SCC Comparison Test (Si-R not so good)

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

25-Nov-2002, 02:23 PM

#21

SilverCRXSi

Registered User

Join Date: May 2002

Location: Cambridge

Posts: 1,520

check out this past Saturday's Star's Auto section and read the section about the Chrysler Sundance, ect.
Not a very reliable car.

25-Nov-2002, 02:30 PM

#22

SiR-Racer

Registered User

Join Date: Apr 2002

Location: REDLINE

Posts: 2,759

Quote:

Originally posted by NoSpleeny
Hrm.. I was flipping through somewhere and saw something. Double check the SVT's HP. I read it somewhere as only being 215 rated HP and 245 torque.

How does it have 223 @ the wheels than? Maybe those numbers in the book should be double checked

actually SCC reported that the SRT-4 is the first car that they've ever tested that put out MORE horsepower to the wheels than is reported at the flywheel by the manufacturer!

http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/ro.../012scc_dodge/

this thing pulled 0-60 in 5.8 seconds so it's gotta be packin some decent power.

25-Nov-2002, 02:41 PM

#23

Spewn

Registered User

Join Date: Nov 2002

Posts: 25

Quote:

Originally posted by EL_Sport

I'm not sure about the old 2.2 turbo motors. I've heard nothing but bad things about the reliabilty of these motors in Daytonas, Shadows, Spirits, etc. This was the main reason my mom bought an NA 2.5 Daytona way back in the day.

Tell that to the people boosting them to the moon. Gus mahon, gary donovan(yes, I know, both 2.5's, but those are two of the more well-known people running them). Gus Mahon has since passed away, but his daily driver 2.5L turbo plymouth acclaim running 12's on street tires will carry his memory

25-Nov-2002, 02:47 PM

#24

bbarbulo

-- site donator --

iTrader: (2)

Join Date: Aug 2002

Location: not Toronto

Posts: 27,687

Ya, I like the old Dodge turbos too. There are turbo Caravans with wooden panelling that run 12s

But it's the rest of the car that worries me, not the bottom end. It's the head, tranny, susp, body, everything else that worries me.... I would consider getting an older Shadow turbo or Duster just as a fun daily driver, but right now I have a twin cam Saturn that takes care of those daily driver duties for me. The Civic sits and looks pretty

25-Nov-2002, 02:54 PM

#25

DaBlaze

Registered User

Join Date: Nov 2002

Location: Barrie, but frequently Ottawa

Posts: 57

Before I got my Civic girls frowned and threw rocks at me as I drove by in my Chrysler. Then I bought a new SiR and now chicks dig me!

25-Nov-2002, 02:56 PM

#26

Buff 'n Stuff

Registered User

Join Date: Jul 2002

Location: Hamilton

Posts: 2,696

Quote:

Originally posted by DaBlaze
Before I got my Civic girls frowned and threw rocks at me as I drove by in my Chrysler. Then I bought a new SiR and now chicks dig me!

really?

Women must be quite different out your way...

25-Nov-2002, 03:03 PM

#27

DaBlaze

Registered User

Join Date: Nov 2002

Location: Barrie, but frequently Ottawa

Posts: 57

WellI do drive through Keswick a lot...

25-Nov-2002, 03:11 PM

#28

Buff 'n Stuff

Registered User

Join Date: Jul 2002

Location: Hamilton

Posts: 2,696

All I ever get is... 'your car's ugly', 'it's shaped lake an egg', 'it looks like a shoe', 'based on this review, your car is a piece of ****', etc, etc... but, the fact of the matter is that I like it, and I know in 2 or 3 years there'll be quite a few hyprocrites out there. It's like that song that no one likes at first, but it gets so much air time that everyone and their neighbour's dog jumps on the bandwagon and listens to it. lol

25-Nov-2002, 03:30 PM

#29

bbarbulo

-- site donator --

iTrader: (2)

Join Date: Aug 2002

Location: not Toronto

Posts: 27,687

Quote:

Originally posted by Buff 'n Stuff
All I ever get is... 'your car's ugly', 'it's shaped lake an egg', 'it looks like a shoe', 'based on this review, your car is a piece of ****', etc, etc... but, the fact of the matter is that I like it, and I know in 2 or 3 years there'll be quite a few hyprocrites out there. It's like that song that no one likes at first, but it gets so much air time that everyone and their neighbour's dog jumps on the bandwagon and listens to it. lol

Yeah, I think it's a hot car...everyone is gonna love it once they see one done up right!

25-Nov-2002, 03:34 PM

#30

DaBlaze

Registered User

Join Date: Nov 2002

Location: Barrie, but frequently Ottawa

Posts: 57

So true... I keep hearing everyone saying they didn't like it at first but now it is growing on them.

Everybody likes Civics anyway. Sometimes when I get up in the morning I have to brush all the local kids off of mine!

25-Nov-2002, 04:28 PM

#31

Spewn

Registered User

Join Date: Nov 2002

Posts: 25

Quote:

Originally posted by DaBlaze
So true... I keep hearing everyone saying they didn't like it at first but now it is growing on them.

Everybody likes Civics anyway. Sometimes when I get up in the morning I have to brush all the local kids off of mine!

I don't mind civics, but I really don't like the look of the new si :/ I forget how ugly they are in-between the time that I see them lol

25-Nov-2002, 04:31 PM

#32

bbarbulo

-- site donator --

iTrader: (2)

Join Date: Aug 2002

Location: not Toronto

Posts: 27,687

Quote:

Originally posted by Spewn

I don't mind civics, but I really don't like the look of the new si :/ I forget how ugly they are in-between the time that I see them lol

We try not to talk about how ugly Neons are cause it causes violent vomiting in readers, especially out of concern for those who are at work. So, don't draw fire where none is necessary. Those low blows are unacceptable...