well guys got the engine out finally, but now im puttin the motor in monday, its a sohc, never drove an sohc equipped neon... but can u guys tell me if there really is a big diff at all in power forseen in the engines? iv had a dohc idk what to expect with the sohc..lemme know what i can do to it to make it a lil peppy and mem its a 5 speed... so once august rolls around il be selling it and saving for a lexus GS400

 

as long as it an mtx ull be alright


have you swapped ur throttle body yet? to one from an auto neon? if not do that and just wait and save to buy what you want.

 

yea the motor is outa an auto neon ha... so i got a 3.0L cold air intake i can put on, my cats hollowed out strait back and hmm... thats it i think, i MIGHT take off A/c but that depends if its gunna be hot or not up here in pa..so il prob leave it on..i MIGHT get a cam but idk, is it worth it at all? my bdays july first and my g/f wants ta get me sumtin... idk tho, header? cam? udp?

 

I have a #10 sohc crane cam if ya want it. Will help with the adjustment from dohc to sohc. No visible wear on the cam. Also have the ported sohc head the cam came out of. Need to put some valves in there. Interested in a package deal?

 

hmmm how much u askin?

 

Somewhere around $250. Going to polish the valves before putting them in.

 

sweet not bad at all, il let u know b4 my bday which is abouta month yet ubt thats when i get sum more money.. im kinda laid off now with no income lol

 

the sohc has decent power. its really not as much of a pig as everone thinks.

 

True. The upgrade to dohc (from me at least) was stupid cheap, making it almost free power. The sohc still gets it done to be sure, but the dohc gets it done a touch better.

 

oh exactly. i wont argue that at all. i love my DOHC and when i look around for neons i always look for a DOHC first. I drove my buddies SOHC over the summer for a bit and it seemed to have alot more power than everyone says it does. had decent get up and go.