wow im a lil late on this one. Just a few srt-4 stories. Frist of all, if they have a stock turbo on them, they have no top end. I on the other had have amazing top end. all my power is made above 55k. First story, my buddy called me one night while we were out cruisin on hwy 100 in wisconsin. siad there was a really fast srt-4 out that nite. told me to go find him. so i found him. racing him from a 40mph roll was a dman good challenge. i started to pull away from him but then he was right next to me. i shifted and slowly pulled away again. Before i knew it he was ahead of me by a door length. so i had him pull over and i asked him wat he all had done. first he asked what i had done. at that time it was intake, exhaust , and plugs and wires. he said that he was about 375horse to the wheels. o btw he had a total of 5 people in the car!!! then we decided to have a lil fun on the freeway. we went from a 60mph roll. by the time we hit 155 he was about a car ahead of me. he had about 10k stuck into the car. A fairly big turbo which took a long time to build boost which is why he would just come outta nowhere and catch me. Anywyas 10k stuck into a neon on steriods is still not worth driving a neon. Then i saw a couple of guys cruisin one night and I am cocky so i got uo next to him and waved him to go! mistake. After he got about a car away i punched it. I had a hell of a time catching up. slowly but surely i got him. my back hurt really bad after that because i had mashed on the pedals so hard! I made him pull over too. Found out he was stock turbo but he was boosting 24 lbs. Those things are sleepers but they are still no match.
My G/Fs daughter wanted to trade her Mustang GT in on one. I told her, and now you, it's a frickin Neon. Dodge came out with the Caliber to replace it because Neons suck. A neon is a neon, and will always be. You cannot cool that car up enough to be anything more. GTO has lineage, and will always be a GTO. Put a turbo on the GTO and no neon will be around you, same $10k in bolt ons for a GTO and your running 10's. Also, the LS motors are incredible motors.
My G/Fs daughter wanted to trade her Mustang GT in on one. I told her, and now you, it's a frickin Neon. Dodge came out with the Caliber to replace it because Neons suck. A neon is a neon, and will always be. You cannot cool that car up enough to be anything more. GTO has lineage, and will always be a GTO. Put a turbo on the GTO and no neon will be around you, same $10k in bolt ons for a GTO and your running 10's. Also, the LS motors are incredible motors.
True That!! I would never get another car other then a Mustang or a GTO. As Jet said it is a NEON for god sake.
Sorry Pal. Gto's Share No Parts With The Grand Prix. They Are 2 Totally Different Cars. GLAD YOU ARE HAPPY WITH YOUR RIDE JUST AS I AM HAPPY WITH MINE. THAT'S WHAT COUNTS IN THE END.
.............................. A neon is a neon, and will always be. You cannot cool that car up enough to be anything more............................................
That is my feelings as well even years before I ever bought my GTO.
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