SRT4 still holding value?

I have an opportunity on one with 100,000 miles, gently crashed. Last time I looked a couple of years ago, they seemed to be in the $6-8k range for a decent one. Have the boost fans moved on to the next big thing?

On a related note, we have a piece on Doug Wind's amazing SRT-4 on deck.

I haven't seen a clean, unmolested SRT-4 since they were still sold new. If you find one, snag it.

I did get revved at the other day by one that had hit everything but the lottery, had the loudest blow off valve ever, and had a license plate frame that said "Bye Felicia" on it. I chortled.

SilverFleet wrote: I did get revved at the other day by one that had hit everything but the lottery,

This made me chortle as well. I love that everyone is going gaga over the new breed of high HP FWD cars. Pretty sure the SRT-4s made an honest 300hp over a decade ago. Refinement? Bah, who needs refinement, or handling, or a tight turning radius?

I still want one. My area, rough ones are finally down to 4k. Cleanish ones are 6-7 still. Too rich for my blood.

What does a decent SRT4 engine and trans go for? There are quite a few K-cars and GenI Neons that would benefit. Or one from a GT Cruiser.

Appleseed wrote: What does a decent SRT4 engine and trans go for? There are quite a few K-cars and GenI Neons that would benefit. Or one from a GT Cruiser.

About $100 after parting the car around it.

Man I haven't seen any clean SRT neons in ages. In fact I haven't even seen a ratty one. Neons in general are getting pretty thin around here.

Clean ones are still expensive. Like, really clean ones are over 10k.

But E36 M3ty ones are finally cheap.

I know we're a clean black one is, with only 23,000 on the clock. $16,000 reflects that.

Here's one for sub-challenge price. stock but needs trans work http://annarbor.craigslist.org/cto/5305453443.html

Even if you put $2000 of trans work into it, that's,a clean looking sub-$4,000 car.

That seems like a great deal. When I hear "won't go into hear" that sounds more like clutch problems. Do those have hydraulic or cable clutches?

Hydro

So...are we thinking low fluid or the throw-out bearing?

Or the disc itself has failed and jammed in the assembly.

Man, I can't remember the last time I saw a non-ratty SRT-4. There's a flat black one that I occasionally see on my way to work with a goofy "custom side exit" exhaust hanging off the bottom.

My first guess would be master or slave cylinder, guess being the operative word. But even if it did need a trans if you do your own work that is about the cheapest way youre going to get into one of those. Of course its in MI, so it could be a rust bucket underneath.

I dynoed one when it was new. Quite a ride on a roller dyno, it wanted to go everywhere. We had all the straps on it. And it was already ratty

Just pulled up the dyno chart. 249.1 hp, 283 tq corrected. The party was pretty much over at 5300. Corrected is important at 5000', depending on if it had manual or electronic boost control.

I've seen a few clean ones in my area, talking to one of the owners at an autox, seems most of the owners of clean ones bought them new as their first "performance" car and have kept it as a 2nd car into their late 20s, early 30s.

In reply to aw614: Sport economy cars and hot hatches are performance cars, they're not just a handling package for the base car.

Guy I got my 914 has a low mile, unmolested SRT4. He also has one of those diesel Rabbit pickups. I am pretty sure he still has a few Mopar muscle cars, at least one winged warrior, and a 440 six pack Cuda that will pass anything but a gas station. He had a Hemi Roadrunner convertible that he got for $1000 and sold for 6 figures. It was arrow straight, rust free, original paint with rotted top and interior and a 383 when he bought it. Got the right motor, and put a new interior and top on it and sold it to some guy that drove it home to Nebraska.

Keith Tanner wrote: I dynoed one when it was new. Quite a ride on a roller dyno, it wanted to go everywhere. We had all the straps on it. And it was already ratty Just pulled up the dyno chart. 249.1 hp, 283 tq corrected. The party was pretty much over at 5300. Corrected is important at 5000', depending on if it had manual or electronic boost control.

5300 sounds about right. I put one together last year, stuffed all the important bits from a badly crashed one into a 02 RT body. 6000rpm redline is all done, but they make a boatload of torque down low. Its one of those cars that the 1-2 shift happens so quickly and with such fury you have to learn to drive it. Its also pretty much impossible to hit the very fine line between bog and wheelhop.

I don't know why they're such D-bag magnets. Around here they're on Craigslist for trade for a civic or 240 all the time. I don't think I've ever seen an SRT4 without black wheels on it.

These things really were the Plymouth Roadrunners of their time.