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Old 08-20-2005, 08:35 PM   #41
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I really wish you guys would quit calling an SRT-4 a Neon. They are not the same car. Nowhere close. Thats the same thing as calling an RX-7 a Probe. Just because something shares the same body soesnt mean its the same car. Notice that the SRT-4 is the ONLY Dodge vehicle with an SRT tag that did not keep the origanl vehicles name. BTW i also am not a fan... but i have driven both a Neon and an SRT-4.... definitley 2 different cars.
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Old 08-20-2005, 08:41 PM   #42
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Oh yeah sorry for coming in a year after the converstion ended and syaing that... But this is something iv argued with many a neon owner about until they finally got an SRT-4...
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Old 08-21-2005, 12:28 PM   #43
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Old 01-01-2006, 05:20 AM   #44
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The SRT-4 is pretty cool but the engine is ridiculously heavy on account of the engineers being rushed and over-building...

The SRT-4 is an opposite example, for 2 reasons. One, they built the SRT-4 for the "tuner market", meaning that they figured at least half of the damn things were going to be modified fairly early in their lifetimes, and obviously the associated Mopar Performance parts that is an integral part of Chrsyler, being able to produce upgrades and keep your warranty was a great move by the guys at SRT/Dodge.

Secondly, the timeline on the SRT-4 was EXTREMELY rushed. That engine had to be in the PT Cruiser turbos a couple months before the SRT-4 was launched too. The engine engine program was VERY rushed. And what does an engineer do when rushed? Overbuild because of the lack of time to do proper FEA type stuff. Use large factors of saftey, and make sure the damn thing doesn't break. Of course, this leads to one of the heaviest 4 cylinders ever built, and the requirement of the SRT-4 steering rack to not be able to turn very far, and also led to Dodge only supplying 6" wide wheels because the engine tranny combonation was so much longer than the original engines found in the other Neons.


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