Why is Cong Shao's manual gear JDM touted? -Subaru impreza STI

"In first-tier cities, most people will easily choose a new energy vehicle in the environment of restricted line and lottery purchase, and the new energy brand is paralyzed by the slogan of environmental protection, convenience and family. Consumers who have made circular changes for the development of the times. " If you let go of the rules of life, you are still the carefree teenager. Please close your eyes and imagine what your favorite car looks like when you are 20 years old. It may be fun and powerful to drive, and there may be a lot of exhaust noise. Maybe it's the main character's car in a movie or anime. Most importantly, it may also be a manual gear.

At present, this impreza is the ninth generation WRX(2005-2007), which has transplanted STI's complete engine, gearbox and four-wheel drive system. Now it is equipped with a 2.0T horizontally opposed four-cylinder engine, code-named EJ207. Due to the engine reinforcement, it has 388 horsepower and adopts full-time four-wheel drive structure. Next, we will talk to you about this manual transmission JDM from the perspectives of power, gearbox and suspension.

The transplanted Japanese STI EJ207 engine has a small displacement. The current output of 388 horsepower means that there is a big turbine in the hood. If you want to output the maximum power with a small displacement, you must reach the speed range of 4000 rpm or even higher to keep the turbine pressure online. If it is an automatic transmission model, it is difficult to keep running at high speed all the time, and the manual transmission is different. You can manually lift and lock the gear to control the required speed range. Many JDM enthusiasts will compare EJ207 and EJ257. Let me briefly summarize: EJ207 is a high-speed engine with a smaller cylinder diameter than EJ257, followed by an open waterway design, which has better heat dissipation and cylinder strength than EJ257, but EJ 257 has a large displacement, so turbocharging will be faster.

The ninth generation impreza is a standard four-door rally car, and its body size and wheelbase are relatively compact. We use the BMW M2c as a reference, which is shorter and narrower than M2c, and even the wheelbase is shorter than M2c 10cm. But in terms of height, in order to have a certain field of vision during the rally, the height is 2cm higher than M2c. As a four-wheel drive, STI's left-right symmetrical four-wheel drive system DCCD supports the output of the front and rear axles 44. Although the steering is heavy, it is accurate, and I especially like it.

After the first generation of GC, STI gearbox has a 6-speed close transmission ratio, which is different from the 5-speed gearbox on WRX. I make a simple analogy to the near transmission ratio: the acceleration of a general family car within 90km/h only needs 3 to 4 gears, but the near transmission ratio gearbox may use 6 gears, and the near transmission ratio gearbox is larger than the final transmission ratio gearbox. Frequent shifting is conducive to quick response. You can pull the gear to 5000 rpm and accelerate faster. At the same time, you can make a more accurate downshift and fuel supply operation when entering the corner, which is also talked about by JDM fans. Hold the joystick and switch your feet between the accelerator, clutch and brake pedal. At this time, you have already controlled the engine through the gearbox, and there is no electronic intervention in the middle of gear shifting. If you want to save fuel, you should start the speed and turbine online at the same time. In this regard, you have complete control.

STI's original car seat is a bucket chair made of blue fabric, which is very wrapped. The left and right wings can catch me when turning sharply. The suspension of the car is very hard, in other words, it is pure.

The sweet cooking sound of STI actually comes from the structure that the exhaust gas in the middle tail section is horizontally opposite to the engine, not from the banana with unequal length, because the turbines VF36, VF37 and VF39 matched with the original factory EJ207 of STI are all faster double-blow turbines of Kia, using banana with equal length.

In the past two years, I have been traveling in the ocean of cars. I have always said that I like the impreza and think it is the best JDM in modern times, but I have never gone deep into it. I just think of it as a lighthouse. Today, I went ashore deeply. Yes, it is the benchmark, which really satisfies my inner description of it. More importantly, it always makes you feel that you are driving very fast, which is especially important in impetuous moments. When driving STI, there were challenges from Martha and AMG around, but I didn't want to learn to accelerate, because I knew very well that the car was empty outside the acceleration. We need a car with a sense of taste and control, a mechanical carrier that integrates people and cars, not a small fast-moving space with only throttle and brakes.