Originally Posted by chet
RS' were sold in the United States without air conditioning.
The evolution8 has a better powerplant and a better transmission. Guys are making well over 500whp on the stock bottom end and very few problems have been reported when everything is tuned correctly. Subaru's are a nice car when left stock or close to stock but i wouldn't spend a lot of money modifying one.
plenty of STi's have also broke into the 500whp on the stock block. limited issues. tuned very well. the STi tranny is pretty damn strong also.