Figured id finally post my pride n joy/money pit/daily driver.. this car has been with me since sept 2nd of 04'... been through hell n back, on failed engagment n attempt to reconcile the engagement before that with my good friend.. through times of almost being broke enough to sell her.. and 2 accidents while in the car and 4 while she was parked.. one blown motor, turbo and trans.. dogged suspension n now a clutch needs replacing with another paint job.. my cousin and I repainted and fix her up.. he's a body man and in a wheele chair I might add.. I ripped the motor out my self to have it rebuilt.. swapped the trans with a used one so I can have mines rebuilt, this spring if $ allows.. just got new rotors n pads.. suspenssion before anything else as I need it to be safe.. new wife and baby and living space make finishing her hard since priorities are else where.. but as I promised her, I will never sell her.. its my first car that I've owned since I was 24.
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here's some of the damage.. some occured in an acident, pass side the rest while parked door and rear 1/4
pass side
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drive side
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pass side fender
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ah, uni spoter.. saved many hours.. on the door from hell n drive rear 1/4
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the main man. my cousin peewee
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hello mr antenna
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bye bye mr antenna
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let it cure over night
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the modling began
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hmm.. thats a nice gap between the end of the 1/4 panel and avs wing.. lets make something..
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spraying some door jams..
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ah a lil tease.. nice shaved antenna port..
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a lil night tease, matching painted fiber glass eye lids
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Current rims 10lbs each but diff wheeles.. taken in austin texas.. cf hood also..
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Motor pics in a bit.. gotta do this job first..
Motor
BC stage 2 cams, Crower valve train kit, Gates timing belt, Klavite Rod, Mainand thrust bearings, DCR oil pump with pickup tube, DCR big filter kit, DCR billet tensioner, DCR 180 T-stat, DCR radiator cap, New water pump, New belts, Full overhaul gasket kit, JE 8.0.1 pistons, eagle rods, arp head studs, 5 layer head gasket also have SCT full pro racer package so i can control all stock pcm functions.. running an AGP 60-1 turbo. custome 3" catless exh with stright through muffler. big front mount IC, 3" cold air intake, all solid mounts, water/meth injection, manual boost control.. after trans is done and I redue the fuel sysytem tune to 600hp
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Sorry had IZ snap a few shots... well there she is.. hopefully I can get her on the track this year..
crazy idea
Those Caliber SRT-4s are AWD right?
How hard do you think it'd be to adapt some of those parts to your Neon?
You'd really give the Subies fits
Na they are fwd.. nothing can be used.. totally diff motor.. its actually a pretty good motor.. the srt4 neon can handle 500hp stock motor with a good tune for a while..
Quote from: cokey on January 22, 2011, 01:27:13 PM
Na they are fwd.. nothing can be used.. totally diff motor.. its actually a pretty good motor.. the srt4 neon can handle 500hp stock motor with a good tune for a while..
but it would be a nice dream though [thumbsup]
A few have converted the neon into rwd.. I was thinkong of doing the same.. throw the motor in the back.. I'm actually not a fan of awd.. rw or rw only.. I have a lot of projects I could do but not engh $$..
You guys don't like using respirators ???
That shit is REALLY bad for you mang [bang]
You see my cuz safety squint the weld n no gloves.. that's how us ricans do.. lol.. that old spot was ventilated pretty well.. he's up in CT, been working on cars since 10 and has hands like leather. We ha e to redo it due to dumb ass parkers.. might do 2tone or leave it the bmw steel grey..
Car looks great. I'm not a big fan of eyelids, but they look really good on your car. Makes me sad that my neon got stolen.
Whoa whoa whoa...
Hold on, did you say 600 hp??
:o
Quote from: Timmy Tucker on January 22, 2011, 04:19:49 PM
Car looks great. I'm not a big fan of eyelids, but they look really good on your car. Makes me sad that my neon got stolen.
that really sucks.. sorry man. Yea, there are diff style eyelids. These I liked..
600.. yes I did.. its crazy what these little motors can do.. torque will be about the same and thank s to the wheels. Search red sled.. red neon that's in the 8s I think by now and is street legal.. there's a few guys with over 800hp in these cars..
That is make the beast with two backsing RIDICULOUS!
[evil] [evil] [evil]
That's insane! I hope you have big brakes to go with the big HP. Great job on the tail/spoiler lip. Looks much better than the wing.
So, how much time and money have you spent on this Dodge Neon to date? It looks as nice as a neon can (and it's the same exact color as my car so I like that), but I just can't shake the feeling of "why do all that to a neon?"
Quote from: darylbowden on January 23, 2011, 01:04:23 AM
So, how much time and money have you spent on this Motorcycle? It looks as nice as a Motorcycle can (and it's the same exact color as my car so I like that), but I just can't shake the feeling of "why do all that to a Motorcycle?"
^^^^^ what Mom said
Quote from: vincheung on January 23, 2011, 05:58:52 AM
Its not a neon, its a srt-4. Completely different animal.
and either way, once you do that much to anything it's uniquely yours and he said it's his first car, you never get that again. [thumbsup]
Heehee. [thumbsup]
Too bad they're not AWD. I recall seeing a relatively mildly-built Eagle Talon that ran 8s. [evil]
you're giving me the itch to do at least exhaust and chipping my TDI now [evil]
Do it leathe.. like with ducs, why do anything? I actually loved the way the car looked.. that's what got me.. just like the next toy cage ill get is a lotus exige, love its looks.. the performance is just extra.. I've kind of made it into a sleeper unless you hear it, but then again, you cld its just a neon with an exhaust.. look on the guys face after you blow the doors of his 50-100k car is priceless.. I've put maybe 10-13k into it n still not done.. but. That's cause I made mistakes n shit happend.. you cld take this car and make into a high 10sec street car with just 5-7 k if u do it right.. hell there was a guy hitting 11.2s with just the next smallest upgrated turbo from factory.. his driver mod was strong.. we do it, we all do it cause we want to..
To Mother:
I don't. Sure, when I raced I had my bikes prepped for racing and I have a full termi exhaust on my Hyper, but that's about it. However, I'm certainly not one of those people who spends 12k in upgrades on a 8k motorcycle.
Anyhow, not trying to damper his enthusiasm. He obviously has skills in the garage and has a car he's proud of, so good on that. I'm just one of those people who thinks if you spend more upgrading the car than the car is worth, you probably bought the wrong car (or bike).
that car belongs on the track ;D
Quote from: muskrat on January 23, 2011, 04:14:13 PM
that car belongs on the track ;D
That I would agree with.
I loves me a sleepah!
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Nice fat tires..
I get what ya saying.. just like guys who put 10k stereo systems in a 2k car.. I haven't spent more then I paid for it.. I got it new for 24k after taxes.. wait till I can finally get a monster.. I've been reading everything so I can do it right the 1st time n not waste $.. not sure yet if ill go for power with one thgh..
Quote from: darylbowden on January 23, 2011, 03:19:33 PM
To Mother:
I don't. Sure, when I raced I had my bikes prepped for racing and I have a full termi exhaust on my Hyper, but that's about it. However, I'm certainly not one of those people who spends 12k in upgrades on a 8k motorcycle.
defining worth by market value
this is a concept I never did understand
Quote from: Mother on January 23, 2011, 07:09:28 PM
defining worth by market value
this is a concept I never did understand
You're thinking too binary. You don't have to have one or the other, you can love something that also has market value, so why not have both?
Quote from: darylbowden on January 23, 2011, 07:46:19 PM
You're thinking too binary. You don't have to have one or the other, you can love something that also has market value, so why not have both?
cuz crashing something with market value is painful
Quote from: Mother on January 23, 2011, 07:50:40 PM
cuz crashing something with market value is painful
So true. My housemate drives (I use that term loosely) an 08 VW R32 (I still call it a Golf. He doesn't approve) that rarely leaves the garage. He's had it for two years now and the vast majority of the 16k miles are from driving two hours south to see family and driving the 120 mile one way drive to the dealership to have it serviced. Every once and a while he'll update me on what his resale value is and I'll promtly remind him that the price he lost from brand new ($37k) to the "rated" resale of $26k is about 9 times more than I spent on my car back in college. That still runs. Reliably.
Anyway, he slid (AWD mind you) it into a curb trying to eek up a hill in the snow running MAYBE 15 miles an hour and caused $700 dollars worth of damage. Granted, I'd love to be a card bearing member of the more money than brains club, but a $37k go kart with no trunk (subs) that he won't take out on the road for fear of scratching it is just asinine.
Now Cokey's Neon on the other hand is the balls no matter how much money he dumps into it. Sure, he's got the $24k new cost plus the $10-13k extra, but that is a one of a kind vehicle that he has bonded with for years. You can have your Enzos, Superleggeras and resale value. I'll take the Ford Aerostar with a 440 six pack bolted into the back. Oh, and racing stripes :)
Mines also close to 70k miles and I even have a baby seat in the back.. I drive this pregnant dog everywhere.. it wld have more miles but it was garaged for 7 months while builthe motor and everything in the city is close.. my job was 10-15miles one way for 2 yrs n now 3 miles fr tue pass 4.. I dnt buy cars to resale or trade in..
I've got an SRT too. Dodge turns out some fun cars these days.
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Nice.. anything done to it?
Quote from: cokey on January 24, 2011, 08:12:45 PM
Nice.. anything done to it?
CAI, MBRP Cat back, Diablo Predator with CMR tune (390 at the rear), upgraded sways f and r, lowered about 2", wheels and tires...I'll do a supercharger or a 426 after the warranty runs out.
Not bas.. yea just make sure, when u sc it, you have a good tuner or do u tune it ya self with the dp? I've got sct pro package so I can change anything in the stock pcm but haven't messed with it yet..
Quote from: cokey on January 25, 2011, 08:00:59 AM
Not bas.. yea just make sure, when u sc it, you have a good tuner or do u tune it ya self with the dp? I've got sct pro package so I can change anything in the stock pcm but haven't messed with it yet..
I have a good shop. Being in so cal we have access to the best of everything in terms of tuners, builders, etc.
600 hp?
fwd?
HOLY TORQUE STEER, BATMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!
I bet it gets a little squirrely trying to get back on the power after coming out of a turn [laugh]
I bet it's fun in a straight line though [thumbsup]
Indeed. Right now its turned way down till I get a new clutch n beefier trans.. but yea, it'll change lanes on its own if your not strong enough.
installed coil overs and some new bushing.. also put in a new clutch and tob fork... I can once again shift easy... rides nice now.. just in time for the drive to AZ...
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Sadly I report the death of my cousin peewee who painted my car.. just passed last week.. sad days...
Sorry you lost a good relative and brushman
My condolences. RIP peewee.
Sorry for your loss cokey
That blows.
:(
So sorry to hear
Rip :(
Sorry to hear about yur cousin