im going to quote someone on the racing forum......

"you can put a rocket engine on a dump truck, but its still a dumptruck........." an srt-4 will always be a neon albeit a fast one...lol

 

I think the SRT-4 looks great from the front. If they improved the rear a bit, it would look pretty nice overall. For $20k, it's a very good bang for the buck, especially for those with power being highest on the priority list.

I don't really care if it's faster than my Z, as there are a ton of cars that are faster than my Z. I think Dodge did a bang up job supplying a car with that much power for the price, and I would like to see more on the streets, but they are quite rare here in Sacramento. I actually see more Z's, RX8, STi, and EVO8's than SRT-4's. For $20k, I would have expected them to sell out, but I suspect that the fact that they are tied to the Neon has hurt their sales. Dodge should have made them two completely separate cars, but I'm sure the bean counters rejected that idea.

Oh, well, I can't wait to see one of those SRT-4's flogged.

 

Get me one while you're at it will ya?

 

If you let me drive your Z

 

With the engine being so tweaked to give the kind of horse it's getting.....and with all the cost cutting in all of the other components of the car to bring it down to that price range, I think reliability will be a major problem with this car. 10 years from now, the Z will still be running solid. I don't think the dodge will even make it to 5. But as said before, give credit where credit is due. The kind of horse that little engine is cranking out is amazing.

 

Heh, whatever you have to tell yourself.
I seriously doubt most of you will be driving your same Z's in 10 years.

Bang for the buck, the neon is a quick ride.
I think you pay for what you get though. The Z is definatly a nicer car to have, but if i was 19 and that was an option, i'd be hard pressed to find something else that quick for that little.

 

Ya the neon is quick but you have to admitt it lacks styling.

The body is so 1995 and the rear looks like a stink bug.

If dodge put a sleeker body and got rid of the neon shell it would be a hit.

 

It's called.....the law of physics.........atleast that's what I keep telling myself . I would figure this is common knowledge, but I a reckon not. The more stress you put on any mechanical device to do a given job, the more wear and tear will be put on that device. Along with this, the probability of something goes wrong...or failures....will also increase dramatically over a given time.

And lets not even go into the build and components quality.

The Dodge is a short term thrill. Which is fine, if that's what you're looking for. And if you're only interested in straight line performance exclusively. I like to turn once in a while.......so I'll stick to the road cars, be it Hondas, Beemers........or even a (god forbid) Nissan......

 

When i drove the srt-4 it felt like it was going to fall apart. You get what you pay for.

 

He drafted you, of course he passed you if you were not ready. Drafting cars have a huge advantage over the other car.

This past weekend I was cruising with an SRT4. He did exactly what you described. Except I kept it even when he went to pass me.

When I drafted him, I smoked him by 3 car lengths. I hope that shows you who the faster car is

 

WERD.

 

Actually, according to Dodge, they are Viper inspired seats, not actual Viper seats.

SRT4 seat.


Viper seat.

 

thry are very quick cars and for a lil amount of $ you can make them alot faster....but then again it all depends on what you want in a car...but i raced a slightly modded one the night i got my z and i smoked him both times....both times from a stop0-110mph...but if you dont know how to drive they can easily stomp you..

 

It's still a Dodge.

 

350z pulls much stronger than srt4 at high speed. (beyond 120 mph)

 

and that is extremely important when you're on the track, err dragstrip, err highway, err street, err why is that important again?

 

so is S/S hemi dart , so is Viper srt 10, so is challenger , whats your point

 

I raced one this past weekend and I seemed to pull him at about 125. And mines bone stock.Who knows?

 

Point is, I would not buy any of them. They are all still a Dodge.

 

Did you know that almost all of the Top Fuel Dragsters & Funny cars uses "Dodge"s Hemi engine? Which is capable of producing 8000+hp?

And you wouldn't buy "any" of them because...?

*talking with my mouth full of popcorn*