Good god!

[carfreak85]

Think about the front vent on that hood. Hot air comes out of it right? What is right behind it? The hood scoop. Hot air cooling a hot intercooler? Dumb a poop. Also, the new front bumper might let more air in, but that air won't do anything because there are no ducts pointing to the brakes, etc. Subaru doesn't just arbitrairaly style a car, some thought goes into aero (XT anyone?) so whats the point in changing it with something that hurts the styling and aero package from the factory?

[kingbobdole]

So.....

Maybe I'm not reading this right but... It seems that you would say that any changes to a car that allow more air in is not effective. So I put the vented Turbo hood on my XT-6, does that hurt it some how?

Subaru doesn't just arbitrairaly style a car, some thought goes into aero (XT anyone?) so whats the point in changing it with something that hurts the styling and aero package from the factory?

I get the jist, but just to be a pain... are you saying that when Subaru designs a car they do it 100% perfect and no changes can be made to improve on their designs? If they are so good why do xts have such heat problems with their brakes? I don't really disagree with you, they do a hell of a lot of testing, but then again they have to work within a budget and projected price of a car. As far as the ricer vs racer thing goes, there may not be a clear visable line. I think you just have to get the whole picture, the feel the texture and the taste of the car. Say you see a Honda S2000 mostly stock sitting in a parking lot with a large metal wing. Instant ricer. Take the same car and have the guy rip it around a track at high speed. You get a different picture of the car. It also depends on people and what they like. Like the WRX I think it looks nice and fast, not a crap box. If he hadn't painted the body kit, not even with duplicolor, I would say ricer. May be my line is where its not complete. Like my car right now is more of a ricer, its fugly. Once I get it painted I would like it to be more racer.

Phil