Srt-4

nimitz23ky · #1 11-28-2005, 04:00 AM

are the SRT-4's really worth the price? i have been thinking about getting one. thought long and hard about this, actually. my current car...the only thing left to do to it, is change the wheels, as someone pointed out to me. just had to decide if the price was really worth it. i mean, for the price of an SRT-4, i can get a new 2006 civic si....yeah right. i could see myself riding in one of those....it would be fully loaded though....still, i cannot go that route. no no....but, are they really what they say. do they stand up to the hype? are they worth the price tag?

das2123 · #2 11-28-2005, 07:43 AM

Yes, yes and yes! It's a great car for the price. Easily modded to reach close to 300HP fairly cheap also. Thats hard to beat. I prefer the first gen neon look better, but I love the engine in the SRT-4...the body style isn't for me.

nimitz23ky · #3 11-29-2005, 05:11 AM

yeah, the body style is kinda.....well, to be nicely put, different. i do like my neon body style far better, but mine is peaked...nothing else to do...as well, i did not want to keep going on the other member's thread. what i said about taking off the compressor. the only reason i did it was for another alternator to be mounted. custom bracket, but it bolted up pretty close to the original component. that is why i said to take it off......and as well, it does keep it from kicking on...if it kicks on while being off the car, you have got some prety serious things going on....

TEXSRT4 · #4 11-29-2005, 10:09 PM

the srt isnt for everyone. if you want a car to cruse softly down the road, then get the civic. but if you want a great performance car for very little cash, then the srt is the only way to go. its fast, loud, rough around the edges, and can be sketchy to drive in the rain, but a hoot to drive.

nimitz23ky · #5 11-30-2005, 01:46 AM

i've built my car for show. almost 60k into it. i like cars to feel like an old wagon, stiff suspension, and i hate to just cruise down the highway. i love the high performance feel. i used to be into the Z28, SVT, SS, & WS6 fields...loved them for what they were. nothing yo did to them would make them ride like a lac...just wasn't going to happen. finally, something hit me, and i thought, why not start small, and build it. there is only so much you can do to a blown WS6. it will only do so much before one of two things. it gets wrapped around a tree, or it blows the engine. i hate cars that are made for cruising down the road. i like something that is going to go when i hit the pedal. that is why it is called a go pedal....and the civic comment....that was just surreal....i would never buy a civic if it was the only car left. i would rather walk, or ride a bicycle, then ride in a civic....much less drive one....

das2123 · #6 11-30-2005, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by nimitz23ky

i would never buy a civic if it was the only car left. i would rather walk, or ride a bicycle, then ride in a civic....much less drive one....

I'd take a 99 or 00 civic SI. They are nice looking and for what's it worth, the civic has more engine swap capabilities than our neon. I'm not a huge fan of the civic, but I wouldn't mind owing a blue 00 SI, or a 99 eclipse for that matter

nimitz23ky · #7 12-01-2005, 04:51 AM

true on the engine swap...but, if i was going for a foreign car, i would have to raise a bit more money and just start out bigger...screw the civic. just something about them. i do not like them for thier looks, but then again, that falls back to the SRT-4...a dodge charger SRT-8...yessss.....full bliss....but i had a civic once. it was a good car. it did go well. i blew the hell out of it. it was partially my fault, then again, it was the car itself. things went wrong, made me mad, ad the car paid dearly for it. i as well, forgot if i am in the car, i am going to pay a bit more then it does...but, i do like my neon. it is a good car. i was basically just wondering if the SRT-4 was really worth the price...besides, the new civic si only has 190hp...c'mon.....really do i want that....i do think i am going to get the SRT-4. i test drove several of them today, and did find them a bit peppier then i had thought they would be...hell, for the price i should be able to go out and keep up with a SS or WS6....yeah right.....

das2123 · #8 12-01-2005, 07:22 AM

Good luck with you decision and possible new SRT-4...

TEXSRT4 · #9 12-01-2005, 06:28 PM

yeah, you will be able to keep up with an SS. just learn how to drive. when you put a tiny bit of money into it, z06's will be cake to kill

TEXSRT4 · #10 12-01-2005, 11:11 PM

if you want somthing a bit more crazy, you will not be disappointed with an evo9! you can also get an sti, but the evo is cheaper/easier to make buck-nutty

nimitz23ky · #11 12-02-2005, 03:12 AM

nice, bright red SRT-4. bought it today. i did have some fun with it taking it home. taking it to where it will sit until tomorrow....i wanted to drive the hell out of it tonight, but snow has faltered my plans on that...it is a nice car. i had to pull it into the garage, boot out the old neon...poor thing. it will probably blow something tomorrow, for that one....but, it's an SRT-4....! everybody's right on them though. good car. fun to drive. fast for what it is. topped it out coming home. not the smartest thing to do, but i just had to try....does have a bit of rear-end boggle at top speed...could have been from the storm blowing in, the wet roads....who know....but, it is sitting in my warm garage, where it will have a home for now...until the morning, when i realize this snow didn't do anything....

nimitz23ky · #12 12-05-2005, 12:54 AM

well, the snow didn't do anything, but the freezing rain was quite delicious....yes indeed. the car runs alright. no, the car runs great. the car is already in the shop, though...having the stage 2 turbo put on...thought at the shop it would get done alot faster. i can pick it up in the morning. got a set of decent looking motegi wheels for it. they are just small 17's. look rather big, but they are alright for winter. will ust drive the talon mainly this winter...and, what did i say. the stupid older neon. i booted it out of the garage, a garage made for three, and what does it do...go to move it, and the top radiator hose popped on me. i have bad luck with cars. should stick to bicycles. i know i should. but, it has a new hose on it. picked my mess up in the garage, and now there is room for both of them...i just know they are going to get into a fight...i think i need to go and take my meds....yeah...but, it is a great car. an excellent choice. and i know i will have some fun from it....just need to redo the entire engine, to be able to run massive amounts of boost on this one as well. that has to wait until spring,though....but, thanx for the advice and help on deciding. although it was just a little, you guys helped guide me along the road of yet another neon....

das2123 · #13 12-05-2005, 07:22 AM

Pics?

TEXSRT4 · #14 12-05-2005, 08:04 PM

stage 2 with toys should take no more than 4-5 hours to install. without toys shouldnt take more than 1 hour to install. its not replacing the actual turbo, but just computer and sensors

nimitz23ky · #15 12-06-2005, 02:01 AM

i just decided to take it to a shop. i am tired, i had to work all weekend, and i just didn't want to deal with it. at least at dodge they will do it without totally voiding the warranty. it was done on their lot, in their garage...so, for the time being, anything done to it is going to be done at the shop...will have all pics, neon, talon, and SRT-4 uploaded in january....have to take the neon back down to ga for a photo shoot at the shop that helped mewith most of the items on it....so, will have photos then. sorry about the delay. these are gonna be good. wish i had started taking pix of the neon before i started working on it, but i will only have finished production photos...sorry about that. but, at least i can show them off on here as well. picked up the SRT-4, and loved it. still has that wobble at high speeds, but again i am thinking it may be lack of downforce on the rear, or where it was wet again. i like how fast it is. my SS had a higher top end, but i do belive TEXSRT4, you were right. it could possibly beat the SS. if it was a long endurance run, the SS might get me there. but....it still is more fun then the SS. FWD over RWD ...i do believe i like them alot better. but, back to the SRT...it is at home in it's garage....it shares it with the neon. wish i had a pedastal to pull the SRT on...ha ha ha...one of those rotating dealership pedastals....yeah, then the neon would surely love me then....better not go to far....still love the car. need to paint it, though. tired of red. already tired of it. all of them are red. thinking a deep black cherry would look great on it. maybe even mystik azzure black cherry...might go with that. the car is well worth it...need's a body kit. new hood, wing, etc....still thinking. need to wait until spring, but i just can't. i just got the damn thing, and already wantig to change it. i hate stock cars...the stereo goes tomorrow. got a new alpine dvd for it....hate stoc anything. new brakes, rotors, calipers...all that came in today. just deciding when to put it all on. probably next couple of days. will probably void the warranty all to hell, but too bad...just gonna have to deal with it....

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