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Sheesh, you guys act as if it's so horrid that an inexpensive car got a performance variant.Although we typically spend our time looking at the Scion FR-S here at Drifted, we know that many of our fans are tC owners and enthusiasts, and since they’ve been struggling with turbo kit advice, we’re more than happy to offer a helping hand.ĭespite the tC not being rear-wheel-drive (with Fredric Aasbø and Tanner Foust’s Formula Drift builds an obvious exception), the hot hatch has still gained immense popularity on the tuning scene. A Mazdaspeed Protege still looks like a Protege. Considering Toyota's recent slip & slide on quality (this has been the first year in the shop where we saw a new model year Toyota come in with a mechanical engine failure - Corolla S with a seized water pump) and the Honda's inflated dealer cost, the Dodge SRT-4 is your best bet.Īnd so what if it still looks like a Neon? A Civic Type R still looks like a Civic.
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Since 1984 Dodge has been making turbo cars last on the road as usable daily drivers, and as serious performance machines. The turbo compacts we enjoy now sprung from the dead-bolt reliable (and hellaciously moddable) Chrysler 2.2L SOHC four turbo engines that were found in such hot K-cars as the Omni GLH, Shelby Charger, Turbo Z Daytona, CSX, LeBaron GTC, and Dodge 600 ES. Not to mention you forget that without turbo Dodges, there would be no turbo Mitsubishis. This tells me that if anything the srt4 should outlast the rsx engine Where typical engine development teams would spend time whittling away pennies finding the least expensive design that could meet durability targets, the turbo 2.4 team just threw in stronger parts and more expensive materials, cost be damned. With a short deadline on engine development, there was no time to prove the durability of low-cost, marginal-strength parts. You can thank the PT Cruiser for the SRT-4's powerplant, as it was a desperate need for a horsepower-based PT sales boost that justified turbocharging the 2.4-liter engine and gave the development team the signal to go overboard. What we found is a ridiculously strong-looking engine that should survive many a quarter mile. Now its true those are static numbers but they still give a very good ideea of a cars potentialĪbout how long the engines will last here is a layout of the srt4 engine please find a weak spot. And I'll toss in a 350z for good measure. A very lighty modded 03 moddel I might add got 8th overall in the one lap of americaĪnd here are the handling specs for both cars. My biggest problem is that since the tC is a Toyota, it might drive like a Toyota, the most boring vehicles on the planet.Īgain the srt4 is not a drag car, it handles very well. I like the all customization Scion offers with the tC and I think its the nicest looking Toyota since the Supra. Supposedly a $4000 factory supercharger is coming out soon that would put the Scion in the same price class, and better performance then the base RSX. Its in a price class below the RSX and the SRT4 giving it the "economic" advantage over the others.
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So if your looking for a good, longer lasting, daily driver like you said, go for the RSX, but if you want a mean drag machine, get the SRT4.Īs for the tC, its a very interesting car. The way I see it is that the RSX is a luxury car with some performance, while the SRT4 is a economy car with some performance. As for reliability, there is no way the Dodge could outlast the Acura, also no comparison. I also like the way it handles much more then the SRT4. The Type-S DOHC i-VTEC is a great engine, while not as mean as the Dodge's, and the base engine isnt that bad either. The Acura interior is far superior to the Dodge and Scion, no comparison there. I think the RSX, either base or Type-S, is probably the better daily driver.