the money pit. 99' 2.4L turbo coupe

superD · Post by **superD** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:11 pm

started with this ill let the pics speak for themselves.

some minor damage to the right front corner, nothing that cannot be handled. (before repair)

parts car had alloy wheels and a good steering column (my car was a theft recovery)

got her cleaned up and stripped down!

finally started the process of a color change....

more photos to come when i get a camera working again.

NEW PHOTOS

picked up these for 150. might be painting them black, what you guys think?

it looks good but its sitting a tiny bit to high, but i got some springs for that

finally, nearly everything is handled besides the paint.

(car still needs to be lowered i have springs for that)
now only a month or so of body work awaits me

superD · Post by **superD** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:12 pm

the smog check went nicely, had to drive the car 130 miles or so to make puter happy.

and the bump stripes are off.

and thanks for the hookup nerdy, might come in handy.

and the motor mods are currently:
1. ported and polished head.
2. 95 camshaft
3. fidanza cam gear
4. ATX TB (duh)
5. mopar PCM

superD · Post by **superD** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:12 pm

mike, the first time i took the car out it went a 17.8 at 84MPH with ~30PSI of fuel pressure. so i dont think ill be giving up as much as you think

and i got the car lowered today but im worried the car sits TOO low in the front now

i'll probably end up cutting the original fronts, i have around half an inch of travel until i hit the fender. and even with the correct 205/40/17's (showed are worn out 205/50/17's)

superD · Post by **superD** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:13 pm

the mystery blue ones.

and i drove the car with my new mopar PCM

HUGE difference. the car pulls nearly as hard as my 95 MTX now from 15 up

but i didnt get a chance to go over 35 MPH or around 4k in first so idk how much more is still waiting.

got some better pictures of the new ride height also. the springs are mega stiff so i dont think it will cause any problems.

should be going back to the drag strip sat night for some actual testing.

superD · Post by **superD** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:13 pm

just bondo and primer

going to look at a turbo kit saturday though.

and why strawberry pearl? are you crazy?

i ran the mopar with the ATX by just plugging it in. you lose the torque converter lockup though, so you have to setup your own switch (it isnt hard)

superD · Post by **superD** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:14 pm

took some new photos and got the exhaust setup

and the tiny little turbo (S20G)

superD · Post by **superD** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:15 pm

got the wideband installed today...

see the nice thing is i can switch from that to...

and a bunch of other stuff. glare is alot less than it seems to be in the photos also.
that one gauge will also be used to display boost pressure but unfortunately the boost sensor will not be available until june so im pressing onward without it.

superD · Post by **superD** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:15 pm

ONE COLOR!

the blue is the cars new color because we painted the edges of the fenders and whatnot.

~85% of my intercooler piping and new battery box.

installed

superD · Post by **superD** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:16 pm

more pics are coming, since it was getting dark and i had finished it literally 5 minutes before that photo.

superD · Post by **superD** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:17 pm

boor is right, the intercooler piping wouldnt fit. ohh the shame!

the mopar PCM plugs right in man... the torque converter just wont lock up (you can make your own switch, im not telling how since i never got to that point)

but anyway, spent some time driving the car tonight... its getting megasquirt ASAP, im building over 2 pounds of boost just accelerating from stop lights! which means its going lean because the pedal isnt mashed to the floor...

pics..

the car still needs wetsanded and buffed, but you get the idea

superD · Post by **superD** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:18 pm

theres more pictures here if anyone wants to see...

http://forums.neons.org/viewtopic.php?t=291736

and i'll never give up the exact paint code, but i'll tell you its a house of kolor color and it starts with "MB"

and i got tired of the part throttle unhapiness so i ordered MS from RS-auto today

(im beginning to notice projects like this never end

)

after MS is up and running i'll be building a SRT'd 2.4L to put in the car along with the 20G turbo. hoping to go faster

PARTAY!

cole, let me know when you wanna head out to speedworld or firebird sometime. MS will be installed within 2 weeks.

firebird doesnt do racing saturday night. but its open till 12, so we could head out after the car show.

and saturdays dont work for me, i have to work the hell shift so i normally dont go free till 11PM

cost is 17 bucks to race at firebird. dont remember what it is at speedworld.

superD · Post by **superD** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:18 pm

some images of the MS install.

bolted down with washers on the bottom and self locking nuts ontop.

(this isnt the final way the wiring went through. actually went under the HCAV controls and to the left)

plug and play harness. (still needs taped)

lets take the front bumper off to get to a charge pipe for the IAT

the nicest thing about the way i have it setup is that i can switch back to stock PCM controller in about 2 minutes.

the only problem im having now is that he laptop i bought refuses to connect to MS at all. the only way i got it to even start was dragging my desktop outside and plugging it in that way

superD · Post by **superD** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:19 pm

yay for forged 2.4's

.020 over
wiseco 8.8:1 pistons
forged rods
balance shafts removed
fully balanced
PT oiling system with -10AN fitting in pan.

its more of a hemi orange than the pink(ish) color in the photo, but will be painted silver because orange wouldn't look right under my hood.

superD · Post by **superD** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:20 pm

some progress.

(its just sitting on there. im faking progress)

and i went to speedworld a week or two ago. the cars best time with the stock PCM, 1st gen alloys and 6.5 PSI is... are you ready for this...

15.5 at 92MPH
with a 2.35 60 foot. and i lost the timeslip dont i dont know the rest

and on another note, i got MS back in the mail and have been playing with it for alittle while. the car feels much stronger then it did before and now stalls at 2,700RPM instead of 2,000 like it did at the track with the stock PCM. so im taking that as a sign of greatly increased low end power

superD · Post by **superD** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:21 pm

the motor is just about ready to come out. just waiting on completion of the shop to do some real work.

thats the shop, 1,600SQft of goodness.

pics of my marginal progress.

more mocking up. i wish i actually had the stuff here to button it up to stay... but that will be soon.

the difference between the cam gears when flipped from 2.0L to 2.4L

where the det-can was attached to the block