At first I missed the svt... mainly for the handling. My svt was lowered and was already an excellent handling car, but the srt's stock ride height is rather high which causes more body roll. Since having had the car for about 2 months now, I've learned that the body roll is relatively harmless in this car and it is in fact a phenominal handler. It has the body roll, but hangs just as good as my svt did in hard corners. Straight line performance in completely untouched for anything else in $20k range or even $25 for that matter, save the mustang GT or 350Z track edition which are both drivers races against the -4. The fact that it has a 3/36000 bumper to bumper and a 7/70000 powertrain only makes it better. Couple that with MOPAR backing and it's really the best bet around. As long as you can handle everybody (on the net that is; in person everybody wants to go for a ride or drive it) going, "yeah it may be way faster than my car, but at the end of the day it's still a neon", there really is nothing else on the market even close to that sweet of a deal. Scott Mohler's mopar SRT-4 drag car is pushing 1000 hp on the stock block (same one I have in my car). That pretty much throws any durability issues out the window. SHane Carlson's Drag SRT just set the FWD 1/4 mile world record at 8.32 seconds. I can't see this car not getting better with each new mod that becomes available. MOPAR factory tests every part (NO other aftermarket company can claim this) before it's release and they have a FULL line of mods all due out by the end of this summer. What does this mean? This means no more installing a mod, then having to [censored] with it and tune it for a week to get it work right, it's already that strait from the factory purchased through Dodge!
Long story short, it truely is phenominal and the power is absolutely explosive.
Go to SRTforums.com and learn from other owners if you want. I'm ATL-SRT over there. There is need for an LSD, but the 04's come stock with that and are rumored to start hitting dealers in july, they are already avail to order. My color (solor yellow) is out for 04 and being replaced by blue.
Oh yeah, turbo lag is non-existant.
