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Old Nov 9, 2015 | 05:23 PM
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Roll shmoll lol I took VERY good care of my SRT-4 and still had problems with it all of the time... Between the TPS, IAC wiring going bad, the Multifunction switch melting and almost burning the car down, power steering rack exploding and actually catching the car on fire, and the damn thing eating crank sensors like it was its sole purpose I had to get rid of it... I was so tired of that thing haha It was a blast to drive in between fixing it all of the time but I could not bring myself to buy another.

Lol its an SRT-4 what do you expect? Funny thing is I use to see 2-4 a day a few years back. Now I rarely see them..... pretty sure the majority of them got wrecked.

Anyways.... SRT-4 =****ty car.
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Old Nov 9, 2015 | 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Hotsauce101
Lol its an SRT-4 what do you expect? Funny thing is I use to see 2-4 a day a few years back. Now I rarely see them..... pretty sure the majority of them got wrecked.

Anyways.... SRT-4 =****ty car.
I was 19 when I bought it I had NO idea what I was getting into LOL The majority of them have been wrecked, and you are correct in saying they are ****ty. Haven't looked back since buying my Evo
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Old Nov 9, 2015 | 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Turndown
I was 19 when I bought it I had NO idea what I was getting into LOL The majority of them have been wrecked, and you are correct in saying they are ****ty. Haven't looked back since buying my Evo
Good choice.

FYI I know the previous owner of that car. So jelly of the things done to that thing!
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Old Nov 10, 2015 | 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Hotsauce101
Good choice.

FYI I know the previous owner of that car. So jelly of the things done to that thing!
Which one? No but seriously this car is a blast! I got lucky finding it when I did. Within a week of its listing it was in my driveway haha
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Old Nov 10, 2015 | 05:13 PM
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Which one? No but seriously this car is a blast! I got lucky finding it when I did. Within a week of its listing it was in my driveway haha
Bad thing is I found out there is a oil leak coming from behind the timing belt cover 😒
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Old Nov 10, 2015 | 05:27 PM
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Bad thing is I found out there is a oil leak coming from behind the timing belt cover 😒
At the Valve cover or what, and how bad of a leak is it?
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Old Nov 10, 2015 | 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Dannys evox
Bad thing is I found out there is a oil leak coming from behind the timing belt cover 😒
Cam seals or valve cover if its up top.

Crank seal if its at the bottom??
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Old Nov 11, 2015 | 05:08 AM
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Going from an X to an 8 so soon as I sell my X. I recently had fun with a SRT-8 in my X from a roll and smizzashed him lol, efr 7163 ftw. Going to miss the X but the SST upkeep is costly for how much I drive, and if anything went bad I'd be screwed.
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Old Nov 16, 2015 | 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Hotsauce101
Cam seals or valve cover if its up top.

Crank seal if its at the bottom??
It's in the bottom but I can't tell where it's coming from because the plastic cover is blocking it. So I have to remove it and find out where it's coming from
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Old Nov 16, 2015 | 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Turndown
At the Valve cover or what, and how bad of a leak is it?



Looks exactly like this
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Old Nov 16, 2015 | 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Hotsauce101
Lol its an SRT-4 what do you expect? Funny thing is I use to see 2-4 a day a few years back. Now I rarely see them..... pretty sure the majority of them got wrecked.

Anyways.... SRT-4 =****ty car.
The SRT4 fanboys will defend their car to the death, but when I test drove one with 50k, it was a PIECE of ****. Literally, the thing rattled more than my dad's Ford Fiesta.... and no I'm not referring to the new model.

ANyways, everytime I stepped on the throttle, it sounded like fireworks going off. Sure it was 'fast' but the whole car felt like it was about to explode anytime.

The only redeeming factor is that it is cheap, and the stock bottom end can handle about 400-450 whp before you need it built.

Other than that, holy **** so glad i walked away from that grenade.
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Old Nov 16, 2015 | 09:47 PM
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I like rolling my back windows up and down next to them at red lights...
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Old Nov 18, 2015 | 10:13 AM
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Went from 3 8's in a row to a X MR-T and just picked up a IX as a personal dd. I wish I would have gone w/another X. I'm in my late 30's and this thing is just too loud for me. It does handle great at VIR, but I have a GT-R for that.
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Old Nov 18, 2015 | 11:12 AM
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not for nothing, one of the fastest cars ive been in was a srt-4 with a 60 trim. Holy crap, that car just pulled and spun....too bad it has 0 traction.
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Old Nov 18, 2015 | 11:27 AM
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well i had an srt4 before the evo...while i wouldnt pick it over the evo for the world it will always hold a special place in my heart...the car was great to me...i would beat the **** out of it and it took it like a champ...it was fast and fun...yes the fog lights stopped working, the sun roof would get stuck, etc...but it was a fun car...having said that, i love my evo...i like this one better lol...
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