trying to make an real car (2.4 sohc is in and runing )

Do you have a project going or will you be starting a project here very soon and just want to keep a log of everything you and when? Share with everyone every step of the way what sort of progress you are making on your project.
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trying to make an real car (2.4 sohc is in and runing )

Post by neonboy96 » Thu Nov 22, 2007 2:45 pm

well here is some info about my car and my plans

ill start out with what i got now them ill talk about my plans for the car

ok on the body it a 96 2door was wreaked in the pass side rear panel when i got the car seens then i have fix the rear panel by pulling it most out adding a little sheet metal and very little bondo

for the motor bay it still needs some work i started out by polishing my valve cover

the about 3 nights ago i got my body kit its a used xenon kit i traded a old parted out neon

as for the inside im still work on it i have a dash with some gauges im working on molding in ill post pics up latter and my seats ar tensno r raceing seats i have 2 blue 4 pont harnesses for the car too

and now for the go fast stuff
the motor
its a new rebuilt dohc bottom end i rebuilt my self 430 miles ago with a sohc head that has been ported and gasket matched to a match a 03 rt head
for right now i have a 95 cam
the intake is a 95 metal intake with the injector humps took out and gasket matched with a 60mm tb and a ice man intake
as for the exhast side of the motor its kind of in need of a long tube but for now i the car has a ported manafold (all i had when we put it togeather)
the cat has been delete and has a turbo muffer with a turn down

im also runing n20
i finly got rid of runinf my old nx efi wet kit and now have a

nos direct port n20 kit

now for the plands

i plan on buiding a high conpression 2.4 sohc
im going to run 10.1 conpression pistions
a comp 400 cam
crane valve springs
and some other goodys

for the body of the car im going to make a 3 inch cowl hood with eye lids
the car is going to be all spay gun flat black seens i dont want to put the time in to takeing all the little dings out and a flat black wil help hide them lol

and for the inside im going to just mold in some gauges and put new black carpet and head liner in ans a new stering wheel

ill post pics sometime today
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Post by neonboy96 » Thu Nov 22, 2007 3:35 pm

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Post by wickedgoodneon » Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:50 pm

looks good, will look even better when painted. what rims are those?

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Post by ubengineering » Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:45 pm

all about weight reduction dont forget, carbon carbon carbon!
My Fleet:
95 neon sohc atx daily driver during summer
96 neon sohc mtx hahn stage 5 night rider
94 plymouth sundance aka black betty beater
Kawasaki ninja 600cc

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Post by neonboy96 » Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:57 pm

the rims came off a 2 gen i thank it was a 03 or maby a 05 im not sure but i gave 75.00 for them there only 15s but there light so its all good

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Post by 1fast2liter » Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:28 pm

do they say neon on the lip?
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96 blue coupe sold
96 white 4 door sold
95 blue sport parted out
97 straberrie red coupe sold
95 black base parted out

current drivers
97 dodge ram 1500 5.9 ext cab sport fire engine red. tinted windows cat back exhaust suer chips tune, 1 mephis audio sub

90 audi 80. 400 miles to the tank
2002 custom sportster 90 whp and quick too

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Post by wickedgoodneon » Sat Nov 24, 2007 1:30 pm

yeah they look like the ones that they sold for for 1st gen ACR's. correct me if im wrong. I really like them

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Post by neonboy96 » Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:10 pm

well its time for the 2.4 hehe thanks to moparman96 aka zack for helping me pull the motor out

but we started on the 2.4 and im also working on a 2 inch colw hood for the car

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Post by ubengineering » Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:29 pm

you sellin the body kit? i need sideskirts
My Fleet:
95 neon sohc atx daily driver during summer
96 neon sohc mtx hahn stage 5 night rider
94 plymouth sundance aka black betty beater
Kawasaki ninja 600cc

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Post by neonboy96 » Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:43 am

well i finly got my 2inch colw hood done after about a week of a few hours a night out at the shop the primer is drying tonight its going on tomorro ill post some pics tomorro and i thank next cheek ill have enuff money to get my 2.4 sohc done and ready to drop in just have yo pick up a few more thangs firsr

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Post by neonboy96 » Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:45 am

well its dark out and still needs a little work but heres a pic of it
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Post by acrclonetrooper » Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:44 am

looks good man... i want one of those soooo bad :D

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Post by neonboy96 » Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:20 am

well im takeing my intake tomorro to be weled up :D ill post pics of it when its done

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Post by uta_flyinghigh » Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:16 am

Stupid question, did you do the black hood yourself ? It looks pretty good, way better than my DIY black hood.

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Post by neonboy96 » Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:46 am

ye i made my hood it took about a week working on it a little evey night and some on the weekend

heres a better pic i just took would of got closer up but its raining out

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