New Dodge SRT-4.. [Archive] - Rx7 Forum and Owners Club

Shaggy

06-03-2004, 06:44 AM

I just drove one of these the other day...

http://www.dodge.com/gallery/img/srt-4/enlarge_2.jpg

My brother-in-law works for dodge and let me drive this...I have to say, for a damn neon...it flew!! I hate neons, but this thing was nice.

Got it up to 130, and it took the 1/4 mile at around 4-6 seconds..I think..never really checked...

Just amazed at how this thing is really a Neon.. :lol:

http://www.dodge.com/gallery/img/srt-4/enlarge_3.jpg
http://www.dodge.com/gallery/img/srt-4/enlarge_7.jpg

AusTexRex

06-04-2004, 01:22 AM

surely you either mean that it took the 0-60 in 4-6 seconds or the 1/4 mile in 14-16 seconds. No way it took the 1/4 in 4 seconds.

Shaggy

06-04-2004, 03:32 AM

Thats what I meant....;)

AutoXFC3S

06-13-2004, 12:32 AM

yea i was at the drags the other night and almost shit my self cuz it fleeeeeeew it ran a 13.9 stock!

AusTexRex

06-13-2004, 05:59 AM

And for the same amount of money I could fill my entire engine bay with chrome and run a 10.5

Shaggy

06-13-2004, 06:14 AM

And for the same amount of money I could fill my entire engine bay with chrome and run a 10.5

I know...thats what I was thinking....spending that cash else where.

AusTexRex

06-13-2004, 03:04 PM

This bastard with an STi was talking the same shit to me, so I responded with what I just said above. It looked like someone kicked his puppy. 40 grand? I'd be in the 9's BITCH!

Shaggy

06-13-2004, 08:39 PM

Its not worth $40 grand...I think it goes for like $22,000

AusTexRex

06-13-2004, 11:18 PM

Thats a normal WRX. An STi can run anywhere from 30k-40k and in Austin all the pricers are higher since it is a city full of really really nice cars.

Shaggy

06-14-2004, 12:48 AM

I was talking about the dodge...

AusTexRex

06-14-2004, 06:15 AM

Oh, right

2ROTORMOTOR

06-14-2004, 07:05 AM

the sti dont go more than 33k so I dont know whereyou got 40 from...

AusTexRex

06-14-2004, 04:30 PM

It sells for 40 in austin. That's list of course, so you walk in and it says 40, you try bargaining, the salesman fakes like he can't go lower, but then goes to about 35, and you feel smart, and he just made an extra 2-5k off of you. Austin's car scene is huge, but it's mostly really rich dumbasses. 2 of the 4 3000gt vr-4 convertibles sold in the U.S. are in Westlake which is the richest part of town. Shit like that. Lots of Ferrari's and Porsche's and everything. So it all costs more, because people here can afford it.

2ROTORMOTOR

06-14-2004, 04:34 PM

shit Ill be a salesman over there. fukin 10k markup... The worst markup Ive seen is when the evo just came out...they started selling for 50k!!!! 30k + a 20k dealer markup...

AusTexRex

06-14-2004, 04:42 PM

Evo is 55-60 here. Time to move.

rx7gslse

06-15-2004, 12:29 AM

2 of the 4 3000gt vr-4 convertibles sold in the U.S. are in Westlake which is the richest part of town.

4? Pretty sure there are several more than 4 produced... If not then the other two are in KC and both owners were parents of kids I went to high school with..

I know they're rare, but they made a whoel lot more than 4

ok, found it... try 877.
http://www.stealth316.com/2-production.htm

AusTexRex

06-15-2004, 06:09 AM

Read into that site a little more, that includes Japanese production numbers. Are you sure the ones near you were VR4's? My friend is the local vr4 guru and he says it's either 4 or 8, but he's pretty sure it's 4. One of those numbers is the spyder and the other is the ones that came gull wing factor direct, which you won't find anywhere since it's factory custom. But he's pretty sure the gull wings are greater, and he's positive one is a spyder/gull wing

Shaggy

06-15-2004, 06:21 AM

Where did you guys go with this thread.. :lol:

2ROTORMOTOR

06-15-2004, 07:38 AM

151k production numbers are a lil high for a car like that.... I doubt there are 150k+ 3000gt's here. I wonder where they got those numbers from???

AusTexRex

06-15-2004, 10:56 PM

They're world wide numbers. And if you read the whole page half of them include the other models so many cars are counted twice. SL spyders were counted amount SLs as well and stuff like that.

dub-c

06-21-2004, 05:19 AM

srt-4's in Canada go for 28 K. but its a Neon.

Shaggy

06-21-2004, 06:29 AM

Exactly....it is a neon....why whould you do that to a Neon ..:lol:

GodFather

06-21-2004, 06:39 AM

I ran one of them in my Rx7 and i fucking rapped the shit out of him by 25 car lenght's.

dub-c

06-21-2004, 09:16 AM

well i wish everyone would get off this dam srt-4 bandwagon.

Shaggy

06-22-2004, 08:13 AM

I'mnot on it....do you know alot that are??

2ROTORMOTOR

06-23-2004, 12:50 AM

I ran one of them in my Rx7 and i fucking rapped the shit out of him by 25 car lenght's.

I hope you are a well modded "TURBO" guy..... those things are pretty quick, and let me tell you that the only time I can beat my boys srt was on the highway, even though this was with my old car, and I couldnt take him till I turboed my shit....

AusTexRex

06-23-2004, 03:52 AM

I hope you are a well modded "TURBO" guy..... those things are pretty quick, and let me tell you that the only time I can beat my boys srt was on the highway, even though this was with my old car, and I couldnt take him till I turboed my shit....

What did you use? I've found that a quarter bottle shot of exlax turbocharges the best.

2ROTORMOTOR

06-25-2004, 02:02 AM

AusTexRex

06-25-2004, 05:43 AM

You said you turbo'd your shit. I was just messing with you, since the only way i know to turbo shit is with a laxative... nvm it was a lame joke anyhow

dub-c

07-01-2004, 02:06 AM

im curious to know how you raped the shit outta a srt-4 when those things can fucking move. that is the only i give credit, otherwise its just like a Honda. its boosted so it would move too. where as the 7 i test drove yesterday spanked a 93 Honda HB running 4psi of boost :lol:

oh ya, LSD + 2nd gear and a wide corner = :shock:

Shaggy

07-01-2004, 03:00 AM

Shaggy

07-01-2004, 03:03 AM

Opps...nevermind...:D
http://www.rx7forums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=184

dub-c

07-01-2004, 07:39 AM

who you callin chubby willis :lol:

Shaggy

07-01-2004, 08:39 AM

Oh...sorry your Canadian...nevermind.. :lol:

dub-c

07-01-2004, 08:42 AM

Oh...sorry your Canadian...nevermind.. :lol:

meh. we breathe the same air. so i could care aless.

7Tim

07-02-2004, 01:42 AM

we breath slightly cleaner air, to be exact, hahaha just playing, but its true...

AusTexRex

07-03-2004, 04:51 PM

slightly colder air.

dub-c

07-03-2004, 08:35 PM

slightly colder air.

ya, 7 outta 12 months of the year.

AusTexRex

07-04-2004, 06:58 AM

I live in texas, try 12 outta 12.

Shaggy

07-04-2004, 07:00 AM

What...its cool there..I thought there was humidity up the ass there.. :D

1rotor

08-20-2005, 08:35 PM

I really wish you guys would quit calling an SRT-4 a Neon. They are not the same car. Nowhere close. Thats the same thing as calling an RX-7 a Probe. Just because something shares the same body soesnt mean its the same car. Notice that the SRT-4 is the ONLY Dodge vehicle with an SRT tag that did not keep the origanl vehicles name. BTW i also am not a fan... but i have driven both a Neon and an SRT-4.... definitley 2 different cars.

1rotor

08-20-2005, 08:41 PM

Oh yeah sorry for coming in a year after the converstion ended and syaing that... But this is something iv argued with many a neon owner about until they finally got an SRT-4...

Psycho_Dad

08-21-2005, 12:28 PM

fwd

for woman drivers

Peace
Psycho_Dad

01-01-2006, 05:20 AM

The SRT-4 is pretty cool but the engine is ridiculously heavy on account of the engineers being rushed and over-building...

The SRT-4 is an opposite example, for 2 reasons. One, they built the SRT-4 for the "tuner market", meaning that they figured at least half of the damn things were going to be modified fairly early in their lifetimes, and obviously the associated Mopar Performance parts that is an integral part of Chrsyler, being able to produce upgrades and keep your warranty was a great move by the guys at SRT/Dodge.

Secondly, the timeline on the SRT-4 was EXTREMELY rushed. That engine had to be in the PT Cruiser turbos a couple months before the SRT-4 was launched too. The engine engine program was VERY rushed. And what does an engineer do when rushed? Overbuild because of the lack of time to do proper FEA type stuff. Use large factors of saftey, and make sure the damn thing doesn't break. Of course, this leads to one of the heaviest 4 cylinders ever built, and the requirement of the SRT-4 steering rack to not be able to turn very far, and also led to Dodge only supplying 6" wide wheels because the engine tranny combonation was so much longer than the original engines found in the other Neons.