Evo vs. STi

On Utah Hondas we're having a debate about which is better, the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution or the Subaru WRX STi. We're talking about the Evo VIII & IX and the 04-07 STi's, not the Evo X and STI hatchback. The ones that are reasonably priced, and more readily available.

I'm squarely in the STi camp. I think the 06-07 STi's look better than the Evo and they sound amazing. Others say I'm wrong and say the Evo IX is the more beautiful rally box and sounds better because it doesn't "sound like a blown up Honda".

I've had the pleasure of shooting and riding in both, so I'm going to post up my favorite shots of each and then let you pick your homologization special. Feel free to explain your choice as a comment. Let the battle continue!

STi:




Evo:

Fridge

Last night I was getting something out of the fridge when I realized something. I realized my fridge is filthy and full of condiments. It's OK though, I've got milk and a ton of cereal so it's all good.

Driveway

"You ever wonder why we park on a driveway, but drive on a parkway?" Some random guy asked me that yesterday. I told him it was a stupid question when I heard it when I was 17, and it hasn't gotten any better. Conversation over!

Shooting film

Lately (the last two days) I've been shooting film, mostly with my little Olympus XA2. So far it's been great, except the half roll of Fuji Provia 100F I messed up. How the hell was I supposed to know it wasn't 400? All the other rolls I have are 400! Whatever, Sam said I should cross process it and that might save it, and since I defer to him for all things film related, I'm gonna do it. I'm dropping it, and the three other rolls I've shot off at the lab later this week. In the meantime, here's some old stuff I shot and scanned years ago!


first time I ever met Jovi


coolest S2000 ever


hella artsy

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

UtahHondas.net January Car of the Month


There's a lot to like about this Prelude. It's sitting proper on a set of JDM DC5 Integra Type-R wheels spaced out 15mm in the front and 20mm in the rear by a set of ICHIBA Version II spacers. A set of Work Tuner lug nuts keep everything attached to the hubs. Tein Super Street coilovers keep the BB6 low enough to look good, but high enough to not rip off the USDM Honda body kit when it goes over a speed bump.
Rounding out the exterior goodies are the Depo black housing headlights. Inside these headlights are AP1 S2000 retrofit HID projectors with E46 BMW 3 Series bezels. A set of Hawk Ceramic brake pads help reel the car in when it needs to stop.

Norman hasn't addressed the engine yet, but it's definitely in the cards. He has added some power adders in the form of a JDM Type-S Dynamic intake, a K&N drop in air filter, NGK spark plugs and wires, and a RS*R cat back exhaust.

His handle on UtahHondas.net is JDMBB6 for a reason: the car is packing a lot of JDM goodness. In addition to the JDM fog lights, ITR wheels, red EP3 and DC5 Honda badges (front and rear respectively), flush mount spoiler and S-Spec decal that you'll definitely see there's a JDM EK9 shift knob and shift boot that you probably won't see.










More photos from the shoot can be seen here.