First time neon owner.
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 12:06 am
Hello, i live in Regina Saskatchewan. I am 16 and i just bought a 2004 dodge SX 2.0 or Neon. This is now my 4th car in 2 years (lol) and i have only had my liscense for less than a year. I made a bet with my dad that if i keep it for a year he owes me $100. I plan on modifying it and making a powerful car. My first goal is performance as soon as i pay it off. I still am trying to sell my 1987 Chrysler Lebaron 2 door coupe with a 2.2 turbo, and only 108000KM! man i was excited when i found that car for $900 in great shape, truly old person driven.
I found this car from a guy outside of the city for only $2500, most i saw were going for $4000, and it only had 140 000kms. it is a five speed standard, he had only ran synthetic in it (i dont have the money
otherwise i would to) and he seemed to love it. I took it for a test drive and smelt a lot of burning anti freeze, i was very turned off and asked him why and he explained when he was fixing the power steering hoses he hit the thermostat housing and it cracked, it was -30 celsius and is plastic, and the antifreeze spilt. I ended up driving it home that day and loving the drive, and the 6 speaker system.
The guy obviously cared for this SX, he had msd wires and cap, and he had the back drums and front pads painted blue, he also has a dodge emblem in the back window and on floormats and he highway drove it so he had the mud guards but they always blew off so i have them in the trunk.
The first upgrade i will do when i get the money is upgrade the air intake, not sure what is the best route to go yet so sugestions would be greatly appreciated, until i have the money i was thinking of buying a K&N drop in from work (Canadian Tire 10% discount
) and buying a second cover from a wrecker and cutting holes in the cover, maybe a dodge emblem if able.
Edit: I was reading on NeonCanada and it said adding a cai wont do anything because of the NGC. Is this changable? or is it even worth the time for that?
I had said he only ran premium, i meaant synthetic.
I found this car from a guy outside of the city for only $2500, most i saw were going for $4000, and it only had 140 000kms. it is a five speed standard, he had only ran synthetic in it (i dont have the money
otherwise i would to) and he seemed to love it. I took it for a test drive and smelt a lot of burning anti freeze, i was very turned off and asked him why and he explained when he was fixing the power steering hoses he hit the thermostat housing and it cracked, it was -30 celsius and is plastic, and the antifreeze spilt. I ended up driving it home that day and loving the drive, and the 6 speaker system.The guy obviously cared for this SX, he had msd wires and cap, and he had the back drums and front pads painted blue, he also has a dodge emblem in the back window and on floormats and he highway drove it so he had the mud guards but they always blew off so i have them in the trunk.
The first upgrade i will do when i get the money is upgrade the air intake, not sure what is the best route to go yet so sugestions would be greatly appreciated, until i have the money i was thinking of buying a K&N drop in from work (Canadian Tire 10% discount
) and buying a second cover from a wrecker and cutting holes in the cover, maybe a dodge emblem if able.Edit: I was reading on NeonCanada and it said adding a cai wont do anything because of the NGC. Is this changable? or is it even worth the time for that?
I had said he only ran premium, i meaant synthetic.
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