2.0 Lt Vs 2.5 Lt STI

by **suisid1** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:09 am

iam in the market for and STI liberty 07 iam not sure if i should go with the 05/06 2.0 lt or the new 07/08 2.5 lt turbo. the o7 to me has great features with the S drive which to me is a simple boost controller. Can any one give me some ADVICE please

Steve B :?:

by **Arith** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:45 am

Steve, what are you after? The MY06 STi is more aggressive while the MY07 STi is more refined.

If you're looking for good performance straight out of the box without mods, I'd say the 06 is the way to go.

But if you are looking to mod your car, the 07 is a good platform to start.

by **lib33rty** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:23 pm

Arith wrote:Steve, what are you after? The MY06 STi is more aggressive while the MY07 STi is more refined.

If you're looking for good performance straight out of the box without mods, I'd say the 06 is the way to go.

But if you are looking to mod your car, the 07 is a good platform to start.

Why would the 07 be a better platform to start compare to the 06?

by **kvn** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:07 pm

i heard somewhere the 04-06 are abit more difficult to tune and mod etc compared to the 07 which is modding friendly..

by **EJ25** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:44 pm

kvn wrote:i heard somewhere the 04-06 are abit more difficult to tune and mod etc compared to the 07 which is modding friendly..

i think opposite, and i dont mean to stir up anything at all kvn. but i think, in my opinion that is, that the 2.0L will be easier because first of all there is no SI drive to worry about. Secondly, i think there are more mods available form japanese brands because of their use of the 2.0L.

by **Arith** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:23 pm

kvn wrote:i heard somewhere the 04-06 are abit more difficult to tune and mod etc compared to the 07 which is modding friendly.

Heh-heh. Looking at the long list of mods on any of the Team Funeral cars, they would probably beg to differ. Having modded both a MY05 and a MY07, I found the A-C series (MY04-MY06) to have more mods and parts available for it because it's been around longer.

lib33rty wrote:Why would the 07 be a better platform to start compare to the 06?

I guess it depends on why one buys the Liberty to start with. If it's for a quiet luxury ride, the 07 fits the bill a bit better than the 06 because it's got more refined ride. It still retains most of it (depending on the mods that's put on) after being modded.

by **Arith** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:43 pm

Btw why is this question in "Post Your Mods"? It belongs in the either "General" or "Bling Me Up". Just for future reference.

by **MY07GT** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:22 pm

I'd agree with EJ25.

No Si-drive (even though it hasnt been a problem yet), makes it easier, also the parts also mentioned much easier and cheaper to get out of Japan, than to look at parts for the 2.5 out of US.

MY06 if you want to have an easy journey, more guys on here with heaps of mods and heaps of knowledge, whereas the 2.5lt is just starting out, with alot of the mods being a TRIAL (guinea pig style).

Most parts are interchangable but tuning and turbo upgrades will be a uncharted territory on the MY07.

If you are looking at extensive, ease and reliable mods, go the 2.0lt.

If you want bigger power gain from little mods, i say go 2.5lt.

Phil.

by **OzSTi** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:07 pm

MY07 has Brembos, six speed and sunroof.

MY06 does not.

No contest.

by **TorpedoCreative** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:10 pm

OzSTi wrote:MY07 has Brembos, six speed and sunroof.

MY06 does not.

No contest.

and the MY07 has (MY06 does not have) ....
dual climate control
electric seats
bi-zenons

(correct me if Im wrong :oops:

)

by **MY07GT** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:12 pm

TorpedoCreative wrote:
OzSTi wrote:MY07 has Brembos, six speed and sunroof.

MY06 does not.

No contest.

and the MY07 has (MY06 does not have) ....
dual climate control
electric seats - Drivers Side Only
bi-zenons

(correct me if Im wrong )

Phil.

by **XRC15T** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:54 pm

oooo... is this prompt for war time? haha

by **Arith** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:26 am

We should take the original poster out back and beat them for disrupting our harmony.

by **sinist4** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:37 am

Arith wrote:We should take the original poster out back and beat them for disrupting our harmony.

jim..... shhhhhhhhhh or u'll scare him off :wink:

by **PRO20B** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:22 am

MY07GT wrote:
TorpedoCreative wrote:
OzSTi wrote:MY07 has Brembos, six speed and sunroof.

MY06 does not.

No contest.

and the MY07 has (MY06 does not have) ....
dual climate control
electric seats - Drivers Side Only
bi-zenons

(correct me if Im wrong )

Phil.

The MY08 has electric seats for both front seats, athough the drivers side has duel memory settings

Cheers
Daniel

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