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Originally Posted by svxistentialist
It would be more meaningful to compare the XT auto in standard trim to an SVX auto with the same 4.44 final drive, that's the point I was making.
As with all turbos if you tweak up the boost and a few other easy adjustments you can make cheap extra hp. This is not so easy with the SVX as you know.
Plus if you compare a stick shift to an auto, then the SVX will look lame, naturally.
But I'm a fan of the Forester, my brother has a jdm 2.0 turbo, I think it makes around 260 hp [they use a bigger turbo in Japan], is manual, and it's a real sleeper. Plus it is way more practical than the SVX any way you look at it.
The SVX is a better drive, though.
Joe
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Been there, done that.
I have both an SVX AND a 2004 Forester XT (Auto), and we've been to the track. Infineon holds "Wednesday Night Drags" every week, and we've taken them both to the track. Now mind you, I don't have the 4.44 in the SVX, but I don't think much could take over the 4 second difference anyway.