Well, I was talking to an old friend today when it turns out that he owns a SRT-4. It just has a downpipe he said. (I think that makes them a bit quicker since the car has a turbo, but I'm not sure) Anyway, he took me for a ride in it and it was pretty loud. I didn't realize how loud the stock blow off valve was. He got on it for me and it felt pretty fast. It started wheel hopping a bit when it spooled and pulled pretty good. He hit it in 2nd gear at 30 and it didn't spin at all and pushed me back in the seat. He told me he raced an STI from a 5 or 10 roll and it was a really good race. The STI pulled ahead at first then he pulled on it slowly. He also said they raced from 40-120 and he beat it.

We raced a few times from different rolls. The first race was from 15 and my tires were cold. I spun all the way through 1st, started spinning in 2nd and when I gripped I started to pull. (As I was spinning, we were about even with him a little ahead) Then we raced from 25. I got better traction and started pulling right away and kept pulling through all the gears. We went from 25-95 and I was about 2 and 1/2 cars ahead still pulling. (there was no need to keep going) The next race was from 15 again and he got the jump. I didn't really spin much at all on this run. (my tires were getting heated up. I have nitto's) I started pulling him and by the middle of 2nd I had a car length and kept pulling.

He was a really cool guy and told me he had never gotten beat like that before. He said he has raced mustangs and up top (after 65ish) he would start pulling on them. He told me he was surprised my car kept going. He also said that was his first Z28 that he has raced. I think those are fast cars for the money.

Does anyone know how quick an SRT-4 would run in the quarter with a downpipe? What kind of MPH do they get?

By the way, I have an A4 94 Z28 with bolt ons. (LT's and a moroso CAI)

 

A stock srt-4 with a downpipe would probably run a high 13 on avergae. However he def has to have more mods to hang with an sti. Plus stock there is no loud blow off valve. I know most of the guys use a drop in K&N cone filter and remove the air box shroud, which can give the car a BOV type sound but if thats not the case then he def has more mods than he mentioned. They are quick cars though as i have driven stock and modded ones. Def a good bang for the buck car to mod.

 

All I know is that it was loud. Everytime he shifted I could hear it. (driving normal or getting on it) It had a loud gargle noise when he let off the throttle to. He said he can beat the STI from a roll, but it gets him from a dig. He seemed like he wasn't lieing and was well informed about cars. (in general) Who knows, maybe he had a few more mods ...Nothing much though.

 

Nice kill.

An SRT-4 would probably run high 13s with just a downpipe, but my guess is that he had more mods, considering you only pulled 2 1/2 cars on him.

 

yea the stock srt-4 exhaust has a real nice tone to it, like that gargling noise, so i dunno how much the downpipe has to do with it but yea my guess is that he probably did the drop in k&n and no airbox shroud as it is real loud and sounds kinda like an aftermarket bov. I only know because my buddies did the same when they first got their srt-4's. Yea I mean if you figure hes a high 13 second car and your mid to low 13 seconds that would make up the 2 1/2 cars you put on him. They are quick though and real easy to mod. My buddy has full turboback with downpipe, waste gate acctuator to hold 14-15 psi to redline, .50 trim turbo, K&N, and full tune and is putting down between 360-380 whp depending on how much boost he is running with his manual boost controller. Thing pulls like a bat out of hell and I cant hang with him from a roll or a dig. Plus they are around 2850-2900 pounds without a driver so they are pretty damn light too. Im always cautious when racing them and try not to be too cocky as ive had my *** handed to me by a few of them.

 

I believe that and SRT-4 with a down pipe and good driver could take/hang with an STi from a 5-10mph roll. Remember going from a 5 mph roll and a stop is like night and day difference with those STi's, Evo's too.

 

"...By the way, I have an A4 94 Z28 with bolt ons..."

so your car runs, what? low 12's? high 14's?

i'd say a bone stock srt4 and a bone stock lt1 f-body are as equal as it gets 1/4 mile wise.....modified = anything is possible.

 

I dunno a stock srt-4 is a high 13 second car at best, most likely a low to mid 14 second car with an average driver, but thats just what ive seen. Bone stock my buddy ran a best of 14.2 @ 99 mph in his 04 srt-4, although he only had 5 runs with it bone stock and he is a pretty good driver. Its just so hard to launch with fwd in those things as everytime I get to drive his car I either sorta bog from a stop or light up his tires. Id say though that if the srt-4 had only a medicore driver he could get pulled on by a bolt on lt1 if his only mods were a downpipe.

 

At no point in the race was it even. (except when I was spinning through 1st and 2nd and we were side by side) I pretty much just kept pulling the whole way...At the track it probably would have been pretty bad. I was just surprised that I kept pulling through the gears. Maybe I beat him a little worse than 2 and 1/2 cars. I think his car is capable of trapping 100MPH in the quarter. Although, I don't think I would run any faster than 103 MPH in the quarter...I would think it would be a slow pull.

 

Good kill now take him this......

 

Sounds like a good kill mate!

 

a relativly stock 94 Z28 auto...vs...srt4 w/ downpipe = drivers race. Your nittos helped IMO. But your friend cant drive well if you pulled 2 1/2 cars on him.

 

With the stock exhaust, my old SRT trapped 100 on all 3 runs one weekend. On the very next weekend, with a 2.5" downpipe w/ cat and 2.5" Mopar cat-back, the car trapped 102 on all three runs.

Definitely made a nice improvement..

 

I don't know about that. My car runs low 8's in the 1/8...My nittos didn't help at all. The first race I spun all through 1st and second. As they got heated up from me spinning so much it helped, but I was pulling either way. He didn't have anywhere near as much of a traction issue as me.

 

look at the typical #'s man. your car w/ the mods you have should run high 13's....the srt4 w/ his mod(s) should also be high 13's. both cars are low 14 sec. cars from the factory, w/ the occasional freak getting 13's on both sides.

 

Yea I have to agree, the z28 might have a slight edge power wise if at all but to get 2 1/2 cars and be steadily slowly walking him the entire time it would have to be driver error or a stock running lt1. Camaro owner sorry if you already posted them but what are your mods?

 

Lt headers, matching Y-pipe, Moroso CAI, LT4 KM. 284Rwhp 312lbs of torque and an 8.3 in the 1/8.

I guess that means a high 13 and a drivers race??? I was hoping for a 12.9.

 

I guess i'm confused. I know a lot of people hitting high 13's in there stock LT1...(13.9) Hell, I know someone who just ran last night with a stock A4 LT1 and he ran an 8.9 in the 1/8. That would probably be good for a 13.9-14.0. That was his best time though. He usually gets a 9.1.

 

I would eblieve that more stock lt1's would hit high 13's than srt-4's as ive only seen maybe 2 at my local track hit high 13's. Most cant launch with fwd and spin, but still run tops 99-100 mph in the 1/4. As 1sweet00SS said he trapped 102mph with downpipe and catback, so just need to figure out what you would run in the 1/4. My guess with your mods you be in ls1 territory at about a low 13 at about 105 mph. Just rough estimates but 3 mph in the 1/4 should have you beating a stock srt-4 with only a downpipe, but id guess the guy wasnt shifting the **** out of his srt-4 either. Either way good kill!

 

From a roll it wouldn't take much for a SRT-4 to hang with a STI. The SRT-4's pull pretty good as speeds increase.