2004 Nissan Altima 3.5se](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-2004-nissan-altima-3-5se/34161/8): > > Have you actually driven one or just ridden in one? > > Perhaps the comfortable seats confused you, this car drives nothing like a crown vic. > > Street car, clear favorite STI? The GTO is Way more comfortable, looks less boyracerish, is faster stock for stock, and is cheaper. Real cars are RWD šŸ™‚ Just rode in them. Itā€™s all personal. I do not like the GTO, and I do like the STI. ---
**Author:** ![jph102900](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jph102900/32/6049_2.png) [@jph102900](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jph102900)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sti-or-gto-please-help/200538/22 "2008-11-06T09:30:25Z")
> [@FS: 2004 Nissan Altima 3.5se](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-2004-nissan-altima-3-5se/34161/8): > > Have you actually driven one or just ridden in one? > > Perhaps the comfortable seats confused you, this car drives nothing like a crown vic. > > Street car, clear favorite STI? The GTO is Way more comfortable, looks less boyracerish, is faster stock for stock, and is cheaper. Real cars are RWD šŸ™‚ I think you may be a little biased, haha. Anyways, if you are going to strictly drag race, the easy winner is the GTO. However if you want to have decent handling balanced with good performance, I would go STI. I have not driven either, but I think both are really good cars. You also may want to consider seating space, you will be able to drive around a few friends if you get the STI, whereas the GTO is only a 2 door. I was behind a red GTO on the way to work yesterday morning through the Liberty tubes and I must say that V8 sound amazing (I think he had a full exhaust setup though). ---
**Author:** ![SK360](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sk360/32/5933_2.png) [@SK360](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SK360)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sti-or-gto-please-help/200538/23 "2008-11-06T09:32:32Z")
> [@lol, make your own atari game box art](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-make-your-own-atari-game-box-art/38614/10): > > I think you may be a little biased, haha. > > Anyways, if you are going to strictly drag race, the easy winner is the GTO. However if you want to have decent handling balanced with good performance, I would go STI. I have not driven either, but I think both are really good cars. You also may want to consider seating space, you will be able to drive around a few friends if you get the STI, whereas the GTO is only a 2 door. I was behind a red GTO on the way to work yesterday morning through the Liberty tubes and I must say that V8 sound amazing (I think he had a full exhaust setup though). A darker red? pretty loud and sounded cammed? Haha, thats Ron, and yes he is full exhaust and cam. In this comparison the only reason I see to go with an STi is winter driving, or if it was an autocross car perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sti-or-gto-please-help/200538/24 "2008-11-06T09:33:44Z")
STI ---
**Author:** ![jph102900](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jph102900/32/6049_2.png) [@jph102900](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jph102900)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 9:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sti-or-gto-please-help/200538/25 "2008-11-06T09:37:49Z")
> [@lol, make your own atari game box art](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-make-your-own-atari-game-box-art/38614/11): > > A darker red? pretty loud and sounded cammed? Haha, thats Ron, and yes he is full exhaust and cam. > > In this comparison the only reason I see to go with an STi is winter driving, or if it was an autocross car perhaps. I think it was a dark red (almost alike a maroon). He was a few cars ahead of me on 51 before we went into the tunnels. I could hear him all the way through the tubes. Definitely a nice car. ---
**Author:** ![SK360](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sk360/32/5933_2.png) [@SK360](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SK360)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 9:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sti-or-gto-please-help/200538/26 "2008-11-06T09:39:40Z")
> [@lol, make your own atari game box art](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-make-your-own-atari-game-box-art/38614/12): > > I think it was a dark red (almost alike a maroon). He was a few cars ahead of me on 51 before we went into the tunnels. I could hear him all the way through the tubes. Definitely a nice car. Yeah, sounds like Ron, he has the same exhaust setup I just dumped in favor of a magnaflow for being too obnoxiously loudā€¦ hahaā€¦ Maybe when I get a cam Iā€™ll go back, because a large cam through the spintechs sound unreal. ---
**Author:** ![SmokinDiesel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@SmokinDiesel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SmokinDiesel)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sti-or-gto-please-help/200538/27 "2008-11-06T10:21:38Z")
Again depends what your doing with the car. I like them both. ---
**Author:** ![foxrus14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@foxrus14](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/foxrus14)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sti-or-gto-please-help/200538/28 "2008-11-06T11:40:28Z")
This is all a personal opinion thing anyways. What do you want? Look at it this way, you have been in jail or some where you couldnā€™t drive for a year. today you can drive and one of your friends is with you. you get one of the cars to go rip around in for the first time in a year and he gets the other, which one do you take? ---
**Author:** ![tjZ28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@tjZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tjZ28)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sti-or-gto-please-help/200538/29 "2008-11-06T12:18:49Z")
> [@DAMN! perfect way to void the warranty..](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/damn-perfect-way-to-void-the-warranty/38586/11): > > you have been in jail ā€¦ which one do you take? Obviously the GTO for the soft-ride and comfy seatsā€¦ since his ass is gonna be sore!!! :eek3:šŸ¤®:eek3: -TJ ---
**Author:** ![Zack01GC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@Zack01GC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zack01GC)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sti-or-gto-please-help/200538/30 "2008-11-06T12:31:03Z")
> [@FS: 2004 Nissan Altima 3.5se](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-2004-nissan-altima-3-5se/34161/8): > > Real cars are RWD šŸ™‚ Iā€™m not sure about the 08+ STiā€™s, but 06 and 07ā€™s (Maybe 04 up?) has the DCCD adjustment. You can manually change the power transfer to the front or the rear. You can make it full front wheel drive if you want, or full rear wheel drive from what I understand. ---
**Author:** ![PoisonousBeef](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/poisonousbeef/32/6007_2.png) [@PoisonousBeef](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PoisonousBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sti-or-gto-please-help/200538/31 "2008-11-06T12:41:42Z")
I believe in 04/05 the most you can achieve is a 65/35 R/F split and itā€™s not possible to direct full power to the rear. I admittedly may be wrong, just the way I understand it. I donā€™t know about 06+. ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sti-or-gto-please-help/200538/32 "2008-11-06T12:44:59Z")
STi ---
**Author:** ![tjZ28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@tjZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tjZ28)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sti-or-gto-please-help/200538/33 "2008-11-06T14:06:17Z")
> [@11-14 Chimaira & Stemm @ Club Infinity](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/11-14-chimaira-stemm-club-infinity/38494/15): > > Iā€™m not sure about the 08+ STiā€™s, but 06 and 07ā€™s (Maybe 04 up?) has the DCCD adjustment. You can manually change the power transfer to the front or the rear. You can make it full front wheel drive if you want, or full rear wheel drive from what I understand. While you can adjust front/rear torque split you can not go 100% to either end. First year USDM STiā€™s had the broadest available torque split, at 35/65% front/rear. Later models had less of a spread available, though I donā€™t recall the numbers off the top of my head and which year that spread reduced. Regardless, 65% rear was the max ever in a USDM STi. -TJ ---
**Author:** ![MBH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@MBH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MBH)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sti-or-gto-please-help/200538/34 "2008-11-06T15:33:05Z")
> [@DAMN! perfect way to void the warranty..](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/damn-perfect-way-to-void-the-warranty/38586/12): > > While you can adjust front/rear torque split you can not go 100% to either end. First year USDM STiā€™s had the broadest available torque split, at 35/65% front/rear. Later models had less of a spread available, though I donā€™t recall the numbers off the top of my head and which year that spread reduced. Regardless, 65% rear was the max ever in a USDM STi. > > -TJ I thought that if you put the parking brake up one click it would go 100% RWD? Might have just been something my friend made up though. Canā€™t go wrong with either car IMO. Drive both, think about your goals for each car & how much it will cost to get you there. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sti-or-gto-please-help/200538/35 "2008-11-06T16:38:45Z")
Neither, They both look like they have down syndrome. ---
**Author:** ![danhr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@danhr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/danhr)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sti-or-gto-please-help/200538/36 "2008-11-06T16:45:24Z")
> [@THIS is cool](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-is-cool/38598/25): > > Neither, They both look like they have down syndrome. ā€œhello pot, this is kettleā€¦ you are blackā€ ---
**Author:** ![DM33MS3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@DM33MS3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DM33MS3)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sti-or-gto-please-help/200538/37 "2008-11-06T16:50:38Z")
drop both and get on the waiting list for the new camaroā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sti-or-gto-please-help/200538/38 "2008-11-06T17:15:50Z")
> [@danhr"](#): > > ā€œhello pot, this is kettleā€¦ you are blackā€ šŸ¤£ > [@ECW, Bringing back memories (vid)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ecw-bringing-back-memories-vid/38588/21): > > drop both and get on the waiting list for the new camaroā€¦ x2 ---
**Author:** ![69camaro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/69camaro/32/6046_2.png) [@69camaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/69camaro)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sti-or-gto-please-help/200538/39 "2008-11-07T16:22:46Z")
> [@Sending text messages via web to cell phones](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sending-text-messages-via-web-to-cell-phones/38615/12): > > I have ridden in both gtoā€™s and stiā€™s. The gto drives like my crown vic only faster. The sti was more like a sports car and less like a grandpa car, like the gto was. > > For just drag racing, I guess the GTO would be better but if you use the car as a street car, the STI is the clear favorite. > > Plus the fact that I do not like GM cars, except for a very select few. šŸ˜ƒ so what select few of gm vehicles do you like. all you do is talk \*\*\*\* on gm and act like ford is the greatest thing ever ---
**Author:** ![tjZ28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@tjZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tjZ28)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sti-or-gto-please-help/200538/40 "2008-11-07T18:03:58Z")
> [@1977 Plymouth Gran Fury-$1600 OBO](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1977-plymouth-gran-fury-1600-obo/38619/4): > > so what select few of gm vehicles do you like. all you do is talk \*\*\*\* on gm and act like ford is the greatest thing ever So far I think his list is basically my Z06. Haha. -TJ [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sti-or-gto-please-help/200538.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sti-or-gto-please-help/200538.md?page=3)