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pancakepuppy
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Hiya everyone!

Post by pancakepuppy » Thu Jun 13, 2019 11:32 am

I'm here for the commiseration with my fellow 2G Neon drivers :D

I drive a somewhat rough 2003 SXT I bought a couple years ago. She's not great to look at, but after replacing the cylinder head (burnt exhaust valve in cyl 1 causing major misfire) and a bunch of other bits, it finally passes all the emissions monitors and throws no codes! 8)

Been spending a lot of time on the factory service manual and the NGC student workbooks, and my next Neon endeavors will be an under-seat subwoofer and (probably more of a winter project) a digital instrument cluster with diagnostic capabilities.

Glad to be here and hope to learn some tribal knowledge.
2003 SXT (5-sp, Solar Yellow, Power Sunroof, Cruise, Sport Appearance group) + cheap eBay catback
To-Do list: Heater core, clutch, make front fascia and rear bumper cover prettier
Electronics guy/occasional mechanic
Where's your LeBaron, Freddy?

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JeremyJ
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Re: Hiya everyone!

Post by JeremyJ » Thu Jun 13, 2019 1:20 pm

Welcome.

Please explain this digital cluster idea. You know the factory cluster will already read out your engine codes, right?
02 base -> 05 SRT ACR -> 96 sedan -> 99 R/T coupe -> 02 R/T -> 03 SRT

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pancakepuppy
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Re: Hiya everyone!

Post by pancakepuppy » Thu Jun 13, 2019 1:31 pm

Yes, I know about the key dance for getting codes out. I'd also like to be able to view some of the internal data (LTFT bins, purge adaptive, O2 goal)

DRB-III stuff basically. The answer to "why" is just "because I think I probably can." Having a color screen in the instrument cluster capable of switching over to a backup camera would also be super cool. I've got lots of ideas bouncing around in my head.
2003 SXT (5-sp, Solar Yellow, Power Sunroof, Cruise, Sport Appearance group) + cheap eBay catback
To-Do list: Heater core, clutch, make front fascia and rear bumper cover prettier
Electronics guy/occasional mechanic
Where's your LeBaron, Freddy?

occasional demons
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Re: Hiya everyone!

Post by occasional demons » Thu Jun 13, 2019 9:54 pm

pancakepuppy wrote:
Thu Jun 13, 2019 1:31 pm
The answer to "why" is "because Electronics Guy."
Fixed it. And Welcome!
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2000 Neon MTX swap with '02 R/T PCM
1999 neon coupe 2.4 swap
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04rebel
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Re: Hiya everyone!

Post by 04rebel » Fri Jun 14, 2019 5:14 am

Welcome to the group, great place here for we Neon people! Enjoy the site!

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