Ya, john forces hp would be fine.. Wow!! 400hp, not bad. To tell you the truth, I would rather have an SRT-4 than a WRX(if I lived somewhere w/o snow), I don't really like the WRX too much.

 

where do you reside 03?

 

You are indeed correct about the 0-60/70 MPH part between the two in the video. The reason why that particular SRT-4 was loosing the lower end is due to it's color, yellow. Why and how could the cars color matter you ask yourself? Simple. Yellow was only availiable for the '03 model year SRT-4's which are less powerful and lack a LSD. My '04 can break the tires loose when it hits max boost in 3rd gear and that's with the LSD. I couldn't imagine what a bear the '03's must be without the LSD. Another point about that video, there are at least 2 people in the WRX (and by the sounds of it there are only those 2), but the SRT-4 has at least 3 people in it. The only other factor is what gear the SRT-4 was in at the start, his falling back at the beginning could be from down shifting to build boost quicker, the only ones that can say are the ones in the video.

I just went back through a few issues of Sport Compact Car magazine (extremely Japanese car biased) and here is a quote from one of their articles on the SRT-4,"With this kind of power on hand, the car would leave stripes on command. More impressive is it's ability to make WRX owners cower in fear. At anything above 10 MPH, the Neon gone wrong will show it's taillights to any stock WRX and even give EVO drivers something to think about in a straight line." Nuff said.[sm=smiley14.gif][sm=smiley2.gif]

 

BadStrat- I live in Eastern Washington. Where its not unusual to get a few feet in snow, plus going over the passes to Seattle and going snowboarding etc. it is certainly nice to have 4/AWD.

'71- Sorry, I wasn't aware of the power upgrade, nor the LSD. But breaking loose in 3rd in a front wheel drive car is nothing too special. A friend of mine has an '03 GTI 1.8T 6spd with a LSD and it can completely roast them through 3rd. The engine and everything else is stock. It only has 180 hp, I have driven a '96 eagle talon with only 150 hp and it can leave a mean rubber mark into second gear, stock, except for short shifter and mopar cam. I do apologize for saying a WRX could beat an SRT(tho I know an '03 could be beat.), you have convinced me, the WRX would lose to an '04. Both nice cars IMO.

 

Also, I think its funny how its own manufacturer says 5.8 to 60. Yes, I know it can do better.

 

http://www.dodge.com/srt-4/index.htm...ype=vehicleNav


Oops, forgot to put that in my above post. Now you guys go me wanting an SRT-4....

 

Their time is still based on the '03 SRT-4, in most of the initial testing they were running mid-high 5 sec. 0-60 MPH times. The ones I had seen running at 2 different tracks were the same cars and drivers and they knew how to drive them, that's why and how they were getting solid 13.7-13.9 in the 1/4 mile in '03 SRT-4's. Most '03 owners will only achieve low 14's, unless they get tons of practice. Sport Compact Car magazine recorded their '03 that they tested ran a best of 0-60 MPH in 5.6 sec. and the 1/4 mile in 14.1 @ 102 MPH out of 3 runs. Here is their comparison between the '03 SRT-4 and the '04 WRX. The '03 SRT-4 still wins out in the 1/4 mile.

They also had an article to see which could lay down the longest stripe. The '03 SRT-4 didn't fair too well due to a combination of factors. First off is the cars rake, low in the front and high in the rear. Next is the fact that the PCM only allows 8 psi boost, out of 14-15 psi, in 1st gear. Lastly was the super sticky tires that come on it. They were even "bummed" about the results figuring it to win it, but 83 ft. didn't get the job done. The winner was the Mini Cooper Works of all things with 129 ft., go figure. Then again you want to grab and go, not sit and spin.