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Old 07-02-2008, 09:37 AM   #11 (permalink)
 
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Wow im getting rid of my srt-4 tommrow for a GTO to! lol Good to see a familiar face here. Do the GTO dude. GM has done much more testing on the LS motors than Dodge did on our 2.4 turbo motor
I wish it was that easy. They don't have any GTO's up here yet (Canada) so I can't even trade my car in. I have to find a seller then find the Goat in the U.S. that I want.
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Wow im getting rid of my srt-4 tommrow for a GTO to! lol Good to see a familiar face here. Do the GTO dude. GM has done much more testing on the LS motors than Dodge did on our 2.4 turbo motor
Why does the 2.4 turbo have problems? I hear people squeze alot of power out of those motors. Is this true?
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nice- my neon just got totaled and I'm buying a gto soon.....no turbo lag is pretty nice
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Why does the 2.4 turbo have problems? I hear people squeze alot of power out of those motors. Is this true?
I walked the GTO im buying last year with about 100hp less I dynoed at 270-something, before I was hit, I had 400 whp. great motor- but i'd rather have the ls2.
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at around 270+ in my neon I raced my buds gto. I walked away between 3-4. I had it tuned a few weeks ago (baseline was 270 something- that's how I know the roughly the power I had at the time). It was tuned to 400 hp with the SCT which I did not have before- had piggyback. Car was totaled. I'm buying his GTO. Great motor. 2.4L and 400 hp is nice. But I'd like the better foundation the LS2 provides. Have a much higher power ceiling without a complete overhaul.
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the motors on the srt-4's can hold crazy power.
you'd be surprised.

i got my GTO today.
I LOVE IT!!!

ill post pics tomorrow when i wash it.
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Why does the 2.4 turbo have problems? I hear people squeze alot of power out of those motors. Is this true?
for some reason when u put a bigger turbo on it the motor seems to develop an oil leak. and it can hold about 450-500 on stock internals which is pretty good, its just they cheaped out on some areas. Such as...

Not making a bigger brake kit standard like the WRX

Super Small turbo that was maxxed out pretty much off the factory

No fuel return line

Crappy stock motor mounts

Such things like that. Good motor but its nothing compared to the LS1 or LS2
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I had an SRT-4 as well. In orange blast as well.
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for some reason when u put a bigger turbo on it the motor seems to develop an oil leak. and it can hold about 450-500 on stock internals which is pretty good, its just they cheaped out on some areas. Such as...

Not making a bigger brake kit standard like the WRX

Super Small turbo that was maxxed out pretty much off the factory

No fuel return line

Crappy stock motor mounts

Such things like that. Good motor but its nothing compared to the LS1 or LS2
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