[blakespot]

People are recommending that I get a GC8. (In the market for a ~$20K, automatic, '02 RS 2.5.) What is a GC8?


blakespot

 

[Lo0mis]

This should cover it.

http://www.rs25.com/Forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=25206&highlight=GM6+code#post25206


Basically everyone refers to the "old" body style as "GC8", even though it's not entirely true... Well, just check the link.

 

[HondaH8er]

GC8=what we call the old-school 2.5RS.

GC8 is the chassis code for the 93-01 J-Spec 4-door WRX, so it's not quite right, but it's easyto type. My chassis code is actually GM6, 2000 2.5RS coupe.

 

[DanzBorin]

People are recommending that I get a GC8. (In the market for a ~$20K, automatic, '02 RS 2.5.) What is a GC8?


blakespot

Kewlest Subaru ever...

 

[blakespot]

It's acutally the 2002 RS 2.5 / WRX body style that caught my attention. I was looking in the 2002 guides for Civic, Neon, Focus, etc. and wsa taken aback by the look of the current model. I am more fond of it than of the old style, I must say, though I gather that this is mostly a old-school bodystyle crowd and I'm likely offending. Not my intention!

I look forward to owning one.

Just a few days now.



blakespot

 

[DanzBorin]

You are the first person I have ever known to speak this blashem... err opinion...
:barf:

j/k... Git what you want...

 

[JSaint25]

GC8 isn't entirely right like you guys said, but I like that better than GM6. It just sounds nicer and ain't nothin 'GM' on this car.

 

[HondaH8er]

Some people like the old body style better (like most of us), some like the new style (like you). It's all opinion and it's all good, since the good stuff is all under the body anyways. Remember, there's no replacement for displacement, and the 2.5 NA has more low-end grunt than the 2.0 FI. On a tight, first-gear-only rally-cross or auto-cross, the WRX never really gets boost built up, and I've never had a stock one finish close to me at any of the rally-crosses I run in. The magic is in the drivetrain, not the body