{"id":36278,"date":"2020-04-04T11:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=36278"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:23:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:23:02","slug":"srt-autoworks-the-power-and-performance-playground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/video\/2020\/04\/srt-autoworks-the-power-and-performance-playground.html","title":{"rendered":"SRT®<\/sup> Autoworks \u2013 The Power and Performance Playground"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Right off the showroom floor, an SRT\u00ae<\/sup> Hellcat engine offers power to a muscle car like no other. For some, hitting the pavement with over 700 horsepower is the thrill of a lifetime. For others, it\u2019s just the perfect amount of power. But every so often, there are those drivers who can never have enough. Tommy Peters and his team at SRT Autoworks<\/a> serve those drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tommy\u2019s love for SRT vehicles started in high school with a Craigslist trade that landed him an SRT-4 Neon. He taught himself how to work on it and built it on his own. Then, he raced it through Georgia. Most competitors were V8 muscle cars, and race by race, they were defeated by Tommy\u2019s bolt-on 4-cylinder turbo SRT. After high school, Peters spent the next two years pursuing an education in automotive technology. His career in the automotive industry officially started at 20 years old in a used car lot as a technician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He remained at that lot in Monticello, Georgia, for one year, but because of limited opportunities for growth, at the age of 21, Tommy sold his motorcycle, loaded up his SRT-4 with tools and clothes, then drove across the country to Phoenix, Arizona. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With no plan, Tommy took advantage of an interview his new neighbor arranged for him in another used car lot. He stayed in that lot for three years; this is where most of his hands-on experience came from. It was competitive. A tally was kept regarding how many cars could be fixed and put out on the lot each month. Peters won month after month, and was the only technician allowed to work on the owner\u2019s supercharged SRT8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Working there, Tommy started to realize he could do this on his own \u2013 run his own shop. Before he would do that, though, Tommy took one last job at a diesel performance shop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n