ok well in the near future im switching the engine in my neon right now its a 2.0 L sohc i want 2 be able 2 blow away integras or civics because im sick of people thinking acuras and honda run the streets so i wanna prove neons can do it to what whould be my best option ???

 

What exactly do you have besides a 2.0 liter Sohc. Is it an auto or a manual.

If it's an automatic you need to switch out the tranny for a 5 spd. Get a 2.4 block if you want alot more torque.It would take some work but a 2.4 block and a DOHC head would get you a great deal of power over your current SOHC motor.Just the tranny swap to MTX is said to get you about 20 hp. The DOHC head will get you a few more also NOT to mention your power band with a DOHC is going to pull harder, LONGER.
You will need to change computers if you change motors and transmision. I have not had the chance to race an integra but I have raced a few modded Hondas.Only one honda has ever come close to beating me, he had a motor swap done to a jap spec, prelude motor with 200 hp. I didnt get around him cause the road was too short but, he was really impressed so impressed that he lied to me and said it was a stock 1.8 liter. (I knew better than that.) My freind had already told me about his motor swap..Well GOOD LUCK with it.

 

There is a lot of ways you can make your neon faster, how much are you looking to spend. HP cost money, the more money the faster you go.

 

umm...nothing cuz your car is already faster then civics and integras unless they are type R or si...

 

Not being an *** or nothing but there arent to many Hondas with a stock 1.8 liter, If they are into street raceing "around here anyhow" most of them have had a motor swap. Like my neighbors Civic DX, he done alot of work and spent some flow on a JAP SPEC. Prelude motor. It don't run to SHABBY. More than a stock SOHC NEON can chew. I think these are the cars he wants to peel the paint off of as he blows by.

But yes he is faster than granpas 1.8 liter Civic. Hope I didn't **** ya off!!!!!

 

its a standard not automatic

 

If you've got a standard, even if you're on a SOHC and have no mods done, you should be able to run most any Civic even if they have a couple mods. However, if you're set on an engine swap, most people with Neons go to a 2.4L such as the PT Cruiser boasts. That seems to be a pretty popular thing. Not sure the cost or the power you'll gain with that, but that's the most common engine swap for a Neon, and about as good as you can get.

 

How's about taking it to the track, and let the dip****s keep the streets. A season worth of drag racing will cost you less than a single incident of street racing when you get caught, taking into considerations fines, insurance rates, etc. Street racing is so blatantly based in non-fact it's amazing that anyone with an IQ higher than a radish would participate, much less get excited over "winning" or depressed over "losing". I can get "beat" at the track by 3 car lengths and still go to the next round because the guy in the next lane jumped the gun or I had a horrendous reaction time (typical...). Street racing is just guesswork and more guesswork.