Just for the neon driver.

[HybridS130]

Taken from another forum


SRT-4: It's The Fastest
02-03-2006
-blux

SRT4 is the fastest. Think of that silky hat you wear when you want to
be a fast swimmer. Why do they wear the hat? They wear the hat because
they want to be the fastest. Why do people get SRT-4's? They get
SRT-4's because they want to be the fastest.

It's a known fact that SRT-4 is that faster car compared to all other
brand new cars under $20,000.00

So why do people buy other cars that are $5,000-$10,000 more when they
can be the faster for only $20,000?

Well here are a few reasons why people don't buy the SRT-4 (which is
the fastest):

Let’s get some of the known facts out of the way. First of all it’s a neon and the cheapest economy car made by dodge. It has no power rear windows. The stock SRT-4 rims are ugly and come with 6inch wide tires, and the entire interior is plastic and just reaps of cheap design, and the fact that it’s a 4 cylinder.

Perhaps right now you’re asking yourself “hmm why doesn’t the SRT-4 have power windows in the back”.

Well you see one of the reasons is why pre 05 STI don’t have car stereos stock. Weight reduction. Power windows weigh a lot and since the back seats are to small to fit anyone back there anyways the other 2 doors are really just for looks. So why waste weight and money by putting the power windows back there?

Nevertheless SRT-4 is the fastest. There is one major flaw in its design, It’s Front Wheel Drive! Why would dodge make a street racing car FWD? The simple reason was that dodge was too cheap to redesign the neon to have RWD or AWD. So they thought why don’t we just make a car that’s the fastest and people will be happy with that.

The problem with having a SRT-4, which is the fastest, is that because of FWD you get wheel hop so if you floor it from a stop. The front jumps like a frog. Which basically means you can’t launch, which means you’re only the fastest from a roll. But nevertheless you are still the fastest in a SRT-4

But on the bright side if you need to clean your windows you can floor it in 1 st gear and the wheel-hop will turn your windshield wipers on. Don’t like a song playing on the CD player? No problem just floor it in 1 st gear and it skips to the next song.

The seats are Viper inspired, but one small problem is that there cloth. Sure is nice. And if your fat don’t expect your butt to be touching the bottom of the seat because the bolsters will hold u up until it breaks. But on the bright side the Viper Inspired racing seats can tilt really far back which allows you to easily reach the handle to rollup the back windows.

An advantage of getting a SRT-4, which is the fastest, is that you can get a noisemaker for relevantly no money or sometimes free. Every time you let go of the gas. The Mopar Blow Off Valve goes Psh

But it’s not a nice high-pitched Whistle blow off valve. It’s an idiot sounding one that doesn’t actually do anything. And makes noise with the sightless lift of your foot from the gas.

Even with the bad sounding Mopar BOV the SRT-4 is still the fastest and on a bright side WRX and STI aren’t even allowed to have nice sounding BOV’s because it will void their warranty if you add one.

But the long pshh sound goes good with the extra long throw to shift into another gear.

Hello I’m Dodge’s shifter could I be any longer?

Other problem is every time you floor the car you hear a misfire. TPS is always going bad. The stock boost gauge always breaks and doesn’t display 0 boost when the car is off.

On the bright side even though the SRT-4 is the fastest it still can get incredible gas mileage as long as you keep the boost at 0. Then you only have to fill up every other day because the full tank of 9 gallons of gas doesn’t get wasted so quickly.

I when I was shopping for a car I went to dodge and they knew what I wanted before I even said anything.


Dealer says, “You want to be the fastest right?”


Blux, “Do you even have to ask?”


Dealer says, “Then you want a SRT-4 it’s the fastest”


Blux, “compared to what?”


Dealer says, “Did you not hear what I said? I said it’s the fastest”


Blux, “why is it the fastest?”


Dealer says, “it’s a newly design v6 engine with a TURBO CHARGER!”


Blux, “hmm I thought it was a 4 cylinder but hey it’s the fastest I’ll take it”

Basically the problem is the dealer service and knowledge sucks and they don’t know anything there talking about.

The styling is identical to a neon but Dodge couldn’t let it look exactly like a neon otherwise people wouldn’t buy it just because it had a turbocharger. So what they came up with was a few simple things that would make it seem that the SRT-4 has nice styling.

The first thing was adding pretend racing car seats and a boost gauge in the middle left of the dash. Ok interior is done.

What about the outside styling? Want to redesign a new spoiler? Nah to much money lets just increase the size of the regular one times 5. Good idea! Will add a pretend non-functional small hood scoop on the hood. And make some room for an intercooler and make a front bumper cheap and fast out of plastic.

Looks Nice!

Another problem with SRT-4, because there the fastest, they attract lots of young kids who aren’t that smart, and act like idiots, and embarrass and make other SRT-4 owners look bad.

Even though the car shifts slow, it’s a 4 cylinder neon with no rear power windows; Its still the fastest and cheapest. Which is why SRT-4 owners don’t regret buying the car that is the fastest cheapest and cheapest made.

Get a SRT-4 it’s the fastest

[CaysE]

ROFL

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srt-4 = factory rice

if you think rotary engine is terrible (just from the other post... no attack intended, just for compare purpose), think again... at least mazda have success in racing in that engine in internation level (le man overall winner with that 4-rotor 787B) and they put in a lot of effort to develope it... dodge just did a sloppy jog in my opinion. slap on a turbo doesn't mean it is a great car.

if you want to be fast, get a real viper instead of fwd poser. if you don't have money and want to look fast, get a civic. there is plenty of money left for neon lights from autozone.

[HybridS130]

LOL I agree and to make it clear this thread is more or less making fun of neons er uh SRT4s. Personally I dislike all chrysler products. Also the 4 rotor pure race engine is a whole lot different than the 13B and 20B that we find in street cars. Im not totally against RX7s or rotaries. In fact I love the car itself. My old roommate had a 1988 Mazda RX7 10AE TII with a LT1/T56 and over $5000 worth of suspension parts. The motor itself was stock with a custom cold air intake and N1 GT spec 3'' exhaust and the car ran high 11s in the 1/4 mile and handled like a true race car while still comfortable on the street. After taking rides in it my neck would always hurt from the torque, lol. I don't hate RX7s I just think they're better with a V8.

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although the 26B engine is the pure race engine and different from 13b or 20b, i still give mazda an B for the engine. at least they put time and effort into their engine and no one else develope it. i agree with the piston engine there. if mazda come up with a reliable piston sport car with reasonable price, i am in (well, miata is one but still... ).

[Gump]

This is actually a good wright up that has been a round for a while on car forums and rings true in a lot of aspects. Some of the design choices ive found weren't to smart, ie 6" wide wheel.. f'ing stupid. FWD wouldnt have been as much of a problem if they put a larger turbine to slow spool a bit so the trq doesnt hit as hard off the line. also the turbine housing as part of the manifold was dumb as hell. I have no problem with interior since i dont sit in the back seat and the windows dont go down all the way anyway seeing as the door couldnt fit the whole window in it...

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but the problem is the turbo lag will kick in when you start doing corning. why is the car quickest when it beat by other car out of the corner

[BV77]

Keep buying those foreign cars while you're looking for a job....and wondering where all the jobs have gone. Brush up on your Japanese. As for me, I never have or will own a foreign car.......signed: the son of an American steelworker !

[Osiris]

But Bob I've always had a thing for japanese women!

Save yourself the time boys and girls get the new Saturn Sky!

[Gump]

I think that car looks clean but i couldnt buy a saturn "sport" car.

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Originally Posted by BV77

Keep buying those foreign cars while you're looking for a job....and wondering where all the jobs have gone. Brush up on your Japanese. As for me, I never have or will own a foreign car.......signed: the son of an American steelworker !

actually, many "japanese" car are assemble in america, so there is actually job for those in america.

personally, i would rather have some other people from other country make a car that can last 200,000 miles without problem than a car that doesn't last as long.

plus i would get a miata rather than sky. the sky is about 500 pounds heavier than the miata(new car, nc) and miata look pretty good and cheaper.

[guppyart]

I personally support imports there cars are better built and almost all economy cars are imports.
My parents 2000 suzuki esteem has over 250,000 kilometers on it and we just had a boot go the first major repair other than normal maintenance like brakes and oil.
and by the way its running it will go forever.

[HybridS130]

BV77, that's cool because I'll never own a domestic and Im perfectly happy with my job at 19 and making $22/hr for work I love I really can't complain.

[HybridS130]

Oh and I took it one step further, not only do I own a japanese car, I have a japanese girlfriend. For the record, not only do the cars last longer, the girls do too!

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oh, plus the news said toyota is going to be the biggest auto maker in the world. going to pass GM

by the way, don't worry about learning japanese... you know some already... honda, nissan, suzuki....

off topic... i just think someone (from japan) should make some cheap rwd cars (under $20,000) i know ford mustang is not that expensive (cheap model about that price) but the car is heavy... i don't like heavy cars.

[Gump]

That would be great if they brought back a 240sx type car. Its getting harder and harder to find a decent powered car with rwd. fwd has a lot of limitations and noob drivers think awd is the greatest thing ever because they cant drive. I doubt well see any decent priced rwd cars come along anytime but I can hope.

[girth vader]

If you want a little speed and for cheap, japanese is the way to go, however if you want class, nothing says look at me better then a SL class piece of German engineering. same holds true about the women too

[BV77]

I'm just hard headed old school

[BV77]

and I've hauled alot of Japanese steel from Cincinnati to Detroit, for Chrysler....so, in fact , they are all the same

[girth vader]

mazda and ford are one of the same