I was just wandering what are some of the best performance upgrades for the money, for a 2.0 SOHC Neon. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks!!

 

Turbo is the only way to go for good cheap power. Back in the day I built a sohc engine with the following parts to run a 14.2. A turbo on the car would of been cheaper and faster.

DOHC pistons
AFX ECU
95 cam
Long tube header
Indy intake manifold with no 90 degree
Cold air intake
Unorthodox underdrive pulley
a/c, and power steering delete
And poly bushings and mounts
Bugger bushings
EGR delete
2.5" exhaust no cat
Coil overs
Sway bars

Dont rev the sohc past 7,400 imo.

 

Thanks. What kind of turbo would you recomend? And where would be a good place to find one? Are they hard to install? I was looking at some performance chips, do they actualy work? I found one that claims up to 60hp gain and 5-7 mpg better fuel economy for $69, its called a Gforce chip. Have you heard of them and do they work?

 

The so called "racing chips" on ebay are a resistor inline with the map that changes signal to the ecu. Its tricks it to run leaner. Lean may give u a few more hp but will eat your motor. if you have a dohc a srt-4 turbo will bolt right up. Use a downpipe from a 00+ neon and it will bolt right up to your exhaust. If you have a single cam I would swap it for a dohc head and use the srt-4 turbo. The only real "chip" that works will be an AFX computer or Mopar computer. I have used both and hands down I wont drive my car without one. If you have a turbo you can NOT use an aftermarket ecu because they advance timing for N/A motors, so it will not work with a turbo. Search my old threads I did a turbo write up a few years back. Lets say your car puts on about 100whp. Adding on a bunch of bolt ons you will be lucky to see 120whp. you will move from a 15.6 to a 15.4 in the 1/4 mile. or you can turbo it for under $1500 and have around 200whp and drive it everyday with no issues. Then you can shoot for low 14's and high 13's at the strip.

 

Thanks for your input, I have located a few turbo kits that will work. Thanks again!!

 

Hope its not an ebay kit, or at least make sure the turbo is not a Chinese ebay piece of crap. I have used ebay intercoolers and blow off valves with great success.

 

Nitrous is the cheapest, quickest way to get HP....throttle in a bottle!

 

Who makes a good nitrous set up for a Neon, and how hard is it on the motor?

 

Anyone really, but here are some options...
http://www.modernperformance.com/cat...engine_nitrous

As long as you tune it right and don't overdo it, the motor should be good. Before boosting with Nitrous or a turbo, you need to make sure your compression is good across the board.

 

I usually fresh up the motor before turbo or nitrous. Nitrous is great but I like the sound of the turbo, and I can use it anytime I want. Plus I cant get nitrous in my town, but e85 is everywhere. Some things to consider.