SRT-4 vs. Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart?

[theclapp]

I am looking at buying a new car, wondering if anyone has looked and/or compared these two (2004 Dodge SRT-4 and 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart). If anyone chose one over the other, believes one is much better than the other for a good reason, or just wants to throw in their .02, please let me know which u think would be the better purchase and why

[FuriousMachine95]

Get what you like. You are the one has to drive it and foot the bill.

[blachdohcneon]

the lancer is NOT an evo its a piece of shit, the ralliart ghets a whooping 2hp more then the regular lancer, my 98 r/t neon will smoke the crap out of one of those, and the lancer looks like a tird. The srt isn't even compariable to the non-evo lancer. Get the srt or you will be very sorry.

[srt4girl2]

well...do i have to say which one i would prefer...the srt is a really fun car...driving it and working on it to up the hp...not sure about the lancer ralliart tho, but i know i love the srt!

[Fenixfire077]

ACTUALLY the ralliart gets a whopping 42hp boost over the regular lancer! but it's @ 162hp. I would stick with the srt-4, sick car, it would totally roast a ralliart, but there from different classes so it's retarded to compare the two. performance-wise anyhow.

[209 neon]

what ever floats your boat, but food for thought your comparing slow to fast, get the picture!

[purefx]

I have to agree with the posts above. If you want raw power, the srt-4 is totally in a different class than the ralliart. Handling I am not sure, but the srt-4 is no slug either. If you're going for power, the srt-4 gives you one of the most out of the box moddable cars out there. I can't say on reliability the srt-4 is a relatively new car, but the powerplant is extremely sturdy and the only problems I've really heard were related to people modding their cars ... shall we say inappropriately?

[Roscoe86]

With Dodge being my foremost brand of choice, i would say SRT-4 for at least 2 obvious reasons, (230HP, 0-60 in 5.3) but also as a Mitsubishi fan, i must stand up for the car. The Ralliart is by NO means a piece of shit. It wholely and thoroughly outperforms it's other normally-aspirated competition, the SVT Focus, Mazda3, Sentra SE-R Spec V, Impreza RS, and the Neon R/T, in acceleration and handling, and is second only to the SVT in braking. And not to single you out blackdohcneon, but since you were the one who made the crack-judgement assumption that your neon will outrun a Lancer Ralliart, you are sadly mistaken my friend. With 0-60 times of high 6's, 6.8 to be exact, and a high 14 quarter, your Neon will not outrun this Lancer. You shouldn't be blown out of the water, but the front end of your car will not smell the sweet odor of exhaust-free air, only the Lancer's fumes as you are hopelessly caught looking at his rear end for the duration of the race. And as far as looks are concerned, i think it looks better than any gen. neon, with the exception of the SRT-4. Bash the Lancer Ralliart if you wish, just remember what you said when you pull up next to one to race and get owned.

[drewh4386]

I've seen the srt4 at the drag an no other car could compete with it (in it class). Just the thought of a upgraded one would give me chills.


Excluding the evo

[blachdohcneon]

Originally Posted by Roscoe86

And not to single you out blackdohcneon, but since you were the one who made the crack-judgement assumption that your neon will outrun a Lancer Ralliart, you are sadly mistaken my friend. With 0-60 times of high 6's, 6.8 to be exact, and a high 14 quarter, your Neon will not outrun this Lancer.

my bad I was thinking the oz edition lancer, that one is slow, Iv'e never even seen the ralliart, then.

[Fenixfire077]

oh sry blachdochneon, didn't mean the jump down ur throat bout the ralliart. ya i was lookin @ an O.Z lancer, didn't really appeal to me, especially considering the ralliart was on it's way for 2004. anyhow, i just recently found out about the stage 2 kit from mopar for the srt-4. that's insane! 280whp! i couldn't believe it!

[srt4girl2]

i only have stage 1 and im up areound 300 hp...just got alot of mods...

[Roscoe86]

Oh man don't get me started on the O.Z. Lancer...lol There is a dude in the next town about 15 miles down the interstate who has one, has the signature rice-boy universal muffler (at least he keeps it clean instead of rusted and dirty-looking) and the Aluminum wing on the trunk. Oh, and don't forget the K&N stock replacement air filter...that's a 20hp gain right there! He thinks because he has that and a 5spd that he's untouchable. It was hilarious. I pulled up next to him in my Spirit (3.0) with one of my very large friends, (we're both 280 pounds, so that's over 500 pounds extra weight in the car) and as we all know we tend to run slower with more than one person in the car, especially if they're big. But anyways, he started revvin' up like he wanted to race, so i gave him a few revs from the ole' 6 and he laughed. So did I. And my friend. Now, my car has a tendency to peel out on the starts so i decided i wasn't going to go full throttle until i was sure i would hook up. So when the light turned green, he gunned it and i very carefully laid on the throttle. He proceded to tell me that i was #1 even before the start of the race, and i returned the favor as soon as i gave it full throttle. I grabbed and took off and he went bye bye into my rear view mirror. I decided at 60 to slow down and not to humiliate the boy any further, and to give him a thumbs up for a good effort at least, and what does he do as i slow down to let him come up? He gives me the Ricer fly-by.

Me and my friend decide to just piss on him and forgot about it until later that night when we saw him parked with a bunch of his other friends. I pulled up there to talk to him, and one of his friends blurts out "So you're the guy in the granny sedan that Josh beat earlier tonight?" Me and Bobby looked at each other and just started to laugh our asses off. After passing out from laughing so hard (not really) i proceded to tell them how it really went. They didn't believe me, so i challenged him to another race starting at the stoplight right infront of where we were parked. He agreed like a fool and we raced again. This time i made bobby stand outside with the other guys while i went mano-e-mano with him. This time i floored it to give them a showy race, and i still owned him from take-off even with the wheelspin. We came back and his friends started to rag on him so bad he had to get in his car and leave. I left knowing my job was done and that another one had bit the dust at the hands of my "granny car". Anyways, on the other side of the spectrum, i would pay the 17k for a Ralliart. It would be much easier on insurance (and tires for that matter) and would hold me off until i found an SRT-4 and traded it in on one.

[blachdohcneon]

Originally Posted by purefx

I have to agree with the posts above. If you want raw power, the srt-4 is totally in a different class than the ralliart. Handling I am not sure, but the srt-4 is no slug either. If you're going for power, the srt-4 gives you one of the most out of the box moddable cars out there. I can't say on reliability the srt-4 is a relatively new car, but the powerplant is extremely sturdy and the only problems I've really heard were related to people modding their cars ... shall we say inappropriately?

you are mistaken my friend, the ralliart only does a 15.7 quarter mile according to car and driver, so I belive my 98 r/t and it would be neck and neck. Its not nearly as impresive as the srt.

[Roscoe86]

Hey, look what i have here, it's my MotorTrend magazine with that test drive in it...what do they say, it's the 1/4 in 14.9? Heh. I trust Motor Trend much more than Car and Driver. They tested a Ford GT and got 0-60 in 3.3 seconds. Sound a bit odd to you? It does to me. They also got an S2000 clocked at 5.4 to 60. I think that was wrong too. Like i said, i don't trust Car and Driver. I tend to find Motor Trend a much more reliable source.