I just bought a 2004 dodge neon srt-4 with 72k. The guy told me it has the stage 3 package on it. I know nothing about these cars. Is there any sure fire way to tell the stages apart in these cars?

 

Look at the turbo face if it says Mopar it is a stage 3.

 

I dont know exactly where to look at the turbo. All i saw was td04lr on it. Where would i look to see mopar. can you give me a picture?

 

At the top of the turbo it will say MOPAR like this. If this is not on it, then it is not stage 3.

 

Like i said all i see is td04lr. I think i got lied too.

 

The stock turbo says td04lr. I am wondering if it is a stage 1 or 2 even. Can you look at your PCM and see if it has a stage 1 or 2 on it. It would be in front of your intake next to your radiator on the right hand side of the car as you are looking at it. Sorry to hear they lied to you about it being a stage 3.

 

Maybe its a stage1 or stage2 but yeah like black says has to say mopar for stage3. If its a stage 1 or 2 still pretty nice turbo kits .

 

Im going to take the flange off, and check it out tomorrow. And ill look at the pcm while im at it. I know it has a bigger intercooler, a greddy bov, and a few other things in it. Ill get some pictures. But either way.

i traded a 1995 Camaro. that had 25k in parts in it. It was a nice car, but a gas hog and stuff was always breaking. I traded even for this 2004 dodge neon srt-4.

 

just look at the sticker on your ECU. it says what stage the computer is. also check the color on your injector rings. if they have a blue ring, its S1, pink are S2 and S3

Before you go to all that trouble with your turbo, take a pic of your wastegate. the s3 has a different arm. post the pic.
Also the exhaust flange on a S3 turbo has a 5 bolt pattern as opposed to the stock turbo which has 4 bolts

 

Lucky enough for me it has the blue rings around the injectors. So its looking like i have the stage one kit. I love how people lie about stuff like that. And im a idiot for not doing my research before i traded for it.

But i still got a car 9 years newer, and with 130,000 less miles on the body.