The SOHC 420A engine is the most common found in Neons and Plymouth Breeze sedans. I felt a club was needed for SOHC owners to share ideas, maintance tips and...
actually the neon is my fiancee's car, auto, base 96 4 door, I did a Remus exhaust(custom piping), cold air, usual stereo stuff. Not that I think that this car...
What's up? I still have your info you sent to me for the SOHC Power Web page. It's almost ready to go. <br><br> Anyway thanks for joining and I hope to share ...
Well I'm mostly into drag racing as it was born out here on the west coast. But anyway, I'm going to start doing some autocrossing to improve my driver's ...
That's great to hear! Did you know there some tranny trick you can try with your car? The transfer gears that where used in early turbo cars and N/A Shelby...
Don't forget! The International Auto Salon is tomorrow and Sunday. I will be there tomorrow, camera in hand and new Neon in the parking lot! I hope to see any...
I do a lot of drag racing in the summer. Man I wish there were import events around Michigan, so I could go beat up on Honduhs.<br>Later<br>Nate<br>Best time...
Anyways i be doing the racing that is gonna be beating you :) 14s sounds really good to me...but what bout 13s :) hmmmmmmm goood :)<br><br>Mike...email me if...
W'sup ya'll! Just jumped aboard today. Former DOHC driver that now owns a<br>SOHC 2000 and knows whats best for him ;)<br><br>Nice to see some familiar faces...
Give us a full review on the show Tony. Our resident Baneon'r Mark Fowler<br>will be at the show. If you bump into him say "wuzzup" and definitely check<br>out...
Nate -<br><br> NIRA is offering "Reginal" events to tracks for people that aren't close to the nearest NIRA event. You can check it out at www.nira.com. Get in...
Hello SOHC crew.... sure bites when neons.org is down, doesn't it? LMAO!<br><br>Anyone have the phantom grip? I have one in pieces here for "examination". On ...
If someone could do some precision measurements on one of those I bet I could make one in my machining class. I'm sure it's made out of cold rolled steel. It...
You're thinking like me and I'm already on it. I don't think it's cold rolled but not really hard. I'm guessing something lke a P20 or an A2. I'll know more ...
Here's the low-down -<br><br> 1) Haven't picked up the Neon yet <br><br> The finance company isn't open on the weekend. Going to try to get to tonight. The...
This winter I took the Neon off the road to do a performance rebuild. I now have Iceman CAI, Vibrant, Pacesetter, Port and polished head, head milled to .01,...
Cool! Sounds like a nice car. I see you went with DOHC pistons and mild head shaving to raise compression rather than just shaving. That should improve your...
There is no emissions testing around me. I live in the boondox of NY so they just check seatbelts, brakes, horn, etc. I just shaved the head a small amount ...
Yes, I know, there's a whole big state out there!<br><br>I guess valve clearance is more of a concern with the DOHC pistons. That and higher lift is why the ...
Can't really tell you about drivability yet. I did all the work in my grandparents garage and I only lost 4 bolts. All 4 going to hope the AC lines on. I am...
Well sometime tomorrow night I should have my 3rd Neon sitting out front. Over the weekend I'm going to go over it with the Hanyes manual and a fine tooth ...
Well, since we are on the subject. Here's my SOHC build up set for completion this summer:<br><br>0.020 over bored block<br>Weisco 0.020 over forged ...
With the careful massage of the stock bottom end that you're talking about, you should have a very fine turbo street sleeper, on a decent budget. The boost ...
Nino - <br><br> You should REALLY think about a progressive nitrous setup. Since an engine can use alot more nitrous at higher RPM's than at lower RPM's you...
Well just got back from picking it up. Drives fine. Covered about 73 miles one way to get it back up to the valley from Orange County (if any of you know where...