NEONS ARE **** SLOW!!!!!!

smithbling · 03-02-2001, 12:21 AM

My friend has a 2000 Neon with 132HP and the infamous gay(cab)-forward design. He thinks he is going to be high 15's.

I have driven many and have trouble squealing the tires with a 5 spd.

Neons are trash slow...Thank You

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C ME FLY
88 Notch
MAC headers, H-pipe, and Chrome 2.5" pipes, pullies, K&N filter, BM shifter, 17" ROH ZR6, Dropped 1.5".

03-02-2001, 02:51 AM

amen, brother.
My friend got a rental car with auto and SOHC and we beat the holy hell out of it....thing was hard to throw around because it was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO slow.
Ever driven 60 mph in first gear in a neon....hahaha i have. I'm impressed it didn't have a knock once we were done with it.

69fastback · 03-02-2001, 06:29 AM

what where u expecting with 132 hp

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69 428 cobra jet: tons of mods.
97 f-150 5.4 xlt mark III
BUCKLE UP. SUCK IT IN.
Objects in the mirror are about to disappear...
QUICKLY!!!!!!

smithbling · 03-02-2001, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by 69fastback:
what where u expecting with 132 hp

Someone to stick up for them?

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C ME FLY
88 Notch
MAC headers, H-pipe, and Chrome 2.5" pipes, pullies, K&N filter, BM shifter, 17" ROH ZR6, Dropped 1.5".

spinemup · 03-02-2001, 12:44 PM

there is a guy that races at the autocross course that i race at... he has a neon and is running some of the best times out of everyone there. he modded it a little but for the most part its stock. he really knows how to drive good though

LX XLR8R · 03-02-2001, 12:49 PM

one my buds dad works for a newer mopar mag so they allways use his neon as the car that gets the parts as they show you how to do it so far he has a minivan motor put into his and a turbo is going in

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1987 black notch(ex 4 banger)
DSS 306 w/ main support...Elderbrock 6028 heads..gt-40 intake..24# injectors...70 mm tb..77 pro-m...accel 300+..mac full legnth..tremec w/ pro5oh...full MAC exhaust,off road h-pipe,long tubes, catback...ron davis radiator..subframes, control arms...CFDF II..o yea holley FPR sucks..dont buy one..
AIM=onesillynotch

LincoConti87 · 03-02-2001, 03:12 PM

I have heard that they are infamous for being very unreliable but of course so is all of dodge vehicles recently cept maybe viper or ram. I'd have to say they are pretty quick. 132 horsepower is not the best version. Ever heard of the ACR that weighs like 2300 pounds and has like 150-160 horses? It hits 15' stock I think and with a few mods would be decent quick for what it is. Remember its an economy car and they don't pay your insurance.

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Rob meister
87 Lincoln Continental

StoplightWarrior · 03-02-2001, 03:26 PM

When I was in High School, a friend of mine had a neon. It was a 5speed, completely gutted, and had some bolt ons. That thing was pretty quick. Off the line, it was fast, but it had no top end.

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Black 2000 GT
Magnaflow Catback, K&N

smithbling · 03-02-2001, 10:58 PM

The 1G ACR's had a better suspension and the DOHC 150HP engine.

The 2G ACR/RT's have better suspenison and the old SOHC engine with a revised intake to make 150HP and have a better tourque curve. Still a hig 15 low 16 car.

Their was talk of producing a SRT which had a supercharger(11# of boost). SCC did a test and this Neon ran 0-60 in 5.9 seconda and the quarter in 15.1 at 103.5 mph.

Good driving ehh!

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C ME FLY
88 Notch
MAC headers, H-pipe, and Chrome 2.5" pipes, pullies, K&N filter, BM shifter, 17" ROH ZR6, Dropped 1.5".

91LX2Bfast · 03-03-2001, 10:59 AM

The SCC article I read quoted a 14.7 @ 95.8
Thats not to shabby if it would have been built, but SCC basically called the car a piece of junk.

cobrayankee · 03-04-2001, 02:44 PM

Is this a newsflash?
"Neons are slow. And on the top of the hour.....Metros. They're not fast either."

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1997 Cobra (Black on black), C+L 80mm MAF, K+N filter, Pro 5.0 shifter, BBK Springs, Taylor Wires, 2 Chamber Flows, ASP Pulleys, BBK off road H pipe.

03-02-2001, 12:21 AM	#1
smithbling Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Kitchener Ontario Canada Posts: 239	NEONS ARE SLOW!!!!!! My friend has a 2000 Neon with 132HP and the infamous gay(cab)-forward design. He thinks he is going to be high 15's. I have driven many and have trouble squealing the tires with a 5 spd. Neons are trash slow...Thank You ------------------ C ME FLY 88 Notch MAC headers, H-pipe, and Chrome 2.5" pipes, pullies, K&N filter, BM shifter, 17" ROH ZR6, Dropped 1.5".

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03-02-2001, 02:51 AM	#2
84stang83zephyr Guest Posts: n/a	amen, brother. My friend got a rental car with auto and SOHC and we beat the holy hell out of it....thing was hard to throw around because it was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO slow. Ever driven 60 mph in first gear in a neon....hahaha i have. I'm impressed it didn't have a knock once we were done with it.

03-02-2001, 06:29 AM	#3
69fastback IRAQ VET Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: high desert California Posts: 1,480	what where u expecting with 132 hp ------------------ 69 428 cobra jet: tons of mods. 97 f-150 5.4 xlt mark III BUCKLE UP. SUCK IT IN. Objects in the mirror are about to disappear... QUICKLY!!!!!!

03-02-2001, 12:44 PM	#5
spinemup Registered Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: middleboro,ma, usa Posts: 734	there is a guy that races at the autocross course that i race at... he has a neon and is running some of the best times out of everyone there. he modded it a little but for the most part its stock. he really knows how to drive good though

03-02-2001, 12:49 PM	#6
LX XLR8R Dirk Diggler Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: SLOATSBURG, NY Posts: 1,931	one my buds dad works for a newer mopar mag so they allways use his neon as the car that gets the parts as they show you how to do it so far he has a minivan motor put into his and a turbo is going in ------------------ 1987 black notch(ex 4 banger) DSS 306 w/ main support...Elderbrock 6028 heads..gt-40 intake..24# injectors...70 mm tb..77 pro-m...accel 300+..mac full legnth..tremec w/ pro5oh...full MAC exhaust,off road h-pipe,long tubes, catback...ron davis radiator..subframes, control arms...CFDF II..o yea holley FPR sucks..dont buy one.. AIM=onesillynotch

03-02-2001, 03:12 PM	#7
LincoConti87 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tallahassee,Florida,USA Posts: 188	I have heard that they are infamous for being very unreliable but of course so is all of dodge vehicles recently cept maybe viper or ram. I'd have to say they are pretty quick. 132 horsepower is not the best version. Ever heard of the ACR that weighs like 2300 pounds and has like 150-160 horses? It hits 15' stock I think and with a few mods would be decent quick for what it is. Remember its an economy car and they don't pay your insurance. ------------------ Rob meister 87 Lincoln Continental

03-02-2001, 03:26 PM	#8
StoplightWarrior Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Nor-Cal Posts: 1,311	When I was in High School, a friend of mine had a neon. It was a 5speed, completely gutted, and had some bolt ons. That thing was pretty quick. Off the line, it was fast, but it had no top end. ------------------ Black 2000 GT Magnaflow Catback, K&N

03-02-2001, 10:58 PM	#9
smithbling Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Kitchener Ontario Canada Posts: 239	The 1G ACR's had a better suspension and the DOHC 150HP engine. The 2G ACR/RT's have better suspenison and the old SOHC engine with a revised intake to make 150HP and have a better tourque curve. Still a hig 15 low 16 car. Their was talk of producing a SRT which had a supercharger(11# of boost). SCC did a test and this Neon ran 0-60 in 5.9 seconda and the quarter in 15.1 at 103.5 mph. Good driving ehh! ------------------ C ME FLY 88 Notch MAC headers, H-pipe, and Chrome 2.5" pipes, pullies, K&N filter, BM shifter, 17" ROH ZR6, Dropped 1.5".

03-03-2001, 10:59 AM	#10
91LX2Bfast Registered Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Warrington, PA Posts: 694	The SCC article I read quoted a 14.7 @ 95.8 Thats not to shabby if it would have been built, but SCC basically called the car a piece of junk.

03-04-2001, 02:44 PM	#11
cobrayankee Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 516	Is this a newsflash? "Neons are slow. And on the top of the hour.....Metros. They're not fast either." ------------------ 1997 Cobra (Black on black), C+L 80mm MAF, K+N filter, Pro 5.0 shifter, BBK Springs, Taylor Wires, 2 Chamber Flows, ASP Pulleys, BBK off road H pipe.