Big Red Jim ..hope you didn't take offence.The one that ran at the track ran what it ran.I have no idea if it was stock but it never saw a 13 that day.
We are at 2000 feet and even the lt1s and ls1s run slower.ls1s stock are usually around 13.8 and lt1 in mid 14s.And if you ran a 13 on steet tires at the track well you must have better tracks than ours..ours pretty much sucks without drag tires.
And I have a turbo car if you read my sig..a highly modified talon with big aftermarket turbo and all the toys and am hopeful that this year at least it may be my fastest car and similar modded ones have done 11s no problem on pump gas.
But I also know how hard it is to be consistent with a five speed manual and also know my friends highly modified 300 hp subaru 86 xt fwd that weighs around 2500 pounds has never beat any of my cars and they are not super modded except for the talon but he never ran that yet.
I have no doubt a slightly modded srt 4 with drag tires could turn some excellent numbers.

I think they are great bang for the buck cars but have two suggestions for dodge..one they should offer the cars in two door form..four door and sports car to me should never be in the same sentence and second they should offer them in awd.Do those things and I might consider trading up my talon for one.

 

Hey 80TA i read that u put in 3.42's in place of your 2.73's and I plan on doing the same thing. Did u see a decent gain from switching them?? Sorry to hijack the thread. U should take that srt-4 EASY, get some Nittos and youll cream him big for sure.

 

I always murder stock SRT-4s out of the hole. On the order of 3-7 car lengths. Those things have top end pull, though. Watch out for that. Get a great launch and stay in it hard and watch for his pull. I am at 4000' though. I think turbo cars are less affected at altitude than n/a cars like mine.

 

I love the 3.42 over the 2.73.2.73 gears should be illegal on cars they suck bad!! Night and day around town difference.Almost wish went 3.73 but the 3.42 will be fine.Plan on 2800 to 3000 stall too though.And likely run nittos after that and maybe et street radials at the track.

 

Sweet, did the car fell alot stronger and like it pulled faster??

 

Chevy you will love those 3.42s.You have a stall and all that other stuff already and waiting to go in so don't worry your car will rock and roll!!

Around town I absolutely hated the 2.73 gears.The car barely spun the tires with my current fairly mild mods. Mods are magnaflow catback,airfoil,air filter and few other little things.Now its much stronger feeling and think it is largely responsible for taking quite a bit of time off at the track.Think 3 or 4 tenths for sure.Not sure why one mag in particular got poor results from the gear swap.Can't explain it.

 

Man youve got me excited now, i cant wait to get those gears in

 

What gears do you have now?

I've driven stock LT1s with 2.73s, 3.23s, and 3.73s, all automatics. Each lower gear is a huge seat of the pants difference! You will love it, if you don't mind a jumpy, drop kicked by god feeling everytime you launch.

 

I have 2.73's right now and no i dont mind the dropped kicked by god feeling

 

I ran a 04 srt-4 from a roll and put a couple cars on him. From a stop you should have him easy.

 

Don't underestimate those srt's, one of my friends was running low 12's on nittos, 4 in. exhaust and a few other minor bolt ons. One interesting thing he did was to take out the a/c compressor clutch, so whenever he got ready to race he would switch on the a/c, the compressor wouldnt kick in, and the computer compensated for the power draw that was supposed to be made by increasing the boost by almost 2 psi. I would smoke him off the line every time, and then he would fly by at about 50 or 60.

 

Since when does a 2.4 liter engine need a 4 inch exhaust? Way overkill and probably a power loss with it compared to 3" exhaust. Does his a/c still work for the summer? What car were you driving when you ran him?

 

Not true at all. With a turbocharger, the rules change drastically. Most racers actually run an open downpipe and open wastegate for a quicker spoolup. 4 inches is probably overkill for most SRT-4's, but I'm sure the turbo spools instantly.

The A/C thing sounds a little fishy, I've never even heard of that before.

 

Well, he knows what he is talking about, he has owned 3 srt's- maybe i explained it a little differently than he did, but he has an boost controller with a boost pressure guage. the boost psi. rises almost 2 psi when he turns on the a/c. No it doestnt work because he removed the clutch from the compressor.

I raced him last summer with my formula the day after i bought it i had really bald tires, and it was before i added street legal drags, lt headers, exhaust, intake, and a cam. Im thinking it might be a much closer race now. I'll have to wait till the snow clears off the ground tho, cars are away for the winter.

 

I still don't buy it. My A/C doesn't affect my boost level one bit. I own an SRT-4.