a somewhat quick neon , hey that guy who joined psi with the 03 does he have Lsd upgraded tranny just wondering . sorry for the no pics. Ill send you guys some pics but im waiting on having my stock wheels powdercoated gunmetal. Im starting to dislike my 17 inch arc,s.

 

Richard? I don't think so. He posted a couple posts after yours (srt4hokie).

 

I wouldn't bother that much power on fwd...you'll just spin the tires, unless you just like highway runs, or want to run 275's up front.

Nick

 

Yes and you will be familiar with it's taillights very quiclky! Stage 3R is underrated as all Stages are. Keep in mind the other mods that are out there with a Stage 3 upgrade. Exhaust, Intake, Boost controller, IC and the list goes on. This little neon on Race gas will be pushing 400WHP for about $26,000. Nice try on all other WRX's and EVO's spending twice as much.

 

It's a joke. Settle down.

 

screw reliability... power all the way!!

 

No shit... where'd this guy come from? Guess he assumes its OK to talk shit about other peoples cars and then when someone says something about his, he freaks out!
Welcome to Drag Va

 

may want to rethink that statement chris.....i want to see you and richard on the interstate


you will be surprised......he's alot lighter then you. and doesnt have as much power loss.


and neons

 

Aight here you go. I don’t pretend to know it all, but you will be hard pressed to find some one that is more honest about the srt then me. Keep this in mind stage 3 comes with every thing needed to install, and run your car like a bat out of hell with insane amounts of testing done on it for longevity.

Now you stated the price. If you go with stage 3 with toys going from stock then you are looking at dishing out $3550.00. Now you look at going with another kit. Get a kit from AGP which is about as cheap as you can get and your looking at $1700. Then with the stage 3 turbo toys you can raise and lower boost with the control a boost and then the high octane button changes fuel and timing. In order to do this with out stage 3 you need the emanage and E-01 combo. You’re looking at $1000 for that. You then need a fuel pump which stage 3 comes with a viper one. That will set you back $120 or so for a Walboro. Injectors are going to need injectors which are $350-400. That’s about it as fare basic stuff the stage kit will come with, so you’re at $3200. So yes you can get it cheaper, but not by that much.

Now lets look at performance. Both the stage 3 and other kit will get you into the upper 300 range. Stage 3 on regular tires will probably get you in the upper 12 range. With radials your looking at mid 12’s and on slicks lower 12’s. Now here is the thing, no turbo kit out there is running in the 11’s on a regular basis. Most are running in the 12-12.3 range on slicks and radials. Now this is for a range of reasons not the list of which is people are throwing these kits on and going rather then adding other parts to help stuff like traction. In my opinion you should either go with stage 3 or a BFG stile turbo. You either have to go with something that has a great power curve or something that is huge and can launch you once you’re off the line. You can guess which one I’m going for!

Now there’s drivability and reliability. You will not find a turbo kit that will come within a 10ft pole of stage 3 as fare as reliability goes. There is simply no way. I would venture to guess that cracking the stage 3 manifold is impossible. As fare as drivability the stage 3 will drive like stock only with more power. You will be able to turn down boost easily to save gas and most importantly THERE WILL BE NO PART THROTTLE BOOST PROBLEMS.

In my opinion you have two choices. One stay sane have a reliable car that is fast as crap and go with stage 3 or go crazy and get something huge like gt40 or GTS61 <- what I plan on going with and have a freak that should run well most the time but will have some drivability problems such as any 500-650hp car would have. You save yourself a lot of trouble and money by deciding what you want now rather then later.

 

18's look good, 17's come on it.

the warranty thing is up in the air. They either might or might now cover it. Some dealerships say buy it from us and let us install it and we will warranty it. Others say if it has a mopar label it's warranted. Then some say anything that's not stock void's it.

I for one would only allow the dealership to touch my car if I had absolutely no other choice.