80tq: Interesting Point of Reference

[james accordino]

It's NOT refined.  They're "buzzbombs".  The
vibrations are horrendous.  The 2.2 and 2.5 were the
same way.

Jim Accordino

--- ed armstrong <edshred2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> I'm wondering about the "refineness" of such a car
> with a big 2.4 l four banger. All the Dodge Neons I
> have ever driven with the 2.0l four were all very
> "buzzy" at the high end.
>
> Still soundz like a good deal if it is truely priced
> under $20K
>
>
> --- JShadzi at aol.com wrote:
> > --
> > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> > I was reading up about the upcoming 2003 Dodge
> SRT-4
> > hi-po Neon variant in
> > Sport Compact car.  For under $20k its a helluva
> > car, never mind the chassis,
> > the thing has a good amount of power and go.
> Rated
> > at 215hp and 245lb-ft of
> > torque from the 16-valve 2.4, the pre-production
> > test car they had laid down
> > 223hp and 250 lb-ft of torque...at the front
> wheels
> > (talk about underrated).
> > This was good for a 5.8 sec 0-60, front tires
> > blazing the whole way.  All
> > pretty impressive, for the cost of a 1.8t Jetta.
> >
> > Anyway..what caught my attention was that its 2.4l
> > 4-valve motor, running
> > 14psi boost, made slightly less power than my 2.2
> > 2-valve running about 15psi
> > boost (229.2 and 252.6), at all 4 wheels.  Both
> cars
> > have catalytic
> > converters, the Dodge technically does not have
> any
> > mufflers, just two
> > resonators, I have one.  The only real
> modification
> > on my current 10v motor
> > was 40mm intake valves, the head hasn't even been
> > ported, stock MC1 cam.
> >
> > So, on one hand I'm pretty happy at the efficiency
> > of my current 034EFI'd
> > motor, about 130 hp/liter assuming 25% drivetrain
> > loss, all at a relatively
> > low boost level.
> >
> > I'm finishing up work on a built 2.3 10v turbo, I
> > ported the head, 40/35
> > valves, and 270 cam, etc, I'll be dynoing the
> > chassis at the same 15psi
> > setting to see how much power the new, better
> > flowing motor makes, and of
> > course, at much higher boost settings too  ;)
> >
> > Javad
> > 80tq.com
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> =====
> -ed
>
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