my friend has a 2000 neon with just cold air intake. pretty fast? i think i run around high 14's. will he beat me? thanks

 

lol um no he wont win, they think their cars are fast because when they have 5 spd. in something like that it throws u back cause of some torque and a light car, u should win, unless he's running something u dont know

 

a 2000 VR6 jetta 5spd will whip his butt..... along with any stock or near stock 305 non TPI car... and all the V6 fbodys, including the 4thgen ones...


athough thats all i know.. i havent raced one with the camaro.....

 

The "neon" thing again?? HAAAW HAAAAAAAW HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!

 

I have respect for the srt4's though.

 

Being the proud owner of a 2003, i would know
HELL NO, those things are slow man
I think with cold air intake it will run a 16.5 MAX
You should eat him up
BEWARE OF SRT-4 though...driven one and man its quick

 

The new SRT-4 is a badass little car. With limited slip this year and being underrated, nice little package. These cars are dynoing higher than 350 TPI cars. 13's out of the box is nothing to sneeze at.

Rob

 

no its not but thats all we really needed in this world eh. A bunch of cocky neon drivers?!? running around playing with the big boys....theres something not right about that!

 

You hit the nail on the head with that one Rob. Peppy little cars...though knowing Chrysler they'll be popping headgaskets soon enough

 

best i've seen is 14.5 this guy i know bought one and talked much smack. took him out on the hwy from a 50 roll and smoked him to 120 he was 8 cars back.

he said it pulled high on the top end. i wasn't very impressed. if he can't pull my 2nd gear in the vette then he wasn't catching me on the top end

they are still Dodges

 

i do believe theyre supposed to run 13.5's

 

with that kinda power in a FWD platform? doubt it. theres the whole weight transfer thing they have to go through, which sucks when launching one of those cars. FWD + turbo power = off the line wheelspin

best time ive ever seen one of these things go at Cecil (which is a very good track) is 14.4 at 98mph. this was out of about a dozen or so bone stock ones ive seen. most are in the high 14s. gotta remember whos buying these things... real car guys or some yo boy who just rented 2F2F. 99% of SRT4 neon owners probably cant drive for $hit

 

low 14's stock with the normal driver. I've seen a 13.9 out of a bone stock one

Already started to see mid 12 second ones at the track

 

Best Ive seen is 14.4@95-96mph. I dont think theyre as fast as theyre made out to be.

 

like I said I've seen one dip into the 13's stock, most are low 14's. Not bad for a $20K car...also it's a car that isn't hard to mod at all..

 

Add about 2 seconds to that time and that's what he will run.


I'm not impressed with the new SRT-4. I KNOW what it's supposed to do but i haven't seen it out on the street. My car runs 14.0's @ 100MPH and i have EASILY beaten 3 of them on the street. Of course, they were driven by young guys of the ***** persuiasion (aka hat backwards thumping tunes out the window) so who knows where their driver skill level is.

I have seen two run at the track. Both could barely break out of the low 15's.

I hear they are faster. I'll give the car the benefit of the doubt but i have yet to see it.