Interesting, picking up new sti8 prodrive next tuesday. Can't compare the 2. The sti is awsome ,handling is exceptional feel totally at ease pressing the loud pedal on quiet b roads I liken it to my mates missus "great ride but firkin ugly". My Dax with 5.7 chevy 'moded'would beat it in a straight line on a flat surface but through the twisties on a less than perfect suface it wouldn't come close.I also don't have big enough gonads to take the cob over 130 whereas the sti8 would be a piece of cake. Personally feel that the handling on any cob other than a GD is pants unless on a track of which i have no experience. But having said that I personally think a well presented cob is a piece of art & for all its short commings I'd never be without one
Cheers
Lardy