Anyone know bout Neons?

[capricefrk013]

nice i am gonna guess it is a crane number 12 cam that was the popular turbo grind. but if it does have a crower it will prolly be equivlent to the crane one that i have which is the 12. do yourself a favor and ditch the slush box

Well I looked on Crowers site and they only offer a DOHC set. Unless they had em before. So maybe your right. Slush Box? Please explain.



Well today I tore down the motor a lil more. I pulled the valve cover off and well....cant see much as far as the cam but it sure is clean in there. I will be cleaning up the motor tomorrow. So on to the pics.

The old motor
So clean

The new motor

Broken down for well needed cleaning

Yes im leaving the exhaust manifold on.

Fidanza Cam Gear dialed in at 2 degrees advance.

Well today I tore down the motor a lil more. I pulled the valve cover off and well....cant see much as far as the cam but it sure is clean in there. I will be cleaning up the motor tomorrow. So on to the pics.

The old motor

The new motor
So clean

Broken down for well needed cleaning

Yes im leaving the exhaust manifold on.

Fidanza Cam Gear dialed in at 2 degrees advance.

More to come tomorrow
More to come tomorrow

 

[neonmike]

slushbox= auto trans

 

[capricefrk013]

slushbox= auto trans

I thought thats what you meant but I wasnt 100% sure. I wanna keep it for now at least. Im just doing this on a budget right now. Then as time goes on I may do it. But I would hate to lose the LSD in it.

 

[capricefrk013]

Well I got it all cleaned up and degreased. Looks 10x better. I got the dash pulled out as well to remove the climate control. Got the passenger airbag out and the cover glued to the dash pad. Now I gotta figure out how to do the same to the wheel airbag. I also started to remove some stuff under the hood to prep the removal of the old motor and trans. Found out that the cradle underneath has to come out and the motor and trans comes with it. How easy is that? Just bolt it all on the cradle and install. I like it!!! On to the pics.

Hard to see

Hey Mike??? What is this all about? These to hoses that are blocked off? Its not on the 98 Motor.

 

[neonmike]

what you have there is a 95 style block which ran the pcv sytem through the block, crappiest design ever. it was only used for one year and in 96 they cahnged it over to the pcv sytem run through the valve cover. so what you have is a 95 block with a newer style head and valve cover with the pcv sytem in it. the just blocked it off cause they used the valve cover pcv system cause its better. funny side note is i have the same setup a 95 block with two k&n filters on the ports and the pcv run through the valve cover.

 

[capricefrk013]

Alright makes sense now. Even my dad thought it was rather weird. He thought it was a different block from some other mopar.

 

[capricefrk013]

Well I finally got the motor and trans out. While it was out I degreased and pressure washed the engine bay. Looks 100% better. Tomorrow I will be degreasing the trans so I can swap cases.

Dirty Bay

Clean Bay

5 Point Harness

 

[capricefrk013]

I also redid the wiring harness on the motor and made it look new again.

 

[capricefrk013]

Painted the engine bay today.

 

[cjvictoria]

Unless I cant find a clean 4 door automatic Neon then I will find another civic hatch and try to do the swap.

I have one...

 

[capricefrk013]

Too late

 

[capricefrk013]

Well its finally in.

The only thing that makes people think there is something under the hood vvvvv

Still some minor stuff to do yet.

 

[cjvictoria]

lol at the EJ-t hehee... hey man do you have the fuel rail cover? if so, can i borrow it and make a carbon one for you as payment? if not do you want a cf one?

i have been trying to find one so i can make a mold of it, but they're so rare it's fuckin nuts.

the shit is driving ma crazy looking for it, so i'm just about to make a one-off in about an hour or so from now..

I'm also in the process of making a mold for the 2nd gen fuse box too, just trying to find a way to make the clips too..

I might also start on a radiator shroud project as well.

 

[capricefrk013]

Mine never came with the fuel rail cover. I dont think I have ever seen one on a SOHC. I thought only the DOHC's came with em.

 

[cjvictoria]

you could be right about that... but im starting the project as i speak anyways

 

[neonmike]

they actually did come but only on the second gen cars. and yes they are far and few between. maybe by the end of the day i will have some pics of the dash i am makin

 

[cjvictoria]

so how bout the dash? what materials r u using?

and i have a tech question.. but i think it would be better to post in here since theres only like maybe 10 people on hs that have neons.

FYI this is an auto neon 2.0

When I stop and the car is in "D" it starts shaking alot... but if I put it in Neutral, the shaking pretty much goes away completely. I'm thinking it cold just be my motor mount bushing giving out, because them shits look rough. But could anything else cause that on Neons?

 

[capricefrk013]

Well I finally got the neon running. After 3 days of pulling my hair out, I finally got it lit off.

I was having communication issues with the PCM and no ASD relay trigger. Turned out it was a single ground wire under the hood that was not connected.

No I need to make a down pipe and this thing will be on the road and hopefully the track by wendsday.

 

[cjvictoria]

sweet. i'm liking this idea of going to the track. what track do you have in mind btw?

 

[capricefrk013]

I go here>>>Wednesday Night Grudge Racing

And if it holds up I will go here>>>http://www.norwalkraceway.com/schedule/2008-test-n-tune/

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