has anyone ever seen a neon with a hemi? i was just wondering and thinking what one of them would run if its possible to fit one under the hood.

 

Anything is possible with money.

No, it hasn't been done. And to be honest, it wouldn't be worth it. The cost to get a HEMI to fit in a Neon would be astronomical. Because the Neon has a transverse mounted engine, meaning the engine is sideways. A HEMI would have to be installed straight so that the transmission would face the rear of the car. Which means the Neon would have to be converted to RWD.

The Neon would have to basically be rebuilt fromt eh frame up. which IMO is not worth it. It'd be cheaper to buy a HEMI car rather than try to fit one in a Neon.

 

If I remember correctly, the Mopar pro stock drag car use to be a Hemi powered Neon, but now it's a Hemi powered Stratus. It will run mid single digits.

 

Yeah, it was a Neon, but it wasn't a real Neon it was just made to look like a Neon.

 

Sure it could be done, but for the money your gonna spend to do it, either buy an SRT-4, or be happy with the half a Hemi you have now.

 

For one thing, not all rear facing motors are RWD, like the Intrepid for instance. And second thing is that you would have to sit in the back seat of the car to drive, because you would have to move the firewall back severl feet to just fit all the compents and the engine. 3rd if you really wanted, you could convert the headers on your inline 4 into a hemi if you really wanted the advantage of a hemi's design

 

seems to me a 4 cylinder's main advantage over anything like a hemi is power to weight ratio, they can produce a helluvalot of power for what they weigh. that's why the srt-4 is as fast as it is. If you really wanted to make the neon fast it would be most sensible just to invest in a turbocharging application.

 

you could do work to an old car or you can just go out and buy a car like the srt-4