"50 trim build, Nova Scotia, Canada" - SRT Forums

dereku · 05-22-2009, 10:14 PM

It's been close but not quite a year now since I have owned her, but I thought I would start up a build thread anyway.

History:
I'm 21 now, and have always been a car/motorcycle enthusiast. In 2003 when I was first getting my lisence, 2fast2furious just came out, and the first year for the SRT-4 (duh), all these things lines up and I just remembered these cars from the first time I heard of them.

Fast forward a few years, I had stayed a car enthusiast and became a mechanic. I got a job at a Dodge dealership and became an apprentice. I was working at first as a Quick Lube tech at night while I went through Comminity college. One day I remember seeing this black SRT-4 come in, it was in for an electrical problem and got the battery replaced. Chrome 18's as well, and a tarnished engine bay.

Another fast forward about 1 1/2 years. I was still working as an apprentice and this same exact car came in. It was at the dealership for about 4-6 months, and they were having a hard time selling it. (buyers with no money, or couldn't get insurance) I just blew up my first gen Neon that I owned for a year. All the stars lined up, and I was about to bring it home!

First day: I called up my friends and drove the piss out of it. 600 kilometers in 1 day and 1 night. This is the next day taking my girlfriend out to Coras

The chrome was pitted bad, and the tires weren't really sticky, so they were the first thing on my list to get rid of.
And a pic of her meeting my other girl.

Little later on I tossed it on the dyno.

I made 231WHP and 241WTRQ with borla and K&N intake, just how I bought it... I also did this at a Honda Car show, lol.
I wasn't laughing for long though, because a 450 HP integra was up right after me.

Got rid of the rims! Found a local with these on a Jetta. Gave him 300 bucks and my 18's.
17' Fast Stagg

Drove it for a bit, and it snowed.

And I bought this.

kritical · 05-22-2009, 10:17 PM

interesting story..

dereku · 05-22-2009, 11:03 PM

Over the winter I had some things planned. I bought CLK tail lights to replace the already aftermarket ones, and upon getting my car out of storage, painted the headlight housings black. I also bought an AEM Wideband, 3in catted DP, and a Maxxfab 3in 02 housing, modified the existing borla exhaust, and added an Forward Motion WGA, along with the almost didn't buy DiabloSport. Still waiting on my tune from Turbo666. Also had the factory turbo replaced under warrenty.

I wasn't really happy with the wheel I had, even though I liked the look. I just didn't really like the wheel. A local I met just by having the same car, was selling his SRT wheels. I never had the originals, and these were polished, so I picked them up. Also painted my valve cover and injector cover within the same weekend. Valve cover painting party with my friends Prelude.

The other set of wheels I bought for a High Performance driving school coming up at a local race track. I wanted a set of tires so I didn't wreck the ones on the SRT wheels. These ones were in rough shape. They were a chrome peeling powder coating sorta thing. I sanded them down, and painted them gold. I looked to the forums for advice. (Pic before selling black wheels)
Need help choosing wheels!

A surprise of an opportunity I was able to lower my car finally on an eibach pro kit, with brand new factory struts. I am very pleased with them. I had those installed, and the gold wheels at the same time. That same day I had to go take some pics.

On may 18th I took the car to the High performance driving school at AMP. I have a post with pics and a vid about it here:
Pics from Atlantic Motorsport Park in Nova Scotia Canada

That brings us to today. Just a day to take a cruise to Peggy`s Cove with the girlfriend.

smctoy · 05-23-2009, 09:42 PM

looking good!

BOOSTINSRT04 · 05-23-2009, 10:03 PM

Interesting story, and nice ride!

CONROY · 05-23-2009, 10:41 PM

nice ride man!

dereku · 05-24-2009, 03:39 PM

Thanks guys. I really felt like I have done a lot to this car till I made up this thread, lol.

AngrySrt · 05-24-2009, 03:53 PM

great looking car goood job man

my_little_srt · 05-24-2009, 08:49 PM

Nice car eh...............

dereku · 05-26-2009, 07:41 PM

I do say Eh...lol

LilSparkPlug · 05-26-2009, 07:45 PM

Nice story, came a long way and it looks a HELL of a lot better.

my_little_srt · 05-26-2009, 08:52 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by dereku

I do say Eh...lol

Nice avatar.............

dereku · 05-26-2009, 10:21 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by my_little_srt

Nice avatar.............

If I was allowed to post the large version I would, lol.

my_little_srt · 05-27-2009, 09:53 AM

I believe you can, so post that shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

davidTEABAG · 05-27-2009, 10:59 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by my_little_srt

I believe you can, so post that shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Agreed

05-22-2009, 10:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
dereku SRTforums Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Member Number: 66999 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 2,529	"50 trim build, Nova Scotia, Canada" It's been close but not quite a year now since I have owned her, but I thought I would start up a build thread anyway. History: I'm 21 now, and have always been a car/motorcycle enthusiast. In 2003 when I was first getting my lisence, 2fast2furious just came out, and the first year for the SRT-4 (duh), all these things lines up and I just remembered these cars from the first time I heard of them. Fast forward a few years, I had stayed a car enthusiast and became a mechanic. I got a job at a Dodge dealership and became an apprentice. I was working at first as a Quick Lube tech at night while I went through Comminity college. One day I remember seeing this black SRT-4 come in, it was in for an electrical problem and got the battery replaced. Chrome 18's as well, and a tarnished engine bay. Another fast forward about 1 1/2 years. I was still working as an apprentice and this same exact car came in. It was at the dealership for about 4-6 months, and they were having a hard time selling it. (buyers with no money, or couldn't get insurance) I just blew up my first gen Neon that I owned for a year. All the stars lined up, and I was about to bring it home! First day: I called up my friends and drove the piss out of it. 600 kilometers in 1 day and 1 night. This is the next day taking my girlfriend out to Coras The chrome was pitted bad, and the tires weren't really sticky, so they were the first thing on my list to get rid of. And a pic of her meeting my other girl. Little later on I tossed it on the dyno. I made 231WHP and 241WTRQ with borla and K&N intake, just how I bought it... I also did this at a Honda Car show, lol. I wasn't laughing for long though, because a 450 HP integra was up right after me. Got rid of the rims! Found a local with these on a Jetta. Gave him 300 bucks and my 18's. 17' Fast Stagg Drove it for a bit, and it snowed. And I bought this. __________________ AGP DBB 50T .63A/R, Race IC, returnline FM E2 Block, Built head, BC S2 cams, Thermal Exhaust, CMGS, FIC 900, Walbro 255, N2MB Boxes, ACT 6 puck, HKS SSQV DSP tuned by Turbo666 382WHP on the heartbreaker Build Thread Last edited by dereku; 03-07-2012 at 02:46 PM.

05-22-2009, 11:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
dereku SRTforums Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Member Number: 66999 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 2,529	Over the winter I had some things planned. I bought CLK tail lights to replace the already aftermarket ones, and upon getting my car out of storage, painted the headlight housings black. I also bought an AEM Wideband, 3in catted DP, and a Maxxfab 3in 02 housing, modified the existing borla exhaust, and added an Forward Motion WGA, along with the almost didn't buy DiabloSport. Still waiting on my tune from Turbo666. Also had the factory turbo replaced under warrenty. I wasn't really happy with the wheel I had, even though I liked the look. I just didn't really like the wheel. A local I met just by having the same car, was selling his SRT wheels. I never had the originals, and these were polished, so I picked them up. Also painted my valve cover and injector cover within the same weekend. Valve cover painting party with my friends Prelude. The other set of wheels I bought for a High Performance driving school coming up at a local race track. I wanted a set of tires so I didn't wreck the ones on the SRT wheels. These ones were in rough shape. They were a chrome peeling powder coating sorta thing. I sanded them down, and painted them gold. I looked to the forums for advice. (Pic before selling black wheels) Need help choosing wheels! A surprise of an opportunity I was able to lower my car finally on an eibach pro kit, with brand new factory struts. I am very pleased with them. I had those installed, and the gold wheels at the same time. That same day I had to go take some pics. On may 18th I took the car to the High performance driving school at AMP. I have a post with pics and a vid about it here: Pics from Atlantic Motorsport Park in Nova Scotia Canada That brings us to today. Just a day to take a cruise to Peggy`s Cove with the girlfriend. __________________ AGP DBB 50T .63A/R, Race IC, returnline FM E2 Block, Built head, BC S2 cams, Thermal Exhaust, CMGS, FIC 900, Walbro 255, N2MB Boxes, ACT 6 puck, HKS SSQV DSP tuned by Turbo666 382WHP on the heartbreaker Build Thread Last edited by dereku; 05-22-2009 at 11:09 PM.

05-24-2009, 03:39 PM	#7 (permalink)
dereku SRTforums Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Member Number: 66999 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 2,529	Thanks guys. I really felt like I have done a lot to this car till I made up this thread, lol. __________________ AGP DBB 50T .63A/R, Race IC, returnline FM E2 Block, Built head, BC S2 cams, Thermal Exhaust, CMGS, FIC 900, Walbro 255, N2MB Boxes, ACT 6 puck, HKS SSQV DSP tuned by Turbo666 382WHP on the heartbreaker Build Thread

05-24-2009, 03:53 PM	#8 (permalink)
AngrySrt SRTforums Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Member Number: 71255 Location: maple valley Posts: 485	great looking car goood job man __________________ 2003 srt-4 stage 0 pcm,ATP 60 trim kit,750s,tial wastegate,agp full race bfmic, agp intake, scan guage, mpx extrude honed mani,mpx 62 mm throttle body, ptp charge pipe,agp up pipe with hks bov, aem wideband, 3 in side exit, ipp coilovers and some sportmaxx wheels, dsp tune and all the help in the world from jon at ptp! great guy!

05-24-2009, 08:49 PM	#9 (permalink)
my_little_srt SRTforums Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Member Number: 41179 Location: San Hood Posts: 13,055	Nice car eh............... __________________

05-22-2009, 10:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
kritical Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2006 Member Number: 49262 Location: Arizona (928) Posts: 4,555	interesting story..

05-23-2009, 09:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
smctoy SRTforums Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Member Number: 62758 Location: Florence, SC Posts: 2,219	looking good!

05-23-2009, 10:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
BOOSTINSRT04 SRTforums Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Member Number: 33061 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,043	Interesting story, and nice ride!

05-23-2009, 10:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
CONROY Forum Moderator *2011 Calendar Car* Join Date: Sep 2006 Member Number: 46401 Location: Pittsburgh PA Posts: 15,674	nice ride man!

05-26-2009, 07:41 PM	#10 (permalink)
dereku SRTforums Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Member Number: 66999 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 2,529	I do say Eh...lol __________________ AGP DBB 50T .63A/R, Race IC, returnline FM E2 Block, Built head, BC S2 cams, Thermal Exhaust, CMGS, FIC 900, Walbro 255, N2MB Boxes, ACT 6 puck, HKS SSQV DSP tuned by Turbo666 382WHP on the heartbreaker Build Thread

05-26-2009, 07:45 PM	#11 (permalink)
LilSparkPlug Super Moderator SRT of the Month *2011 Calendar Car* Join Date: Sep 2004 Member Number: 17636 Location: RI Posts: 8,396	Nice story, came a long way and it looks a HELL of a lot better.

05-26-2009, 08:52 PM	#12 (permalink)
my_little_srt SRTforums Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Member Number: 41179 Location: San Hood Posts: 13,055	Quote: Originally Posted by dereku I do say Eh...lol Nice avatar............. __________________

05-26-2009, 10:21 PM	#13 (permalink)
dereku SRTforums Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Member Number: 66999 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 2,529	Quote: Originally Posted by my_little_srt Nice avatar............. If I was allowed to post the large version I would, lol. __________________ AGP DBB 50T .63A/R, Race IC, returnline FM E2 Block, Built head, BC S2 cams, Thermal Exhaust, CMGS, FIC 900, Walbro 255, N2MB Boxes, ACT 6 puck, HKS SSQV DSP tuned by Turbo666 382WHP on the heartbreaker Build Thread

05-27-2009, 09:53 AM	#14 (permalink)
my_little_srt SRTforums Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Member Number: 41179 Location: San Hood Posts: 13,055	I believe you can, so post that shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________

05-27-2009, 10:59 AM	#15 (permalink)
davidTEABAG SRTforums Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Member Number: 71778 Location: FRESNO Posts: 196	Quote: Originally Posted by my_little_srt I believe you can, so post that shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Agreed

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