impressive for a drag strip,
yea its actually quite hand full to launch a STi correctly, well trap speed shows which is more capable for straight line, but in the real world condition (non of that fantasy glued road) dig on public street with even skilled driver, i think the STi might have the upper hand, show room factory bone stock, for the drag strip it will favor the cobra more since it has more power, rolls for sure the cobra is gonna win. but every other performance test you can think off after that, the cobra loses pretty bad
+1 on that. I had my 03 Cobra and 05 STi at the same time. Yeah, the cobra, on drag radials, 8 lbs lower, LTs & off road exhaust, was an absolute beast. In a straight line. Couldn't stop for shit. Couldn't turn for shit. If we had inclement weather the best place for the Cobra was in the garage. Now when we have storms or blizzards I am absolutely itching to get the STi out and flog the shit out of it. For the slight loss in straight line performance with the STi to me it was worth it.