Typical bench racer. As I clearly stated before:04 srt-4 runs 0-60 5.3 sec/ 1/4 13.9. How long is the mustang been out?? It took until now to get it to run 5.5 0-60 14.0 sec1/4.
Your figures prove that it's a heads-up race. Magazines repeatedly state that when test results are that close, it's basically a tie because 1 tenth one way or the other can easily be swapped on any given day/car/driver. Your obsession with thinking the SRT4 is a faster car is like saying "my yard stick works better than your tape measure". When Mustangers talk about "competition", we're talking about cars that would seriously compete for market share against the Mustang. The SRT4 does not "compete" against Mustang market share, even if the damn thing ran 8's and ran on water, because nobody who's a fan of what the Mustang represents AS AN ENTIRE PACKAGE, THE WHOLE CAR, has the slightest sliver of interest in toodling around in a econo-box-derivative toy car with a steroided 4-pot bee hive. The new '05 Porsche Carrera is faster than the Mustang GT, but it's not "competition", it's in a different class for a different group of people. Likewise on the other side of the spectrum (major understatement), You're driving a Neon...... A NEON.... As I said, it could run 8's, have a hibachi and mini-fridge in the trunk, leap over small buildings and be blessed by the Pope, and nobody here would be excited about a Neon, of any tune or trapping. You're fighting a lost cause here. You can put a hot motor into a Neon, you can make that Neon run 11's, maybe even cheap, but why... I could go to the local homeless shelter, grab a skanky weatherbeaten cheap crack whore, and teach her to cook like Emeril and screw like Ginger Lynn.....but.......YUCK, WHY WOULD I DO THAT????We all know that stock vs. stock it's practically a heads-up race. Best driver wins. It's so close either way that.......who gives a $hit.