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Those are good points. Got me thinking. I don't think the resale value will hold up well on these cars too, because they are aimed at young people who will surely beat on them (srt4 in peticular). Not that all of them would, but in general they are meant to be driven hard. I probably wouldn't buy a used one myself.
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Originally posted by The Ripper:
....because they are aimed at young people who will surely beat on them (srt4 in peticular). Not that all of them would, but in general they are meant to be driven hard.
Yes of course us youngings would.
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Well my best friend drove the srt to trade in his spec v nissan and he helped me put in my turbo last week before I blew the piston.
After his experience in the srt and then a ride in mine at 8psi the contour pulls much harder than the neon. Off the line the car are simliar cars are similar maybe the neon but when the turbo spools on the contour the tires breaks loose which heats them up and second bites like a mother. noticed the with the quaife and the my AVS 1000 tires they stick.
Look just to tell you an SS camero was beaten by me up from 0 to 85 mph as I passed him. All have to say I put my money on my svt of course I'm running 10. to 10.5 psi with water mist.
Terminal velocity who installed my dual boost controller and mist said my car should see the 12's with grip. Oh he has two rx-7 run 11's and dakota so he knows his times well
I hope to run into one soon. later guys
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you guys and saying i would want to run into one... i wouldnt care.. hey at least they might race, whenever i go anywere i am always looking for a car to race..  and with any luck maybe you will get a crummy driver and win =) and make them feel dumb, for instance, i race my bros mustang GT in my t-bird, got creamed.. but then once i raced his Girlfriend when she was driving, and i creamed her.. so maybe you'll get lucky.. but also, with not caring if there faster, i have raced a corvette c-5 in my t-bird.. and other day on freeway would have raced a ferrari in the C if they would have sped up.. thought they were going to, but then they let me down  so thats just my .02 =) -Daniel
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Originally posted by Hunt:
you guys and saying i would want to run into one...
i wouldnt care.. hey at least they might race, whenever i go anywere i am always looking for a car to race..
and with any luck maybe you will get a crummy driver and win =) and make them feel dumb, for instance, i race my bros mustang GT in my t-bird, got creamed.. but then once i raced his Girlfriend when she was driving, and i creamed her.. so maybe you'll get lucky..
but also, with not caring if there faster, i have raced a corvette c-5 in my t-bird.. and other day on freeway would have raced a ferrari in the C if they would have sped up.. thought they were going to, but then they let me down
so thats just my .02 =)
-Daniel
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a csvt could beat some ferraris, like a late 70s early 80s 308.
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ok you might want to go and stand on a chair, caused you missed the point!!!! I wouldnt care that i would lose.. 15 et Vs. 12 or lower et. hmm.... point is i wouldnt mind racing one.. if a ferrari pulled up and reved engine.. i would race  would be fun.. plus get to see them take off.. only seen 2 new ferrari's in my driving in my life that i can rember, other time i spend up caught up with him on freeway, was in my truck, (slow as S) and he saw my driving next to him so he floored it.. and i was entertaint for a moment, so it was worth it..... did the chair help this time?  -Daniel
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Originally posted by parkedcar:
My Brother-in-law has one of the fastest in the country as of now....as far as the people on the SRT-4 forums, he is number 2. 13.4 @ 102.xx This is simply with a re-routed intake, boost controller, and drag radials....the drage radials nocked off .6 of a second. as soon as the computer is in it should be runnin 12's. This is his next preject car for his performance shop. He will be selling performance parts for it....so if any of you SRT-4 guys are interested... www.diamondstarmotorsport.com
That's cool that your brother has an SRT-4 man! however the fastest SRT-4 is the MOPAR SRT-4 that recently broke the FWD 1/4 mile World Record at 8.32 seconds, with the stock 2.4 liter block no less. TurboXS, ModernPerformance and AGP also have project SRT-4's that are in the 12's. 
And from my personal experience of owning both an SRT-4 and and Contour SVT, I miss my SVT in the corners. The SRT-4 isn't too far from being on the same level stabilitywise IMO, but stock for stock, body roll on my SRT-4 is much greater than the SVT was. Body roll, however stout your car may actually be in the corners, makes it seem much less stable. Don't get me wrong, she turns on command, just feels a bit sloppy compared to the CSVT. So my current plan to fix this is: replace the rear sway bar which is only 16 mm in stock form , drop the [censored], and get some wider wheels (only 6" from the factory). I think that combo should clear up my personal issues with the handling.
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sorry but I couldn't resist! Well well well... guess what I ran into coming home this weekend on I-70 in florida...
a Neon SRT-4..black
it appeared bone stock..
and the guy was having fun with it..
well to start we were at 70-120..
to make a long story short..
if your an svt that is modded nicely or heavely modded.. (no FI or nos) DO NOT WORRY! those cars don;t have anything up top!
It was my first entaglement and I thought for sure I was going to get smoked! between 70-120 I kept up with him like chrome on a bumper.. he was trying to ditch me so bad it was hilarious..!
I knew I would have been smoked down low but we never got a chance to stop being that there were no lights to stop at..
moral of the story.. DO NOT FEAR THE SRT-4 up top by no means!
oh yea this is no BS believe what you want to believe.. I would have posted if he would have SMOKED me to..but he didn;t even come close.. like I said chrome on a bumper..
Disclosure: FHP cooperated and closed the roads for us 
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LMAO  Well, theres a start. I'm sure we'll have a few new posts later on where someone got smoked, or someone hung on. As long as those run-in's continue to be legal on a track or ahem...closed off roads then we'll be good. No streetracing! (of course speeding is every american's right--until taken away) warmonger
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