2nd gen or srt

Polish_neon2 · Post by **Polish_neon2** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:20 pm

I have a choice, and im kinda stuck, what would you guys recomend to do, i can sell my 2000 neon, kinda done up, for 5grand and use that as a down payment for an srt, or should i just rebuild the motor, turbo it, and do the outside (10grand) if i put the money into mine, im keeping it till it explodes

unsuper man · Post by **unsuper man** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:41 pm

well. look at it like this. for the money u spend on a srt4, ur car could look, handle, and out perform a SRT4 in every aspect if you kept you curent car. BUT with a srt4 mods are fairly cheap and u have warrenty on your side. honestly tho id go wit the SRT if u could.

eVilcreations · Post by **eVilcreations** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:46 pm

I'd stick with the 2nd Gen if it was me.....for the money vs. performance issue that unsuper man said....

evlneon · Post by **evlneon** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 7:01 pm

SRT. 'nuff said.

sirvaliant_98 · Post by **sirvaliant_98** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 7:03 pm

well srt-4 sounds great. i wouldnt mind having one, but look at some things.

your insurance will go up, maybe a lot, maybe a little.

you could keep your paid for neon, do an srt-4 motor swap and have the same power and mod ability.

total sleeper, regular 2nd gen with srt-4 motor, hell yeah

Baal · Post by **Baal** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 8:49 pm

Well they will both have advantages and disadvantages..

The 2nd gen will outperform the srt-4, and it will probably drop more panties than a stock srt-4, but it wont be as reliable as the srt-4, i bet it will go the shop way more times than a stock srt-4.

Id probably go for the 2nd gen but thats because i love doing stuff to the car, but if you are not really into it dont do it

Polish_neon2 · Post by **Polish_neon2** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 9:03 pm

crappy part is....when i posted this, my car was conditionally sold, and he was still iffy bout buying it, so i figured i wouldnt mind keeping it....instead of the srt, but just talked to him and he said he's picking it up tomoro....guess have no choice other than to wait till summer to buy a white srt
thanks for ur opinions anyways

fflores · Post by **fflores** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 3:33 am

so its sold and u'r getting the srt?

When you pick it up and see the Boost hit... you will know that you made the right choice

reefSRT4 · Post by **reefSRT4** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:58 am

I agree that modding the SRT engine (much more ready to take much more abuse) will be the way to go. I dumped my SXT for one......

These things are taking nearly 30lbs of boost, without complaint! You'd have to do some hella major work on that 2000 Naturally Asp. engine to be alble to take abuse like that! It's not hard to boost an NA engine (with about 6-8psi) to "barely" outperform a stock SRT......but......you won't find very many SRT's that stay stock.....

Polish_neon2 · Post by **Polish_neon2** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:23 pm

Thats true, tho i was planning on building it up to like 15-20psi, which would definatly pass an srt, but....i know what u mean bout the reliability, and since my dad has a blue srt, i know exactly the feeling your talking bout when the needle goes up