Quote Originally Posted by SubaruNorway View Post
Still the Impreza has better weight distribution since the gearbox is further to the rear not both at the front as non symmetrical cars like the Evo.

"04 Impreza 58.2/41.8 versus 60.7/39.3 for the Evo 8"
3 words about weight and Subaru's handling problems:
Polar Moment of Intertia...

(look I love MY north/south mighty V4 9especially the fact that my V4 crankshaft if vastly stronger than the EJ series Subie cranks, and my rods are better too...and I have forged pistons while 99% of Subies have cheap cast....but there are solid internal engine design problems and layout of engine which become impossible for Subarus to work well against traverse engines--usually leaned rearward--, narrow 85 or 86mm bore 2,0 liter engines like the rest of the whole world (except YB but that was replaced in the Foucus with eventually Duratec..which stock bore was 87.5mm but which Ford homologated it at 85mm bore (and corrected stroke to make it 1998cc) And why they did that is established. Why ALL the WRC motors did it...