I found this while doing some snooping around the net today. Looks pretty nasty. I have no info or specs on what type of set up it is. I would hope that the bottom is built. Will be interesting to see how long the motor holds up....

http://www.sromagazine.com/movielinks/jump.php?113


Break out the bottles and hairdriers fella's, it looks like things are heating up...



Jon

 

This is kind of old news, but here goes....

The turbo is a gt30/40 ball bearing turbo, tial wastegate, AGP FMIC, and bigger fuel pump. Otherwise stock.

As for a built bottom end, it's got one: from the factory.

 

impressive....

I would have to spray his little @ss if we were racin.

 

That's an impressive little bugger. for that SRT-4.

 

Yeah but will the motor hold up for 200,000 miles of hard driving with these mods?

 

There's no reason to believe it wouldn't. The engine is built from the factory.

 

that is nuts and it should hold up for many many miles no it looks like factory

 

Keep in mind that's 500 HP in a 2900 lb car too. You'd need more than 500 HP in our cars to beat it.

- Matt
'96 WS-6 A4 ~ K&N, Cut-Out....oh and a 100-shot
~260rwhp n/a
~340rwhp on the giggle

 

Can someone tell me what they were spraying in front of the radiator?
I am just curious? because they already had a fan or so it appeared. Sweet little car and It will definately suprise alot of people.

 

If I had to guess, I would say something simular to liquid nitrogen to help keep the intercooler optimal for cooling. I would imagine it's the same idea as the N2O kits designed to spray directly onto the intercooler. Or I suppose it could have just been water...


If everything in the driveline stays together, that should AT LEAST be a solid 10 sec car.


BIGREDJIM-

When I mentioned something about the bottom end, I was just curious. I figured Dodge would have put some stronger bottom end parts together for that motor, but everything has a breaking point. I don't know if they have a bottom end like for EX, a Supra, which many people have run 700-800+ hp on a stock bottom end, or if the srt's were just "re-enforced" with some better parts than stock for the turbo motor. Remeber, they're adding almost an additional 300hp to that thing...




Jon

 

The 2.4 in those has the same crank as regular 2.4's, but it has oil-cooled pistons, and I think the rods may be upgraded ones over a regular 2.4, but I'm not sure on that. The 2.4 is just a stroked 2.0 in the Neons which has proven to be a CRAP motor. I know a guy who had a 98 Neon R/T and he spun a bearing in the 2.0 at 55k, 10k after he bought it and blew a head gasket right before. He then found a 2.4 out of a stratus that was almost new and put it in there with a ported head, and the same bolt ons on the 2.0. Took him a month to spin a bearing in the 2.4 as well. Unless Chrysler did some serious strengthening in the SRT-4's (it's just a PT Cruiser turbo motor), I have a hard time believing those things will hold up very well. Those things are way over squared in design, so they certainly won't be the most durable at high rpms either. We'll see though. As much as I dislike the car or any other 4cyl, I do give it credit for running 13's stock at around 20k.

Jason

 

I'm sure the Neon guys will tell you different, but there's not a car out there, not even the Supra, that will take 500rwhp on the stock bottom end for 200k miles. I also gaurantee you that car has more mods than what Jim stated. There's a lot involved in getting to that kind of hp level...ecu...boost controller...fuel controller....etc. And there's no way the stock injectors will support 500 rw even with a larger pump. Also, what about the clutch, tranny, rear end, etc. If they're not already built, they'll need to be. Adding 300 rwph to a car isn't as easy as slapping on a turbo and fmic.

Jason

 

i know somebody who blew their tranny the first day they took their SRT-4 to the track.......... but from what i hear,the bottom end is well built and can handle close to 1000HP or something like that,same with Fords Cobra.

 

The Cobra's use the same crank as the non blown models. Yes it's forged and pretty strong, but I doubt that bottom end is gonna be as strong as a Lunati forged bottom end for a 383 LT1 which is supposed to be good for somewhere close to 1000hp. It just doesn't add up to me. I'd trust the Cobra with about 600rwhp provided you don't spin it past 6500, but that's it.

Jason

 

The turbo 2.4 is bullet proof. So much so that the Turbo Stratus in Mexico is used for police vehicles. The factory crank, block, and head supports 1,000 horsepower. The factory longblock is likely good for 600+whp. There is absolutely no reason to believe otherwise.