I've had a stroker 400+ STI8, and I now have a 300 ish BHP classic. The stroker STI8 with S206 was great and it loved to rev, but unless you are a very brave driver in reality for road use it was wasted on me. About the only time I could ever get to appreciate its potential was on a dual carraige way blast.
My lighter classic with less power is just as much fun to drive, I just have to rev it all the way to the redline and use a few more gears than I did in the STI8. But bouncing the revs off the redline and using all the gears makes for more fun for me personally.
Oh and the classic is a fraction of the price of the STI8, and I don't run scared of blowing up an expensive engine build like I did in the stroker, as a result I feel more inclined to punish the car on the odd occassion I like to have a bit of fun. And If the engine blows I'll just drop another lump in for a few hundred.
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