I guess I can jump in here as an Evo owner. I was seriously thinking of the Sti before the Evo. Why did I cosse the way I did? Simple, I knew the car wasn't remaining stock. I have so many damn parts laying around waiting to get installed its nuts.
The worst part of the Evo is the tranny. I blew mine on the drag srtip and well since everything is out of the car already I have a fully built drivetrain going in. Shep tranny, shep t-case, and a tilton clutch. Hopefully by the end of this week.
Then after all of that I have a FP3065 turbo kit waiting to go on.
Then after that is broken in I have a 2.1 going in with a re-worked head. Can you say 11k redline?
But back on topic you really cant lose choosing either car, I like them both.