Test Drove New Srt4
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more like 12.5 @ almost 118.
The 407whp was on nitrous, the 12.5 was also using nitrous in only 3rd and 4th.
of the nitrious the car made 349whp and wetn 12.79 @ 114.
All this dignity stuffy u guys are tlaking about is based purly on opinion.
Face the facts, the caliber is a force to be reconded with and will go faster then the ms3 due to a better engine and a normal ecu.
The 407whp was on nitrous, the 12.5 was also using nitrous in only 3rd and 4th.
of the nitrious the car made 349whp and wetn 12.79 @ 114.
All this dignity stuffy u guys are tlaking about is based purly on opinion.
Face the facts, the caliber is a force to be reconded with and will go faster then the ms3 due to a better engine and a normal ecu.
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Ok it might be fast in the stright line.
Now get the cow of a SUV to go turn around a track....
oh man i cant even imagine..i was so scared going around that baby of a turn..its so funny bc getting in the car you dont even have to squat down lol..
If I've said it once, I've said it a million times. Almost all Mopar fare is the same way. Amazingly awesome motor, s*** car. Great idea, horrible execution.
yea, im the one who did it remember. ET doesnt mean s***, its a matter of traction. i trapped 112mph as my best with no nitrous, the trapped 114.xx off the bottle and 117.xx on the bottle
as for as the 'lets see that car go around the track....yea cause about 2 percent of this board does actual track racing.
I still commend SRT for taking a turd of a car and doing what they did to it. The car will definetely appeal to some but not all, I dont like it but I will not wave the MS3 flag that high because I remember when the engine bolt recall took place people on other forums bashed the MS3 quality.
I say wait till the Aftermarket catches up! I remember people laughing at the SRT Neon, saying it was nothing but torque steer untill stage 1,2,3 packages left people in the dirt.
I am just saying be on the look out to the horizon, this competition will be great it will force mazda to stay even competative in this market segment.
I say wait till the Aftermarket catches up! I remember people laughing at the SRT Neon, saying it was nothing but torque steer untill stage 1,2,3 packages left people in the dirt.
I am just saying be on the look out to the horizon, this competition will be great it will force mazda to stay even competative in this market segment.
Man you won't find a bigger defender of the Neon SRT4 than me. TILL THIS DAY I want to buy one. I actually like how it looks, I could live with the handling and I know the motor is capable of amazing things. Its a proven big power motor. Sure the interior was tupperware-heaven but I still loved that thing.
But the Caliber is a joke. Its handling is a joke, its styling is a joke, I just don't get who it would appeal too. I mean it looks mean from some angles but overall, I don't see anything that would make me consider one over an MS3 or heck even a GTI.
I'm really looking forward to the turbocharged Cobalt SS though.
While your point is certainly valid, I suspect the people knocking the SRT Caliber for being straight line fast only are, like me, not drag-strip people. I do race autocross, (when I have time for it) I want to start doing track days on road courses and I love chucking my street car around exit ramps, twisty roads and tight turns so handling is more important to me than power.
The SRT4C has power and.... the potential for more power. Having little to no desire to go drag racing, for me that would just mean seeing more of this:
(five-0)
and my insurance company doing this to me:
(killit)
I'll take something like a Miata or RX-8 over "that motor with potential" any day!
I love straight line power but I also love the practicality of the ms3. I'm sure the caliber will fit that bill as well but I can't get over the looks. That aside, these cars (ms3 and caliber) are not best suited for straight line speed above a certain hp figure, so I could care less if they make 500 or 1000hp with the SRT-4, it'll just be wheelspin heaven on the street. An ms3 putting down 350-400 whp is already overkill imo and those numbers aren't that far away.
Big power is for the RWD / AWD cars but more so RWD. If the SRT-4 was based on a RWD platform, that would be something to get excited about. It's the 'right' engine in the 'wrong' car.
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For the mods they had listed, to trap 2mph more than you did with yours is nothing that spectacular to be honest. But I agree, there are probably less obstacles with tunning/modding that engine.
all im doing is comparing the cars stock for stock..not who has a butt load of money and make it as fast as you can pissing contest..stock for stock imo the ms3 wins all the way..the caliber will not win.
if someones got money they will make anything look like it has potential..
stock for stock they are so close it's a drivers race in the 1/4 really..the ms3 does handle better on an autox course i'll give it that. really from the start of the srt4's this has been the case..amazing straight line ability..what do you expect?
look for dcr's caliber ( the one that laloosh was reffering to) to go much much faster when they get the drive by wire issue worked out...which in turn will help alot of people as it most likely will be a 1st mod.
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Life isn't about straight line performance...it's about living daily with a vehicle.
True. However fast you make a Caliber, it's still going to be a Caliber, and you just can't outrun ugly!
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True. However fast you make a Caliber, it's still going to be a Caliber, and you just can't outrun ugly!
That's exactly what I was getting at. Every morning I wake up and look out and see my MS6 (used to be my Protege), and think "damn, I really enjoy my car". I don't think I'd feel that way if I had a Caliber. It would be more like "what the hell was I thinking"...the same feeling you get when you sleep with an fat chick after a long night of drinking.
Come on now...******* a fat chick can be great fun. Just make sure she doesnt know any of your friends.
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