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The SRT-4 stayed closer than what I would've thought it could.

 

lol....."Stage 1".....stoooopid ricers

 

You'd be amazed. Every C5 I run (at least on a roll) can't shake me. I'll stay on their tail all the way to 120 before I abort.

 

Stage 1 is a Mopar upgrade for SRT-4s. Easily worth the $400 they charge for it. Has nothing to do with "ricers" as you would put it.

 

Agreed. Some people on this site, Tair included throw around the term "Ricer" completely out of context. Ignorant people call 'Maro drivers mulletheads, are you a mullethead, Tair?

 

There is no way the C5 was using his 100 shot of nitrous.

Looks more like the stock C5 vs the stage-1 SRT-4.

Stock SRT-4's are not slow, but even with stage 1 they aren't going to keep up with a M6 C5.

Correct me if I'm wrong Big Red Jim, but stock SRT4's run about 13.8-14.0@100-102

Stock C5 is 13.1@109

I'm pretty sure stage 1 doesn't get the SRT4 to those times.

Dan

 

Looked like the C5's bottle was closed.

 

Exactly. A stage 1 SRT-4 beats me by a couple of carlengths with my old times in the sig. A stock C5 driven well would pound a Stage 1 SRT-4.

 

Agreed. That C5 was not on the can for this run, it would have been much uglier.


You are spot on. I went 13.9@101, and I'm a fairly decent driver. From a roll it's much closer, for a couple reasons.

1) Traction, obviously, but also
2) SRT-4s from the factory have limited boost in first gear. (Only 8psi vs. 15-17 in other gears) This gives the deception that the car is not that great from roll, when it's actually their strong suit.

From a dig my friend's 00 M6 C5 gets me pretty good, but from a roll he only manages to pull 2 lengths from 60-100.

 

If ~.3 and 4mph is a pounding, I guess you're right. But it's much closer than Vette owners would like to admit.

 

cool video.


srt-4s are fast cars when modded.some are very fast.

 

Not to mention the "Stage 2" (insert laughter here for those so inclined) runs 12.9 @ 108, costing $1400, warranty fully intact. Total you've spent mabe $23-24k - still a bargain to me.

 

Yes, I have to agree that the SRT-4's are a great bang for the buck.

The only guy I've met who had one had already broken both of his front axles. He was only trapping 105, and that happened, they can be made pretty quick with not much money. I'm not trying to slam the car, it's just my only hands on experience with one. All cars have their weak points, like for us it's the rear end.

It's a personal preference thing though. I could never see myself driving one, but I don't think they are butt ugly either.

Being FWD, they run into problems if they ever would want to go REAL fast. Getting off the line will turn into a problem. FWD is also not the best for road racing or autox, but they can hold their own to a certain point.

Dan

 

Average stock C5 6-speed hardtop runs low 13s at 110ish. Average SRT-4 Stage 1 runs high 13s at 103ish. A lot more of a difference than .3 and 4 mph.