Sport Compact Car 2003 COTY: Dodge Neon SRT-4
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Originally posted by LuckyDog
M.D., it's strange you say it's like a turbo Eclipse. The next Eclipse is supposed to move to the next-gen Lancer platform, which the next-gen Neon will be on too. Apparently the Eclipse is goin' back to it's roots.
Anyway... I just like it cause it looks purdy.
Sorry about the bad pic
M.D., it's strange you say it's like a turbo Eclipse. The next Eclipse is supposed to move to the next-gen Lancer platform, which the next-gen Neon will be on too. Apparently the Eclipse is goin' back to it's roots.
Anyway... I just like it cause it looks purdy.
Sorry about the bad pic
I never said its like a turbo eclipse, I was just sayin if its easy to mod like a DSM than for cheap money you'll get big power gains.
As for looks it looks better than a stock Neon, Cavalier, or Focus. But an RSX, Mazdaspeed Protoge, and a lot of other Japanese sport compacts look better.
Hopefully this SRT-4 will start some performance wars in the $20,000 and under sport compact market. Maybe honda will step up to the plate and release the RSX type-R over here, but we all know there is no way it would be priced anywhere near $20,000.
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Perhaps we will see a supercharged SVT Focus and some kind of souped up Cavalier/Sunfire/Ion. So far the only thing at 20 grand that comes close to the performance-to-price ratio of the SRT-4 is the Mazdaspeed Protege. Nothing else is even in the same ballpark.
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Originally posted by LuckyDog
If you loved 'TheJDM' half as much as you claim you did, you would realize that Honda (
a JDM company!) did the same exact thing with the Integra Type-R... performance first. 
If you loved 'TheJDM' half as much as you claim you did, you would realize that Honda (
a JDM company!) did the same exact thing with the Integra Type-R... performance first.
If the SRT-4 was RWD or AWD I'd be liking it just as much as I like the WRX.
It's just that I hate FWD, regardless of who it is made by.
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Originally posted by ur31337
I get the impression you hate a lot of things, no one really cares. :fawk:
I get the impression you hate a lot of things, no one really cares. :fawk:
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Originally posted by MrFatBooty
Perhaps we will see a supercharged SVT Focus and some kind of souped up Cavalier/Sunfire/Ion. So far the only thing at 20 grand that comes close to the performance-to-price ratio of the SRT-4 is the Mazdaspeed Protege. Nothing else is even in the same ballpark.
Perhaps we will see a supercharged SVT Focus and some kind of souped up Cavalier/Sunfire/Ion. So far the only thing at 20 grand that comes close to the performance-to-price ratio of the SRT-4 is the Mazdaspeed Protege. Nothing else is even in the same ballpark.
As for front wheel drive, yeah from a stop its not the best, but a 0-60 in 5.6 is pretty damn quick considering a stock WRX has all wheel drive and only runs a 5.4 and a 14.1 1/4m, after the 1/4m the SRT-4 will walk away from the WRX.
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I've always been with ya, Mike...I envy and respect the car for its all out performance. However, its looks, fit and finish, reliability and interior are a whole different story...but it's still a damn good car, and well worth the 20 grand Chrysler wants for it.
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Originally posted by M.D.
A Mazdaspeed Protege wouldn't even come close performance wise, stock or modded. The Protege (170hp 155tq)runs a 15.4 1/4m@93mph at 6.6psi, the SRT-4 (215hp 245tq) runs a 14.2 1/4m@102mph at 14psi, and the MSProtege has stock Protege internals so turning up the boost isn't so easy.
A Mazdaspeed Protege wouldn't even come close performance wise, stock or modded. The Protege (170hp 155tq)runs a 15.4 1/4m@93mph at 6.6psi, the SRT-4 (215hp 245tq) runs a 14.2 1/4m@102mph at 14psi, and the MSProtege has stock Protege internals so turning up the boost isn't so easy.
The Protege allows its driver to out-brake and out-grip an SRT-4 driver, which makes for an interesting contest on shorter road circuits.
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Originally posted by ILuvItTheJDM
To be honest, I think anything with FWD [and a turbo] sucks, regardless if it's American or Japanese.
If the SRT-4 was RWD or AWD I'd be liking it just as much as I like the WRX.
It's just that I hate FWD, regardless of who it is made by.
To be honest, I think anything with FWD [and a turbo] sucks, regardless if it's American or Japanese.
If the SRT-4 was RWD or AWD I'd be liking it just as much as I like the WRX.
It's just that I hate FWD, regardless of who it is made by.
and if you "hate" fwd, why do you love the jdm?