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jt2nyce
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| Posts: 4
| Joined: 07/07
Posted: 07/06/07 05:59 PM
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CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME PREFECT ADVICE FOR ME TUNING MY DODGE NEON. IM TRYNA GET IT READY FOR THA STREETS. THANx.
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Posted: 07/07/07 05:09 PM
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Your neon will always be pretty slow without Nitrous, a turbo, or a custom fabbed supercharger. This does not mean you can't modify it and make it quite a bit quicker. I had a 2000 neon that I put an intake exhaust and underdrive pulley on and I kept up with a 99 civic si just fine all the way to 60. I think he was about a bumper ahead. All of these mods can be purchased at modernperformance.com.
If you are staying naturally aspirated you should follow this list of modifications in order:
Cold Air Intake (Aem worked great for me) Underdrive Pulley Exhaust (please don't just throw a crappy glasspack at the end of your exhaust pipe) Longtube Header/Magnum exhaust manifold Magnum intake manifold Magnum head Crane 12/Magnum cam If pre 2002, get a Howell racing ecu
These mods will bring your stock 16.5-ish 1/4 mile time down substantially. on a 1st gen neon you would be in the very low 15 second range. 2000-2002 neon would be around 15.3-15.5. 2003+ neon you'll probably be more like 15.6 in the 1/4. I eventually gave up deciding that wasn't fast enough and bought an srt-4.
For handling you should just get some srt-4 springs and some pt cruiser gt anti-roll bars. The srt-4 springs widely available on ebay and will lower your car about 1/2 an inch.
Things to avoid:
body kits. big stupid wings neon lights rims larger than 16" silly paint jobs
If you are interested in these please buy a civic.
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Posted: 07/10/07 06:53 AM
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oh the civic knock at the end! nice!
why does everyone suck at making cars fast? i might not be the fastest, but all my money is under the hood, thats where it belongs, no matter a civic or neon, lol
take his advice
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Posted: 07/11/07 08:40 AM
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good luck on the neon bro
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Tydog07
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| Posts: 21
| Joined: 04/07
Posted: 07/20/07 04:24 AM
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If I were to want neon advice, I would go straight to stupendoussam, he knows what he's doing.
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