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Originally posted by skrilla187:
What did you do with the SVT?
i sold it to my cousin, so it's still up here in the U.P. of michigan.
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Originally posted by TGO:
nothing like buying a car with all the hard work already done to it.
how much??
and hows the torque steer? 
i pretty much stole it. books for 14,000 stock, turbo kit was 3600, exhuast was about 400, not sure what the pcm cost, gameboy advance thrown in to tune it, that was 80, and it was all professionaly installed and tuned by realtune in clevleand ohio, so after the cost of that, probably close to 5000 at least in mods/work done. i bought it for 13000. 
not sure what the tq steer would be like with slicks, but on the street tires on the street, 3rd sucks ass, i'm all over the road.
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Originally posted by RyeLou:
Originally posted by 1BadCSVT:
I def say get the front mount and the crash bar (saved my buddies engine after the accident, it's still good and is awaiting a new shell to be transplanted into).
If it's making just under 400hp/tq at the wheels it most definitly already has a larger front mount. I didn't look at the pictures on the first page closely, but I'd bet it does.
Slicks are definitly a must for these cars if you want a decent time. Where you're at (and I'm at for all that matter) it's the difference between a 12 second pass and an 11 second pass at relativly close trap speeds.
Actually I'd be willing to bet I could pretty much list off everything you have, haha. I've got everything your car does but my injectors are smaller (I'm guessing you have RC750's) and my intake manifold and throttle body will be ported next week. Other than that we're probably the same with different brand components.
Edit: On further inspection it does look like that's the stock IC. Is that picture old? If not, did he give you the dyno sheets along with the car? If he didn't I don't think you have as much power as he told you. If he did you're sitting on an easy 25 horsepower. If you have any questions about anything send me a PM. I've got a 50 trim with a whole bunch of other crap.
no, that's an aftermaket agp intercooler. i do have the dyno sheet from realtune also. that pic is from 2 days ago. right now i'm just trying to figure out what i need to put the power to the ground, and what will break when i do. hopefully i can get better times next month at the track. first time i was there all i could get was a 13.7, spinning all the way till the 2nd half of 3rd gear, and having a 2.7 60' time, which is hideous. i will be buying slicks and what not over the winter, but i want to get better times off the street tires. i've got the sock pilot sports on the car right now. i'd also like to know what kind of street tires to get next year for daily driving that stick a little better than the ones i have now.
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Originally posted by Spyderman:
Which AGP turbokit is that. I had a ride in a 60-1 powered one on stock fuel still that was simply nuts.
Nice Ride...
http://www.agpturbo.com/product.php?productid=16269&cat=311&page=1
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Originally posted by Rickabod:
Originally posted by Doppelg�¤nger:
So, that SRT-4 has WELL OVER 400hp and 400lbs tq at the crank!  If so, how in the world do you drive/launch that thing? Is it your EDD?
EDD? yeah, i'm working on launching it. it needs bigger axles and slicks, cause i'm afraid to dump it too high right now, and it spins bad. all the way through 1st, 2nd and half way through 3rd, before it'll catch. i took it to the track right after i got it, and i'll be going back next month. my goal is to get low 13's/high 12's on the street tires. it's got the mph to be in the 11's, but it needs slicks for that, and a better driver mod, but i'll get there.
EDD = Every Day Driver.
Wow, I figured as much about traction problems. Man, that's a fast car there. 
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See ad in Classifieds, Price lowered to $8,500. Buy it!
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Originally posted by Doppelg�¤nger:
Originally posted by Rickabod:
Originally posted by Doppelg�¤nger:
So, that SRT-4 has WELL OVER 400hp and 400lbs tq at the crank! If so, how in the world do you drive/launch that thing? Is it your EDD?
EDD? yeah, i'm working on launching it. it needs bigger axles and slicks, cause i'm afraid to dump it too high right now, and it spins bad. all the way through 1st, 2nd and half way through 3rd, before it'll catch. i took it to the track right after i got it, and i'll be going back next month. my goal is to get low 13's/high 12's on the street tires. it's got the mph to be in the 11's, but it needs slicks for that, and a better driver mod, but i'll get there.
EDD = Every Day Driver.
Wow, I figured as much about traction problems. Man, that's a fast car there.
yeah, it's my summer daily driver, the other 6 months i'm rollin' in my exploder.
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If that's their direct fit intercooler it's still a bit small for your power. It does okay though. Don't get upgraded axles...I think that's a bad idea. If you get axles to hold the power the weakest link is then move to something within the transmission. The axles are relativly inexpensive for one and for two you could do both of them within an hour if you really tried to. I'd much rather fix those than having clutch or other transmission issues. I have the ACT clutch and I plan on leaving my axles alone.
Street tires are worthless witih your power. Theres really no reason to even try at the track with those. Honestly with the power you have and the way boost builds on our cars, theres nothing you can do on street tires to do much better. The only thing you can do is roll out in 1st gear and go half throttle, shift to 2 and go half throbble, then nail it in 3rd. Even with that you'll only hit a mid 13 but your trap speeds will be like 117mph.
My suggestion is to get BFG drag radials. I spin first still (and every SRT always will without slicks) but second is much more managable. It will only spin the tires a very slight bit, but it still pulls the car insanely hard so it's not a problem. I have 225/50/15 drag radials, but they make 225's in 17". I'd suggest not getting the 17" ones without getting wider wheels. The stock wheels are only 6" wide which is retarded.
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Oh, and that "torque steer" won't ever go away. Believe it or not the Quaife LSD isn't good enough to keep up with the power that's made once the turbo spools up. If you really want to get rid of it theres another LSD option but the unit alone is just under $2,000. This is the reason why DCX decided to run the Caliber SRT-4's open diff. The Quaife causes the car to get pulled side to side when the power is moved from one side to the other. Instead of them spending extra money for a good LSD (and having to increase cost) they decided on open diff... VERY stupid idea IMO, but whatever.
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Granted I haven't drivven a 400whp srt4, I have driven a near 300whp one and the torque steer, although present, really ain't that bad. For a stock differential on a stock/near stock car, Dodge did nothing wrong. My escort has more torque steer than a stock/near stock srt4.
Oh, and 2.7 60' sucks. Like posted above, running on street tires won't get you anywhere fast, but..... there are reasons to be able to launch decently and know how to get on it with street tires.
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