Originally Posted by cudaman
Fernando... a good DCX mechanic could have ironed out the problems you had with your SRT-4. More than likely, your porting of the stock turbo and exhaust manifold caused problems with Stage 2/toys. Hope you had a wideband air fuel gauge to help figure it out. I got the Stage 3/toys option for good daily drivability and a friend/DCX tech set me all up... goes like a banshee with it's *** on fire, especially in dial-a-boost 1 to 3 settings.
I have an '05 SRT-4 with a lot of the same mods, except after watching all the 50 trim guys run into daily driver problems with fuel and boost management, I opted just to go Stage 3/toys... Love every minute of it.
Ya gotta do the suspension first on those Neons though. (Hotchkiss sways, frame brace, S3 coilovers, strut tower bars, rear control arms).
We are a two SRT family... Highly modified SRT-4 and a stocker SRT-6 coupe in the same color as yours. I'm not messing with the Crossfire. Too expensive to fix if you take it out of warranty. Parts alone will eat you alive. Sure is a blast to drive around corners though.
Welcome to the SRT club...
Even with the hook-ups that i do have, i know a DCX mechanic, i also had a hook up at a dealership, there was no reason for the way that the "4" went down... Also, even with the knowledge that we have as a SRT club, there was no logical answer for the melt down. Once it was back up and running, i simply had no confidence in the car.
I did have a Uego gauge, and even after the porting of the turbo, mani's, tb... it would still peg 10 a/f's on the dyno and on track pulls. I never wanted to go the route of Map Clamp to lean it out.
I can't wait for things to warm up around here and get out there with the rest of my club.