Hi, my name is jj and I am new to the forums here. I own a silver 2000 dodge neon (Highline) with automatic trans. and an aftermarket cd player, so its pretty much stock. I got a really good deal on it and it has been taken good care of.. It has 98k miles on it. I have a few questions about it... Is there many things I can do for performance, like cold air intake or a 4in muffler? Is there much I can do to performance with and automatic transmission? Any one know any sites that would have these things?? Thanks

 

you think of it, you can probably do it.

Neons are a canvas... Fung-Shui! (or however you spell it).

Into performance, a neon has a lot to offer... Looks, neons got that too, A BIG NWHSS (neon with huge stereo system), neons have a lot of trunk space.

Good Luck. Look around on the main page for places that sell products for a neon. The main ones are Howell Automotive and Modernperformance.com

 

ok, so I can put a cold air intake and modify the engine without doin anything to the tranny? I thought having an automatic transmission limits the possibilities for performance mods??

 

Nope. An automatic transmission is, yes, a bad platform to start on. I also have an Auto tranny. You can the EXACT same stuff as a manual tranny. You just loose more power due to the transmission then they do. If i remember it is something like 15% HP loss though MTX and 30% through MTX.

A manual tranny swap is on my list of things to do this summer.

 

Im lookin at howell... How is the borah exhaust? Does it sound any different than the stock? How do u like your vibrant?

 

oh man, just as freerider said there is pretty much a limitless amount of upgrades to be done. I also have a an ATX (auto tranny). I have a K&N Cold Air Intake, headers, 4 inch muffler, and performance plugs and wires. all costs came to about $450-500. I noticed a differance over stock power and it now sounds awesome. I would suggest gettin these things first if you are on a tighter budget, however if you got dough to work with, go with forced induction(turbo). Kits range anywhere form $3.5k-5k. depending on how far you wanna go. If you got any more questions just PM me...Good Luck and congratz on buyin a Neon!