streckfu's

He's a running joke. Literally. You don't have to school him as he's a fake persona.

Antonio951

porshhhh951 the only thing i smoke is regular tobacco

PT Cruiser's high-output 2.4L 16 valve DOHC turbocharged engine creates 220 horsepower at 5,100 rpm and 245 TQ of available peak torque from 2,400 to 4,400 rpm

SRT-4 has the same 2.4L 16 valve DOHC turbocharged engine with 230 HP and 250 TQ, pretty close nrs as they are the same EXACT engine with a little more "tweaking" made on the srt-4.

ninefiveone

"speed is about money, not the badge"

Truer words were never said.

It's too bad people can't respect a fast car that isn't the same as their own.

Ryan in SD

you guys are on crack! what do you feed that guy?

Kool

Anyone remember the Dodge Omni GLH(goes like hell) and GLHS(goes like hell somemore) they are still pretty popular in SCCA rally races. That was Chryslers rocket of the eighties. I don't know HP numbers but I am pretty sure that they were over 200 hp stock and obviously could be upgraded fairly easily like most turbo cars can be.

So I guess what I am saying is Chrysler didn't take 20 years. But as far as lifespan a Porsche is definitely a better built car.

Isn't that kind of what Porsche is all about? David vs. Goliath type of thing. Not the most powerful not the fastest but always there when the race is over.

hosrom_951

Where is that video of the 500hp Neon??

hosrom_951

Here it is!

lart951

The above post is from another thread, anyway when the neon have a history similar to the 951 then perhaps we can talk.

Kool

I bet everyone here loves their 951 otherwise we wouldn't be here.

It is pretty amazing that our cars being almost 20 years old still can hang with most modern sports cars. That is saying something.

sca037

Yep, we still have the '86 GLH-S we road raced, and it's still a lot of fun!
They were 175hp / 175tq stock, and with a very little bit of tweaking ours got up to around 210hp (at 2400 lbs wet) that pulls so hard from 2500rpm we had to jump to 17" rubber to tame it.
Sure, it's a very crude implement compared to even our '85.5 944.....but it's an amazingly fast & fun little sh*tbox

Brian

Jason_86_951

My co-worker has a couple of those Shelby inspired Dodge's.
A 89' CSX with 6200 miles on it, and a 350hp GLHS.
The GLHS is fricken scary fast, rolling at 80mph on the freeway, mash it and you get sideways from wheel spin. Runs low 11's in the 1/4.

Still a Dodge though................lol

f1rocks

I actually worked at the plant that made those engines (Trenton Engine) They made the Hemi...the real Hemi not the Mexican version they are marketing now. The 2.0L that was the base for the newer 2.4L turbo is a better engine than the old 2.2 cross drilled but if you ever cut off the head deck of a 2.0 you would be scared at how thin the bore thickness is between the cylinders....there is zero room for any overbore or core shift. As a matter of fact our finish hone for the 2.0L could sense when the wall was MOVING and reject the block for thin wall condition...

Now the GLH engine...that had gun drilled water openings between bores after a few thousand miles they plugged and voila...warped head conditions....fix and it will do it all over again for you....to save money, we were supposed to use the tooling from the 2.2 for the 2.0L line. So the dimensions of the block had to be exactly the same. Then as the casting was designed, they decided to buy a new machining line for the block...just another 5 millimeters width and that could have been a much better engine.

testarossa_td

I had one of those!! LOVED that car. Tons of fun to drive(most functional interior ever). Warped the head and at the time did not have the time or money to fix, so I had to sell her. Took Porsche to forget about it

Kool

Look Brent a case study directly below your post.

Seriously it is stories like yours Brent that makes me glad I drive a Honda and a Porsche.

I know that american car manufacturers have gotten better. But, they have a long way to come before they get my money. Especially Chrysler.

My wifes Tauras company car stalled on her on the highway with 200 miles on it. Dealer cannot replicate "have a nice day" oh and every once in a while the windows, doom light, and locks don't work either. This is on a car that has been in production for Eons.

I work for a supplier to BMW we build seats.

One of our more memorable issues was BMW kept rejecting seats due to a wrinkle in the seat cushion. After much debate our two quality groups agree to follow a seat all the way through both processes. We said we weren't doing anything wrong as did BMW. Well they followed a seat all the way through our plant agreed that it was ok. Sent to BMW it came off the truck fine but came off the end of the line with a mark. Make a long story short 3 stations down from seat install a line worker was putting his knee in the seat while installing something else in the car and that was the issue.

My point is that while the big three try to get by with the bare minimum the German and Japanese are building truly good cars and bickering about wrinkles in seats. Rather then sending out cars with known inherent issues.

I think that stories like what you have just told are part of the reason as to why american manufacturer have such a bad stigma. They will pay the price for that for a long time.

My $1.00(for the long post.)

Peckster

You're a disgrace to the list, racing with your wife and kids in the car.

When you saw you were losing you should have pushed them out the passenger door! What were you thinking?