I got a $15,000 turbo SOHC neon motor from a 1st gen. All internals are new from intake to oil pan & the same goes for the trans. It even has an LSD in it and its an automatic. Basically this car was a sleeper. Not sure of the boost but estimated HP is from 400-450. The car got wrecked and we pulled the motor and trans but not the CPU.

What would I need to have done to the CPU?

I was thinking about grafting the whole front suspension from a neon and put this motor in my civic hatch but that is too much work.
Unless I cant find a clean 4 door automatic Neon then I will find another civic hatch and do the swap.

 

either megasqurt or a SOHC ATX PCM. what year is it from? if its a 95 or a 96 then you need a PCM for that certain year. but if its a 97-99 then any PCM from that year would do, that is as long as its a SOHC Atx PCM.

 

Ya I gotta look for the year. My ole man dont remember the year. Im hoping its OBDII tho.

 

Get the correct year PCM and you will have to use a MAP clamp.

 

Im lost. Please explain.

 

If you use the stock PCM, you cannot let it see boost. It will freak out. The MAP clamp keeps it from seeing boost.

 

Oh ok thanx. I have already bookmarked this page so I can use it for reference once I find another car.

 

you didnt say if the motor has stock internals or not. if its stock internals, then theres a good chance it doesnt have more than 225 hp. even with racing internals its not likely it has more than 300 or so. put up a list of what it has and maybee we can let you know, before you go and do a swap.

 

It is not stock internals, I know that for sure. I dont know what it has in it. I wish I did so I can list em for you. We have no way of getting ahold of the guys the motor came from. All I know is that some performance shop in Maryland did the rebuild on it and that this thing would smoke a 5.0 Mustang without flinching. I will try and figure out what it has in it and or just try and find out where this shop is that did the work and see if they remember anything about it and if so have them tell me what it consists of.

 

Pull the head an the oil pan, you should be able to get an idea from the top of the piston and the bottom end... Thats not a bad idea with any used motor anyways.