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Old Feb 15, 2006 | 11:46 AM
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Oh great just another letter and word to add to the already over used, "VTEC".
Ummm...you do realize that i-vtec has been out for a long time right? lol.
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Old Feb 15, 2006 | 11:47 AM
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Notice anything strange in the engine bay? Yup, this is Honda/Acura’s first stock from factory engine equipped with a turbocharger! This 2.3 liter i-VTEC Turbo 4-cylinder all-aluminium engine is turbocharged with a variable flow turbocharger which gives it some impressive performance stats of 240 horsepower and 260 lb-ft of torque.

Hmmm...if they made an i-vtec turboed motor for the rsx...
They have actually been producing turbo cars since the 1980s. 660cc turbo Kei cars.
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Old Feb 15, 2006 | 11:54 AM
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Is that RDX using a K-series engine?

Interesting. I'm sure its already on Car & Driver's 10 Best list and is a frontrunner for Motor Trend COTY and at the top of JD Power IQS survey, even though it isn't out yet.

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Old Feb 15, 2006 | 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by MINES13
They have actually been producing turbo cars since the 1980s. 660cc turbo Kei cars.
Hmmm...I didn't know that, that statement was from a website I copy and pasted, might want to inform them.
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Old Feb 15, 2006 | 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by 8urv8
If they were free, I would not take one.
I would then i would sell it and the payoff the EVO AND upgade it, AND put a downpayment on a house, AND......(MSRP 111,XXX) its like winning the lottery
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Old Feb 15, 2006 | 01:25 PM
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The Caliber SRT-4 will be AWD. It's the same platform the Evo X will be on and it will probably cost more for them to modify it into a FWD. It has the same exact engine as the previous SRT-4 does just bumped up in power. I think it probably comes with the mopar Stage 3 turbo from the factory, but not sure. When I had my SRT the stocker was out of breath by the 300hp range.
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Old Feb 15, 2006 | 04:56 PM
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This post will probably prove useless, but here goes:

This link is from Autoweek.com's Chicago show-

http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dl...REE/302080001/

They state that the car is FWD. Unless Dodge has got a trick up it's sleeve (and they might), AWD is not mentioned.
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Old Feb 15, 2006 | 05:01 PM
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Screw the stats! Those all-season radials get me really excited. That thing'll be a beast on a roadcourse!
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Old Feb 15, 2006 | 05:07 PM
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I agree with the thread title: It's totally pissible
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Old Feb 15, 2006 | 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Evil8MR
Yeah, The SRT8 Jeep will rip the Cayenne Turbo for less than half the cash! But the only thing giving the evo a run is the Jeep, not the Porsche... but then again, that is in a straight line. These things would role in a second after turn one!!!

On the SRT site I'm pretty sure it said the SRT8 Jeep will pull over 1G on the skid pad so not so sure about it rolling
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Old Feb 15, 2006 | 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by evoCS
This post will probably prove useless, but here goes:

This link is from Autoweek.com's Chicago show-

http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dl...REE/302080001/

They state that the car is FWD. Unless Dodge has got a trick up it's sleeve (and they might), AWD is not mentioned.
I think they may be up to something ... if it was FWD they should have it posted on the SRT site .... also Im suprised they dont have an specs posted about the brakes.
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Old Feb 15, 2006 | 07:36 PM
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Offically it's only FWD, it' is also the platform that will be used for the Outlander(or maybe it's Endeavor), Evo X, and next PT Cruiser. The engine is the all aluminum world engine developed by Mitsu, Hyundai and Dodge and will also be used in the Evo X. So the Evo X should have in excess of 300hp if Dodge got 300 out of it. Its also more on the scale of a Vibe or Matrix I think at least in height. Still a high center of gravity will mean poor handling.
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Old Feb 15, 2006 | 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by SRT-TO-EVO
The Caliber SRT-4 will be AWD.
No.
It's the same platform the Evo X will be on
Yes, but its the FWD version. The GS platform is very versatile. It can support small to midsized cars. It will be under the next Galant and whatever replaces the Sebring and Stratus sedans.
It has the same exact engine as the previous SRT-4 does just bumped up in power.
No. The Dodge 4 cylinder A-series has been retired. The Mitsubishi 4GXX series is soon to follow.
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Old Feb 17, 2006 | 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by GPTourer
No.

Yes, but its the FWD version. The GS platform is very versatile. It can support small to midsized cars. It will be under the next Galant and whatever replaces the Sebring and Stratus sedans.

No. The Dodge 4 cylinder A-series has been retired. The Mitsubishi 4GXX series is soon to follow.
Maybe, and wrong. Speculation has it that it will be awd, you may be right on that one though. It IS the same exact 2.4L turbo, no 4gxx. The only difference is that is has dual VVT (variable valve timing). They actually HAVE pics of the engine bay, so if you want to keep arguing it's a different engine than the one I OWN than please do so.

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Old Feb 17, 2006 | 05:14 PM
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I think they may be up to something ... if it was FWD they should have it posted on the SRT site .... also Im suprised they dont have an specs posted about the brakes.
They brakes are straight off the 300c.
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