Back to the Neon SRT-4, on the 04 model, HP is now 230, with 250 lb/ft torque. SPort compact car put a bone stock 03 SRT-4 on the dyno (215hp) and it pulled 228hp at the wheels! So either they increased the power and underrated it again, or they are finally getting closer to admitting the true HP figure. Either way its a fast car. i saw one at the track run 13.7s and it was bone stock as far as I could tell. Personally Id still rather the GTP, bigger, more comfy, nicer car overall

Jeff

This story sucks, but I'll tell it anyway.
A couple of days ago I was cruising south on 45 from West Bend into Milwaukee when out of no where this cobalt blue and silver Honda civic hatchback pulls up on the drivers side and gives the nod to drop the hammer. I'm thinking, Hmmm time for yummy rice!!! We both hit it at about the same time and I start to pull to about 1/2 car lead. Then he creeps up and gets right up to my door, looks over and grins. I hear him down shift and then he is gone~!!! Poof !!! outta sight. He had to have sprayed!! I only have a GT, I have a few mods that at least keep me in most races, but damn!!!! THAT CAR IS HELLA FAST. About 2 miles down the road I see him exiting the free way so I yank it across 3 lanes to try to catch him. To no avail. Man that car was fast!

The coolest race Ive had was against a car I know nothing about. :p It was a later model 3000GT VR4. I was messing with him at a few stoplights, and he wouldnt respond at all.. So I finally just gave up on it... till we reached the interstate. We ended up side by side..pacing. I slowly increased speed... 70..80mph... holding it. I glance over...hes creeping up again.. Slowly up the ante again... 90mph this time.. Only he drops back a little bit. I see his headlights lift a little and knew he was going to try to blast past me, then up ahead about 100yards there was a Stoplight. It turns yellow just about the time he was getting up to my door, so I dropped to 3rd and went WOT. We blast thru the light and over these two hills, He had floated up past me a few feet (Momentum from his slingshot action) and I was slowly pulling him back in... I pull even around 110... side by side at 130....145.... speedo buried now.. (150mph) and he let out somewhere around there... I then let off and floated down to more *ahem* comfortable speeds.. My friend was gripping the door handle and breathing heavy. LOL (Poor guy drives a ford tempo :p ) The VR4 rolled up.. I gave him a thumbs up..he returned it smiling.. then I hit the first turn around and headed back into town.

GTPs are governed? What kind of top end do they have? I hit 100mph on a test drive..and I know its not going to pull all that hard..but I dont want to be too dissapointed

GTPs are governed to 126. I think the DHP eliminates it but I'm not sure youd have to ask around.

Thats not too bad. I guess maybe I can let go of the speed junkie habit (probably not worth it anymore) I hit 170mph once...and tons of 150~160 runs. Kinda gets old and I dont find many exotics around here to run to those speeds anyways. Better than 110

The GTs are limited to 108. There are lots of mods that can be done to the GTP. Ive heard runs of over 140 checkout clubgp.com lots of good info in there

Cool..just checked it out. Thanks!

When you get your GP, most of your races will probably be off the line. That's where they shine. Top end isn't bad, but it's nothing impressive compared to some.

DHP eliminates the 126 limiter.

If you get the HUD it will read beyond what the speedo registers

i.ve seen 127 on my HUD

It might be time to give up the speed. 170mph is ridiculous. I hit 130mph on a Ninja ZX-9R, but that was at 2am on a Rhode Island highway (there's barely anyone on the roads during the day).

There are a few people who claim to see 128 too, but you gotta factor in the calibration of the HUD, it doesn't read off of the same source as the speedometer. That's why they are not always synced.

Yeah.. Im getting older and pretty much havnt seen though speeds in a little while. Im going to miss being able to just do that whenever I feel like.. but should probably just account for being lucky (not getting caught) and move on. I had a spot where I ran.. Interstate section..about 2 miles long..no roads nearby, no pullsoffs, no cops, no traffic. I would wait till 3, 4am before even going out there. Speed is such a rush!

Whats a typical 60ft for a Stock GTP?

If you do get caught the fine will be high. I had to pay 420 bucks when i got stopped doing 115 mph, either that or 8 days in jail. Could have done some mods with that money!

Once you get familiar with the car and launching it, you should be able to nail between a 2.0 and 2.5. I'm pretty sure these numbers aren't too far off. Others should be able to verify.