Okay, you guys make it seem like big blocks are the ****, V8's are good engines don't get me wrong. LS1 FD's are pretty sick too. SRT-4's are good cars for the price, WRX are cool, but the SRT-4 put's down more power than the WRX. A buddy of mine has an SRT-4, with Basic mods, and runs 12.7 @ 111 mph.

 

did you see the video? he had basic bolt ons too and he was beat by a big block with basic upgrades, nothing that impressive there.

 

it was a close run, the SRT-4 only got beat by 11/2 car lengths, bigger turbo, and a few more mods, the SRT would own on that Mopar, but if the Mopar Commando got more mods, it would be a different story

 

i have to share my 2cents on all this, partly because i own an srt4. do some research, own or drive one, then speak on the facts. with nothing more then a $10 manual boost controller i ran 13.7 @ 106, its got four doors, seats four people comfortably, gets 30mpg, starts everytime i turn the key and still is the fastest sport compact car you can buy for 20k. the motor that is in it is not the same motor that is in the pt cruiser or stratus. the pt turbo gets the same setup detuned and such but anyway, the motor is built from the factory, forged pistons, rods, nitride treated valves, ect.... it can put down 500+ to the wheels on all stock internals. for $3800 put a mopar stage 3 kit and some slicks on it and run 11's and still drive it on the street everyday. too many people bash it just because it is a dodge. the wrx is a good car, but you have to buy an sti to be faster stock for stock and thats an extra 10k. and the wrx is notorious for blown trannys and a solid pain in the *** to work on. i know first hand, just spent 20hrs doing most the major bolt ons on an 04 sti and i would not do it again! it was a bigger pain then anything short of a full rebuild i have done on my 7. and blah blah v8 big block power, we all know that huge engines make huge power, but take that to the gas pump!

 

Yes, by only 11/2...but he was still beaten. I could think of some cliche phrase from an overly popular street racing movie, but I'll refrain.

 

but to srt4 people "kinda sorta kept up with" seems to be worth a win too.

 

i mock them because they are are NEONS and the owners do not acknowledge that, and fwd and "performance" does not go together. and for 3800 i could be in the 10s at least, ON PUMP GAS. (btw for 20k i can get an fd, standalone, rebuild, turbo, and misc other stuff, why would i want a neon?)

 

the super commando let off in the last race, he kept pulling on the neon.

 

 

The word Neon and Turbo don't belong in the same sentence, I think that's why they changed that one to the SRT-4. I will admit when they came out, I thought they'd be cool, but I realized for $20,000 I could make my POS '97 Hyundai Accent go just as fast, and still save $10,000.

Because the average Neon driver is 16 to 20, and mom and dad thought it was "a cool little car." Needless to say the average driver is also a cocky son of a bitch and liks to pick on Geo Metros on the highway. Lol.

 

i called the grand prix gtp "the srt4 of the gm family" to a gtp owner, he got pissed. then i showed him my project and he shut up

 

 

Neons boost at 15psi stock, it's kinda sad that they need that much boost to make that power. For 20g's you can have a 20b KP61 starlet doing 9's in the quarter.

 

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