In the dry, it would embarass the heck out of stock stuff like 944 turbos, Vettes, Buick GNs etc... right up to 125 mph. That was all it was geared for. It made for blistering acceleration, but limited top speed. Even with a limited slip transaxle and equal length half-shafts, you had to have a firm hand on the wheel when it came into boost or you were going to take a right hand turn whether you wanted to or not. You could easily roast the front tires on a launch in the first 4 gears, bark a gearshift in the next 2. In anything other than dry, it was totally frustrating. You couldn't even keep pace with traffic with the wheelspin. The front tires would spin at the slightest squeeze of the throttle. Not to mention when the driven wheels start to spin and they also happen to be the wheels that also steer the car, you got problems. I remember one episode on a major highway running through Orlando. It was raining while I am going over a concrete portion of an overpass. In top gear I squeeze the throttle and the car's tach jumps to double, the speedo shows an instant 120 mph and the car is still drifting ever so slightly to the right lane and never increases speed. It was that seriously traction handicapped. It was a very bittersweet car. Enough power to outmuscle many other performance cars, but the at times manners of the Hurst Hairy Olds. 
theless... and I know a lot of articles say SS's and WS6's run 13.7's or 13.8's stock... but seriously, can this thing really break into the 13's????
Dodge Neon SRT-4
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