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Firstly the Subaru parts are not even in the same league as Toyota parts, and a good example is that a good friend of mine has a Scooby with full exhaust from the block back, and a full ecu remap to 1.3 bar, and he also has a hybrid turbo which he can't fit right now because the gearbox is only good up to 300bhp, and above that 3rd gear is apparantly likely to be sheared!! For more power he'd need to buy and fit an STi box.
However, my 1992 ST185 RC gearbox is good for over 500bhp no problem. How do I know this I hear you ask, well Fensport's legendary Corrola running over 600bhp now, runs a 3SGTE with ST205 running gear and an RC box. He is only now starting to lunch gearboxes and he is running sub 11 sec 1/4 miles times.
I personally ran a 13.7 at 100.8 mph running totally stock clutch, gearbox and diffs etc. Anyone who runs redline and side steps the clutch in the dry will firstly kill the clutch, and then before the gearbox breaks on a GT-Four, you will light up the wheels.
I do think a stock SSIII will give a stock 185 a run for it's money with a rolling start though, but an ST205 is a different kettle of fish. Also a small boost increase in a ST185 will mean the SSIII is a small dot in the rear view mirror.

Rob Hughes
Sunny England
JDM ST185 RC
SQM 13.7 @ 100.8 mph