BLACKDEATH

I have a 1996 z28 with CAI, slp loudmouth cat back, and under drive pulleys, ngk platinums and taylor wires. I ran an 05 srt-4 and lost??????? I knew those car are fast but not that fast. I could not hook for nothing "i need tires" are those cars able to beat me bone stock??????

eric01ss

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stock for stock those things will give a lt1 a run

Poik

If you hook and your car is in mechanically good condition you should be able to take it. If you lose traction, especially on the launch, if the SRT-4 has a good driver, you will probably lose. Traction is everything.

BLACKDEATH

Yeah I need tires really bad i have the 245-40 r18 low proxies, they are JUNK very bald, my car is in very good condition it only has 48,000 miles on it and has been taken very care of. Im dyno it this week end i will let you now what it has with the few mods!!!!!!
hopefully its a different turnout when i get tires!!!!!!!

S8ER95Z

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I ran an 04 that trapped 2 mph higher than my 95 Z28 did stock... they are a very good matchup and I find most stock/near stock lt1 cars are seeing mid to high 14s thesedays An SRT will own a poorly driven LT1.

Hambone 7

loose the 18's for one thing, get some 15-16 drag radials.

17WITHaBIRD

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same thing happened to me...no traction. i lost to and evo because of poor traction, the next day i got some nitto 555r drag radials, problem solved.

30th t/a

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my buddy races a 04 srt and runs 13.3's@104 and all he has is a cold air intake. their ugly but decently quick.

Dexter93

Evos are quick I scared of them now srt's suck.but traction is the difference between my car running 16's and 13's.

LT1Burnout

sorry to hear this. thats exactly why i run 16" rims on BFGs..

Chevy053

My friend HAD a SRT-4. When I raced him in my 94Z with nothing but a CAI I killed him through 1st and 2nd but he slowly moved by me in 3rd and 4th. Those cars seem to make up all their time up high. One of my other firends has an EVO that goes 12.8. I had no chance against that thing because of the dam AWD.

Although the quality of those cars seems to be a another story. My firend with the SRT-4 went through 2 transmisions, 2 CV joints, and 1 trans mount. The fastest he ever went completely stock was 13.8. Since then he got so sick of the car breaking and got a used 2000 Camaro SS with SLP longtubes, loudmouth, weiland intake and pulleys.

A step up in my book.

METALBEAST

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Don't sweat it bro. Stock for stock, SRT-4s run neck and neck with an LT1 F-body. Traction owned you this time. They're damn quick.

Vendetta

If you're getting out-launched by a FWD car then it's pretty clear that you're launch is the area you've got to work on.

buffman

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Darn our RWD cars and our poor traction


I've seen a handfull of SRT-4s at the track. The best I've seen them run stock is right around the 14.2ish range. Then again one of my friend's buddy owns a Evo 8 with the boost turned up to the moon. He's a good shifter and launched it quite high and only netted a 14.2 (late cold night too.) I've come to the conlcusion that many cars don't like our Strip. WRXs running a low 16 (this kid doesn't know how to launch a turbo car) , a new lightining running a 14.2, and a 04 GTO A4 running 14.50s.

Matt

jdustu

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It's not like the srt4's hook or anything........even with the lsd, traction a huge problem with them.....it doesn't take much to get them low 13s though...

mph476

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I wouldn't sweat it...your car has alot more potential than domestic rice...I wouldn't care if that thing did 11s all day long....a neon is a neon is a neon...most of the people that own them refuse to call it what it truly is...its just a neon with a turbo....I say keep racing em...with the "high quality" parts they have in that it'll be dead or broken down on the side of the road in a year...be proud of you camaro heretige...not too much heretige in a neon...other than of course the plymouth breeze which was discontinued...I say if they wanna run boost against boost..I know a bunch of guys that would be up for the challenge...

Vendetta

Yes, and Neons are only on 6" wide tires stock. Traction is a HUGE problem for those cars.

Sounds like a ricer argument to me. Speed is everything, whether it's boosted or big cube. The first one to the finish line wins, who cares how it's done?

LS1BlackBeauty98

lol i dont know how many times ive said the exact same thing "i dont care if it runs 10s, its still a neon!" lol..
yea sorry man it sounds like traction got the best of u this time! dont worry about it though, get some radials and meet back up with da b*tch!

i raced an evo a few months ago. i thought he would atleast take me off the line but i smoked his ***... lol lookin over and seeing that i was a girl drivin a trans am he prolly didnt even take it seriously that i wanted to race him... im gonna go evo huntin!

jdustu

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exactly what i was gonna say

yeah, i never had a problem with my 94z28....other than a blown head gasket, 3 optisparks, sensors going bad, dash cracking, blown trans, and so on and so forth......on a stock car.....at least the rear end never blew....
and i still loved that car!

mph476

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ricer arguement?....I don't think so...I own a 02 ss with some mods and I can hold my own thankyou...I was just giving him a pat on the back since he got beat by a modern pos...and when I said that they'll be dead in a year...I was just stating a fact...not everyone wants a car that falls apart around them despite the fact that its fast...thats not a ricer argument telling him to race em till they blow...I raced a stang the other day and it was funny as hell when he blew his motor...like traction...keeping your car in one piece is apart of the game too.