build up 2.0 or 2.4 swap

718sxt.4 · Post by **718sxt.4** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:33 am

im having a hard tyme trying to figure out whether i should do the buld up, or do the srt-4 swap any help anyone?

Adionik · Post by **Adionik** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:16 am

I'm in this battle myself. I saw a built engine with nothing else...for $1800. I might just get that and a stg3 kit and call it a day

Wenuden · Post by **Wenuden** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:31 am

718sxt.4 wrote:im having a hard tyme trying to figure out whether i should do the buld up, or do the srt-4 swap any help anyone?

Soooo many topics exactly like this...

Depends what you want. If you want a reliable, no-tune 230ish hp, do the swap. If you just want to have fun modding a car, work on the 2.0.

The swap has much more low-effort low-stress potential, not to mention a higher hp yield per dollar, after the initial money spent on the swap.

SGT BRAD · Post by **SGT BRAD** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:39 pm

i'm still on the fence on this one. do you like high revving high hp? then go bored, long rod 2.0. if you like tq'y low rpm then go with the swap. mook made 220hp on a 2.2 stroker at 8k rpms while jeffb made 225hp at something like 7k rpms. if you want cheap hp with reliability then just do the srt swap and be done with it. if you want insane n/a power then do the 2.6l darrell cox swap and you'll make over 250n/a!!! woot.

718sxt.4 · Post by **718sxt.4** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:41 pm

adionik i heard frm dodgeforums u had a vtec so y change now, wen u say tha engine is build do u know how much power can it hold..is it a 2.0

wenuden wat did u do the swap or the build.. but the reason i cant chose cuz i wna leave it atx bt no one here has done it to inform me on how it went an wats the hp or if any problems

sgt brad this darrell cox swap what kind of engine is it do u got more info

Adionik · Post by **Adionik** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:30 pm

Lol man that was a joke amongst some friends on there...

Whoever had my car before me put a "VTECH TUNING" sticker on the bottom passenger door. I posted pics up on DF and it was a riot...

Wenuden · Post by **Wenuden** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:33 pm

I bought an srt-4 and am in the hunt (slowly) for over 400 whp.

If money isnt an issue and you want atx, buy a darryl cox race-built srt-4 motor and darryl cox race-built 3-speed auto, and the other parts necessary for the srt swap and run mid-10's.

718sxt.4 · Post by **718sxt.4** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:18 am

Adionik o ok i was about say a jdm in american so wat do u reali got done

Wenuden do u no the prices how come evrybody doesnt do that to be in the 10's

Wenuden · Post by **Wenuden** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:57 am

because it costs about 8-10 grand depending on options, and neon owners are notoriously broke.

Google darryl cox racing for their web site.

718sxt.4 · Post by **718sxt.4** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:42 am

Wenuden thx i seem it he tryna rip ppl off charging 8k jus for the atx trans an then price out the other parts.. i heard he was selling his engine an trans frm his for like 5k do u kno if he sold that already.. an why wud a trans be so much wat so special he got in his??

Wenuden · Post by **Wenuden** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:35 am

I'd pay 8grand for a race-proven high 9 to low 10 second 3 speed, if I planned on campaigning an srt-4 for a few years. The red sled is a beast.

His parts cost so much because he has no (readily available) competition.

Last time I checked his operation out, a built motor/trans was only around 10grand. If you parted out all the work it would take to achieve the same numbers from different vendors, I'm sure it would run you more than that.

BluSoul · Post by **BluSoul** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:30 pm

Wenuden wrote:If money isnt an issue and you want atx, buy a darryl cox race-built srt-4 motor and darryl cox race-built 3-speed auto, and the other parts necessary for the srt swap and run mid-10's.

Is the 10s car b-printed? I'm wondering duplication, but that's more than just engine. What are the suspension mods?

BluSoul · Post by **BluSoul** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:11 pm

if you want insane n/a power then do the 2.6l darrell cox swap and you'll make over 250n/a!!! woot.

I read the DCR track times over at SRTforums, and I am very impressed. I visited the site, read what his putting together to make 'em, and I must say that I really like these DCR engines. Descriptions list pretty much what I would put together myself, and much more. I wonder if he'd build a 3Kgt stroker for me the way he's done the 2.6 (if I could do a 3Kgt/3L swap). I'm sure I could get even more horses from this engine with twin turbos. Its all the other mods that concern me.

Thanks for allll the input on this; its good information to know. I'm happy to learn that I can make my neon a 10s roller, without all the pain and financial stress I had previously dreamed of.

2GN.ORG

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