Remember too Jack: this is the equivalent of a GC8. Much lighter than your later model WRX, by a couple hundred kgs probably. That means it will at the very least be more responsive to steering and getting it around a corner. Braking should be better. Acceleration... well you've got 100hp less but it's also pushing 200kg less.
Give it a few more laps out there and you'll close the gap even without any mods.

What are future performance plans?

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