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Originally Posted by AKADriver
Bullshit.
The Neon platform is one of the BETTER engineered small cars. People see the cheesy interior plastic, look at the reliability records of models from 10 years ago, and deem it crap. Pure bullshit. Yeah, it's FF. So what, so are 99% of the cars on the road.
My standard 2400lb '95 Neon had all sorts of bits that other small cars have to go through swaps and conversions to have. 4 wheel disc with 10" rotors, 2.0L DOHC, tight gearing, fast-ratio steering (~2.5 turns lock to lock), 2.5" mandrel-bent exhaust STOCK, yadda yadda... Yeah, the 240SX has all that, too, but the 240SX cost about twice what my car did when they were new.
So in the SRT-4, they take this car, and give it a 2.4L that's built like a shit brickhouse... 1200hp on the stock crank, block, bedplate... yeah, it's been done.
My only gripe is that the suspension/brakes of the SRT-4 are a little weaksauce compared to the engine, but they wanted something to come in cheap for the typical street driver. It needs stiffer dampers, bigger rotors with 4-piston front calipers, and wider wheels to match the power. All that's fairly easy to do, though.
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dodge.....
neon.....
srt4? 230HP? 240HP? 300HP? 1200HP?
who cares -- the car is crap.
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On a more serious note, who wants to own a car that is shoddily slapped together? Lets just compare our oldest 1990 NISSAN S13 240SX which doesnt have airbag:
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/NCAP/Cars/1048.html
to a 2003 Dodge NEON:
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/NCAP/Cars/2303.html
Wow, our old POS scores better than the new NEON in terms of safety.
Call me negative.. call me a hater.. but I just cant accept a car that was built with stupidity. Why am I saying this?
Simple.
The Dodge NEON SRT4 wasnt created for enthusiasts, it was created to attempt to compete and steal business away from OTHER manufacturers that already have loyal following. Which cars? Ah yes, the WRX and EVO.. two cars which actually have prestige and following. The SRT4 was developed with the SAME goal Ford had when they made the PROBE -- to steal business away from other companies by selling something less expensive.
Why buy a 240SX when you can buy a Probe?
Why buy a WRX or EVO when you can buy a NEON SRT-4?
Like I said...
who cares -- its a crap car