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On a side note:

Steve's SRT-4 already grenaded the flywheel/clutch assembly and damaged the crank about a month and a half ago.
They replaced the cracked transmission housing and the damaged crankshaft under warranty.

Well yesterday he told me that he has been having more problems and now they are going to give him another engine. He suddenly developed a new vibration AND he claims it is starting to run lean.

So, reliability issue number two for having 300 wHP in an SRT-4....in the same car. He is a hard driver though! I wonder how long Dodge will take that stuff before they say screw-off. That is going to cost them some serious money if everybody starts jacking up the boost like he did. He's running like 18-20#'s. So to get his 300wHP he has stressed his stock engine to the max.

I on the other hand I barely use my turbo's capability with 6#'s and make that much power. He's owned his car about as long as I had mine turbo'd, since about this summer. He is going on motor number two in that time frame, mine was still running fine, smooth and reliable as ever until I decided to try some new upgrades.

Opinions anyone?