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How much boost can the 2003 R/T SOHC internals hold ???

R/T=DOHC

i dont think you should be boosting a motor you know nothing about buddy. just my .02

ThrIsNoSpork wrote:R/T=DOHC

i dont think you should be boosting a motor you know nothing about buddy. just my .02

Not true. R/T stock motor is 9.8:1 compression and a sohc.

It's not the amount of boost it can hold, but how much boost, on what turbo. Safe bet is 225 WHP/WTQ. More than that and things start getting shady.

i'm confused the rt is sohc (scracthes head)

All 2nd Generation Neons are SOHC, Magnum or non-Magnum. The only DOHC is the 2.4L that is in the SRT motor.

invujerry wrote:

ThrIsNoSpork wrote:R/T=DOHC

i dont think you should be boosting a motor you know nothing about buddy. just my .02

Not true. R/T stock motor is 9.8:1 compression and a sohc.

It's not the amount of boost it can hold, but how much boost, on what turbo. Safe bet is 225 WHP/WTQ. More than that and things start getting shady.

lol... so that's how i was able to simply bolt on an R/T head?

Hudson_Neon wrote:

invujerry wrote:

ThrIsNoSpork wrote:R/T=DOHC

i dont think you should be boosting a motor you know nothing about buddy. just my .02

Not true. R/T stock motor is 9.8:1 compression and a sohc.

It's not the amount of boost it can hold, but how much boost, on what turbo. Safe bet is 225 WHP/WTQ. More than that and things start getting shady.

lol... so that's how i was able to simply bolt on an R/T head?

Yeah, because its a sohc head. They are interchangeable.

i know jerry. i just found it funny how calm you were when correcting him

ThrIsNoSpork wrote:R/T=DOHC

i dont think you should be boosting a motor you know nothing about buddy. just my .02

ThrIsNoSpork wrote:R/T=DOHC

i dont think you should be boosting a motor you know nothing about buddy. just my .02

Baby Jesus is crying for you. That's gotta be the funniest post I've seen in a while.

As a general rule, you can get away with 8psi on a stock internal neon motor from a small turbo. If it's spinning the tires in 2nd on dry road easily, back it off a little bit. (3.55 FD trans. A 3.94 FD will spin 2nd easier at the limit)

oh geez my bad

i was always under the impression the r/t was a DOHC....

sorry bout that... lol

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

ThrIsNoSpork wrote:oh geez my bad

i was always under the impression the r/t was a DOHC....

sorry bout that... lol

the first gens where Lol

Yeah thats pretty good lol. Oh well it's no the worst thing I've ever seen. Now if the guy you said it to corrected you then I would have to say....

actually, with a good tune and some aftermarket tuning stuff (MS) you should be able to run more psi of boost. It's also in the tune as well as internal strength. Our cars can handle without a perfect tune 5-10psi, but personally, I would pop in some forged 8.8:1 pistons, do some crank work like balancing and make sure your top end and tranny is all good to go

Rods are more important than pistons on a stock motor...

o yea thas embarrassing, alright well let me ? this.

If i wanna turbo my 03 R/T I would either have to srt swap or convert it to a 2.4L DOHC first then get a turbo for it right?

Also if I were to SRT swap, would I be able to use the magnum header, if so would it be a greater gain than the stock?

Dumb ?s I know but i gotta learn somehow.

im 98% sure u can turbo theh 2.0 (afraid to go all the way to 100 )

Dimas, use the search function. There's plenty of folx here with threads on their turbo 2.0's.

But a header will shed heat. Heat is what helps spin the turbo. A "turbofold" is what is used for most applications. That and the R/T header will locate the turbo in the wrong spot.

ah ok I was just wondering what exactly comes on a stock SRT engine and wondering if I would be able to salvage anything from my RT one to make a lil more better

Dimas wrote:ah ok I was just wondering what exactly comes on a stock SRT engine and wondering if I would be able to salvage anything from my RT one to make a lil more better

Nah, your R/T motor is usless. Just yank it do a SRT swap and I guess I could be talked into buyign it from you. Allthough I don't have much use for it so I guess I could pay you say 150 for it.

im headed overseas this fall, so hopefully operation: turbo will be underway