gt or a srt4
04-07-2007, 02:45 PM
#33
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RE: gt or a srt4
ORIGINAL: ackuric
My auto rips 5spds a new *******. Any logical person knows, by the time you put your clutch to the floor, an automatic has already shifted and hit the next gear. The only thing autos lack is a valve body/shift kit, gearing and a good stall, all of those combined drop an easy .5 off the quarter mile, that means mid to high 13's all day with just tranny work/gears. The expense to repair both trannies are quite close, yet the auto will easily outlast the 5spd while out performing it with a few mods. Anyways to each their own.
Srt4's are fun to drive im sure, but if you have ANY perspective of what the car looks like while your driving it, I only see it being fun when no other cars are around. lol
My auto rips 5spds a new *******. Any logical person knows, by the time you put your clutch to the floor, an automatic has already shifted and hit the next gear. The only thing autos lack is a valve body/shift kit, gearing and a good stall, all of those combined drop an easy .5 off the quarter mile, that means mid to high 13's all day with just tranny work/gears. The expense to repair both trannies are quite close, yet the auto will easily outlast the 5spd while out performing it with a few mods. Anyways to each their own.
Srt4's are fun to drive im sure, but if you have ANY perspective of what the car looks like while your driving it, I only see it being fun when no other cars are around. lol
04-07-2007, 02:47 PM
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RE: gt or a srt4
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WOW MAN you brought up a good point. lol save up $500 and buy a used nitrous kit and slap it on your stang and run mid-low 12s all day. lol way cheaper than modding up a srt-4
WOW MAN you brought up a good point. lol save up $500 and buy a used nitrous kit and slap it on your stang and run mid-low 12s all day. lol way cheaper than modding up a srt-4
+1 to auto's better with a stall and manual valve body
04-07-2007, 02:48 PM
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RE: gt or a srt4
u cant forget the sheer fun of rwd. anybody else just whip the back end out a little around corners every once in awhile? that will be gone forever in the skittle. ull be lookin at donuts in reverse! 
04-07-2007, 03:30 PM
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RE: gt or a srt4
If you want a a Neon SRT-4 then get one. I think they're nice, but i LOVE Mustangs. Thats why I got one
Those are EXPENSIVE to modify....trust me I know!!
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i wouldent mine jumping into a evo but cobra awaits me
i wouldent mine jumping into a evo but cobra awaits me
04-07-2007, 05:20 PM
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RE: gt or a srt4
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Your not gonna see mid 11s with just 5K in a SRT-4. Hell, I have pretty big doubts about seeing 12s with just 2k as well. Its all nice to list a list of mods, but when it comes to launching the car down the track and acutally getting it done...
In any case, unless your a moron and want to die you can't run around with drag radails on the SRT-4 everyday on the street... and you can with the stang.If you have 5K for mods you have enough for a vortech SQ setup and pretty much a full suspension (control arms, shocks, struts, springs) with some left over. I guarentee you won't be disapointed with your stang after doing that.
Even a bone stock GT with just a vortech + suspension + decent tires and your looking at a mid 12 car with a decent driver, and its all downhill from there. A few more boltons, some work on the rearend and some better tires and your looking at high 11s in a completely streetable car that still gets 20 MPG.
BTW, another thing I am not convinced of is that the MPG is gonna be any better. I have talked to a couple SRT owners and most are getting about 20 MPG... I get that in my FI gt with cams
Your not gonna see mid 11s with just 5K in a SRT-4. Hell, I have pretty big doubts about seeing 12s with just 2k as well. Its all nice to list a list of mods, but when it comes to launching the car down the track and acutally getting it done...
In any case, unless your a moron and want to die you can't run around with drag radails on the SRT-4 everyday on the street... and you can with the stang.If you have 5K for mods you have enough for a vortech SQ setup and pretty much a full suspension (control arms, shocks, struts, springs) with some left over. I guarentee you won't be disapointed with your stang after doing that.
Even a bone stock GT with just a vortech + suspension + decent tires and your looking at a mid 12 car with a decent driver, and its all downhill from there. A few more boltons, some work on the rearend and some better tires and your looking at high 11s in a completely streetable car that still gets 20 MPG.
BTW, another thing I am not convinced of is that the MPG is gonna be any better. I have talked to a couple SRT owners and most are getting about 20 MPG... I get that in my FI gt with cams
04-07-2007, 09:30 PM
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RE: gt or a srt4
ORIGINAL: stangman94
But you can slap nitrous on a skittle too.
+1 to auto's better with a stall and manual valve body
ORIGINAL: djb1187
WOW MAN you brought up a good point. lol save up $500 and buy a used nitrous kit and slap it on your stang and run mid-low 12s all day. lol way cheaper than modding up a srt-4
WOW MAN you brought up a good point. lol save up $500 and buy a used nitrous kit and slap it on your stang and run mid-low 12s all day. lol way cheaper than modding up a srt-4
+1 to auto's better with a stall and manual valve body
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04-07-2007, 09:38 PM
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RE: gt or a srt4
i laugh at srt-4s....i would rather drive a freakin scooter than a car that sounds like one. fast or not, they are pathetically ugly and sound like a balloon getting the air squeezed out of it. i added my vortech for just over 4000 installed and tuned. all you need is tires and a clutch and youll walk most srt-4s...or at least the ones around here. if your even contemplating trading in a healthy v8 for a pathetic little 4cyl then you need to be shot.