army_rx8

well the srt-4 is faster in a strieght line as per motertrend
srt-4/'04 0-60 in 5.5 sec. 1/4 mile in 14.0 sec at 102.7mph
rx-8/'04 0-60 in 6.0 sec. 1/4 mile in 14.5 sec at 95.5mph

for the price it is harder to find a better car performance wise...i didn't really care for this cars at first but they kinda' grow on you. Too abd i've never met a srt-4 driver that wasn't a jerk...haha but i can't blame the car for who buys it:p

Shamblerock

SR-T? Its a Neon. Sorry but its a joke. That car could be 0-60 in 2 seconds and I wouldn't touch it. These cars are not in the same class/category. Slam the brakes at 100 MPH with the SR-T and then tell me how fun that car is to drive, if you don't lose control and roll the thing over 50 times. OK for a budget pony car but its not a sports car.

Ike

I think you're the one on crack. Show me one single publication that came up with times that aren't quite a bit faster than the RX-8s. He was nice and honest IMO and he did say nice things about the RX-8, you on the other hand being a jackass just calling it a pos ricer and claiming they're just jealous with your very wrong info.

Shamblerock

SR-T is faster, unless the guy can't drive. Period. But at the end of the day, its a Neon and if you want a fast Neon, this is the one to get.

philodox

Well, it's different strokes for different folks.. the SR-T is fast straight line, the RX-8 will take most anything in the twisties. If you look at some of the heads up road course test races you'll see which vehicles are best overall.

IMHO, a road course is the only type of test bed that can accurately show which vehicles are best overall. It's not just about straight line acceleration. It's about handling, braking, and acceleration. If you look at all of the above, I think the RX-8 is one of the top cars if not the best overall in it's class.

Cattywampus

Well I am sorry I touched a soft part in your heart. The Srt-4s I have seen around here are loud and slow. All noise and not going anywhere. Just like every other slow ricer. I agree it's nice for the price and does look pretty good but I doubt it takes the 8 in every aspect as he said. Nobody was being a jackass. Maybe you just took the quote wrong and got upset.

Steiner

Was that a typo? A stock SRT-4 will put close to 100 yards on a stock RX-8 in the 1/4 mile. That's what these little Neons were designed to do...go fast in a straightline. The RX-8 shines on twisty mountain roads. Nobody denies that. Just give credit where credit is due. The RX-8 is a more balanced vehicle, but the SRT-4 will give it a nice view of its *** out on the open roads.

Ike

What part of 103mph trap speeds do you not understand? They will pull on S2Ks, 350Zs, and most certainly RX-8s in every gear. The SRT-4 whp is about the same as the RX-8 claimed crank hp. The SRT-4 also weighs less. I doubt I would ever own an SRT-4 but you need to get a grip.

army_rx8

wow guess no one licked the actual numbers that i posted oh well here are somemore

srt/'04 braking 60-0 112 feet, slalom avg mph 68.3
rx-8/'04 braking 60-0 115 feet, slalom avg mph 68.1

for what it was designed to do..it does it very well

Ike

You better stop man, you're going to make some members implode :p

Shamblerock

OK Police34, its getting nasty here. Cuff the dilinquents, throw them in the back seat of your 8 and let them cool off overnight in the big house.

Cattywampus

LOL. I wouldn't want them in the back. The Crown Vic is just fine.

Cattywampus

All I said was from what I have read. The SRT-4s here(3) are nothing more than noise makers. I put in a comment and you got real defensive. Sorry if I offended you. But to say I need to get a grip is a little overboard. But I will leave this thread and say sorry for getting anyone upset. :D

shaolin

All I can say is SRT-4 is ****. It looks like ****. The inside looks and feels like ****. Easily a 12-13 second car. Congratulations, you have a 12 second turd.

Spazm

From the dodge forums, "That is the main focus of the RX series of cars, handling and weight distribution (same thing really). The rotary engine is designed to be stable at double the stock rev limiter, but the other drivetrain components cannot handle it."

Wow...19,000 RPM eh? Looks like I need to upgrade the drivetrain

therm8

Nah the e-shaft will probably fly apart around 15000 rpm :D

Nigandahu

Ike I dont know why you come on these boards and throw numbers around all the time like speed is the top factor for buying a car.

I also dont know why some people on this board constantly try to embellish on the 8's capabilities when its straight line performance is challenged. I hear all the time "ya...well...well....the 8 is better in the twisties! its still good, see?"

I own an 8 an its an amazing car. Everything about it is nice, including the acceleration and performance. I just drove my buddys brand new Audi A4 tonight. Know what the 0-60 time is on it? 8.5 seconds. It was still a way nice car, and it still cost over 30K. There are plenty of high end cars that get slower numbers then the 8. Does that mean the 8 is a better car?

On the same token, because a neon accelerates faster then an 8, does it make it the better car? In my mind, hell no. I think of it this way. If I have two hot chicks standing before me in my red 8 and a dude in a neon, which one are they going to want to ride in? Maybe when they both choose the 8, the guy in the neon can say "but...but....my car is .4 seconds faster I swear, its Faaasssstt and stuff". Guess how much they will care.

On the same note trying to prove the 8 is better then all other cars by quoting some other superior quality, like handling, is kinda to me like "small man syndrome". You try to compensate for one thing by bringing something else up. It's not necessary. No matter how you slice it the 8 is fast as hell.

But Ike, I do think you should tone down how harsh you are on the 8. Its not as slow as you make it out to be. Especially if you drive it right. I read these forums and your posts for 10 months before I got my 8, and when I went to drive it I was actually blown away by how fast it was. I was expecting like a geo metro after your posts.

I actually took my dad out for a ride in my 8 over Christmas, and his comment was, "wow, this feels like you could beat me off the line". Know what he drives? a 2003 Corvette, 50th anniversary. He has the automatic, which is why he said that, but still the fact that he felt that way said to me, hmm maybe its not as slow as Ike thinks. All my family members are big time muscle car lovers, and each one was thrilled and had a great time with my drifting the back out around a corner into a straight line accereation up to 9400 rpms. All commented that the car was way fast. My dad and me both know the 8 won't beat his vette in much. But if it even feels close to beating him off the line, I say hell ya. After I get my lightweight flywheel and ECU chip, it'll be even better.

Steiner

If you bought an RX-8 to woo punani you're gonna get tennis elbow before you get your bobo sticky.

BTW...15 year old girls love the wing. Drove into a gas station the other day and 2 jail baiters were like "{giggles}we luuuuuuuuuuv your ride{giggles}". I'm 28 and married now. Where were these kind of girls when I was in highschool driving a Barracuda? LOL

Ike

Once again someone reading into what I say... Show me one post where I've said the RX-8 is slow (the AT doesn't count :p) or that because a car is faster it's better. If I felt that way I would have probably bought an SRT-4. I was simply stating that police 34 is wrong is his thinking. Nothing to read into there, it's a fact that the SRT-4 is quite a bit faster than the RX-8 and in no way does that mean I'm saying the RX-8 is slow or that the SRT-4 is a better car. On the other hand you'll never catch me saying "the RX-8 is fast as hell", because it's not to me nor to many many other people.

As for the "chicks" comment , grow up.

Police34, you didn't offend me in the least. I was pointing out that you were wrong and misguided in your thinking. I find it hard to believe that the SRT-4 in your area are slower than every other SRT-4 in the country. Also show me where you've read about these slow SRT-4s because I've never seen an article where the SRT-4 doesn't top the RX-8 in every acceleration number. Sorry if you think my get a grip comment is overboard but when you're calling the SRT-4 a slow ricer and saying the RX-8 is faster it seems to fit.

czr

iTrader: (3)

I have no problem with what you say because you are factual and bring relavant information to the forum.

I don't think it was the "get a grip" comment but the "jackass" comment and the "you're the one on crack" comments. lol. You made it seem like he was attacking your family when he was simply uninformed.

Ike

He brought up crack first, the jackass one I'll give you :D

dmp

die, thread, DIE!!

leigh44

The funny thing here is I drove a few cars prior to buying my 8 and it went like this.
Mits Evo=fast but 10,000.00 car interior on a 31,000. car
Sub STI=see above
Infiniti G35=beautiful inside and out, insurance through the roof
Went to drive a Mazda-6 (I have a 6 year old son) and my wife flipped out over the 8. So we bought it 6-speed (she does not know how to drive stick)
and we love it. Moral of the story be happy with what you have, if you can only afford a 20,000.00 car and it's fast,good for you. My car turns heads and does everything I need it to do very,very well.

Nigandahu

It has nothing to do with actually getting the girls, the comment was simply to illustrate the style and status of the 8. If you try to tell yourself you didn't buy this car for looks, it's time to start being honest. If status was not involved we'd all be driving pintos.

The same goes for Ike's grow up comment, you obviously read into what I said wrong as it was just an illustration of what the average joe would think if they saw the two cars together. So now its time for me to tell YOU to grow up. Remember I'm not the one with the humping bannanas next to my name.

foxman

A better question might be why does someone who doesn't own an RX-8 spend so much time "correcting" those who do on what the car is really about along with every other car it is ever compared to? And...this is completely based on their perceptions from a test drive and what they read? And even better, why is such a person one of the leading posters in terms of post count on a board dedicated to a car they don't own?

By such logic I could go test drive the new z06 and read all the magazine reports about the car and all the various comparisons to other cars and and then head off to the z06 boards and proceed to educate z06 owners about the pros and cons of their car. Do you really think they would be singing my praises and welcoming me? I don't think so and if don't believe me, try it for yourself.

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