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Why not get the 02 vin flashed into the 04 pcm
I did it for another member here without any issues....

BlackRoseRacing wrote:Why not get the 02 vin flashed into the 04 pcm
I did it for another member here without any issues....

02 Neon vin into an 04 SRT computer? A friend of mine was a chrysler master tech and we tried one day and couldnt get it, maybe we missed something?

A little update: Battle with NYS Inspection is over, my car is officially legal in NYS and I shouldn't have anymore problems in the future when inspection time comes. Parts are still trickling in and i am working on buying a winter beater so I can get going on fixing the head gasket. Stay tuned for new pictures soon

It's been a while since I have posted an update, and even longer since the last pictures... I got a winter beater a couple of months ago and the neon has been parked since, as of right now the head is ready to come off then it will be getting the new DCR 5 layer head gasket, DCR head studs, Gates timing belt, and possibly a DCR water pump. While I am in the top end i am looking at getting some 2.7L rockers and some mild cams to match the Fidanza gears I already have. I made a decision on the turbo setup, it will be a S3D from AGP, either 48 or 55 with either an SCT or Diablo Sport tuning it. My new Tial Sport Q BOV and matching 38mm WGA showed up yesterday (both in red) as well as my OT-1/LC-1 Wideband and Datalogging setup from innovate. The intercooler is going to get some custom work so I can fit it behind an '02 bumper the way I want it to, and It will be backed up by custom hardpipes from a local shop. I am going to try to get some pictures up tonight, there isnt a ton of work going on right now though things are really busy and its an uncomfortable 29 degrees in my apartments garage. Stay tuned for more parts and progress!

Still waiting on parts but I got everything ordered and everything is cleaned up and ready to go back together. Now for the dilemma... CAMS! I ordered a set of Crane 16's with springs because I got a deal that was too good to pass up. Now I think they are too big for my application. I do not have a ported head, bigger valves, nor intake, nor exhaust, I am not running a huge turbo (AGP S3D 55 at the largest) so do I run the 16's or trade em for 14's. The only reason I can think of to keep the 16's would be if I don't meet my HP goals with a stock head this year, if that happened I would be getting ported parts next year and I would prob want the bigger cams. So please chime in, and if you have a BRAND NEW set of 14's I might be interested in trading. Now onto the pics:

Head off the car and on the work bench

Engine Bay



Weapon of choice for clean up:

All Cleaned up with Studs in:


Head all cleaned up ready to go back on:

New TKMS 5 Layer HG waiting for the head to be mounted...


The head is on the car now but not torqued back down, no sense in clamping it down until I'm sure I'm not going to be using the 16's which would require using new springs. New updates to follow

looks good

Little update for me...

I'll still be coming to carlisle this year but unfortunately I won't be showing anything. I am going to be buying a house this summer so all income is frozen until further notice, I need about 2500 min. to finish putting the car together and I am just not willing to spend it until I close on a house. The car will be ready next year as I will actually have a garage I can work in and money to finish it. I don't know how much I'll be on the forums until I get everything wrapped up buying a house but I won't give up carlisle so I'll see you all down there

Update or ban! Lol jk. Car looks awesome. You know those are the first pictures ive seen of the car since I saw it back at your moms place. That was a long time ago. I wish I could be around to lend a hand with the build. Or take some parts off your hands to help with funds. Take a look at the new car in the project logs.

Update!

Cranes are in (14's)
DCR Timing belt tensioner is on
New Idler pulley is on
New Inside timing cover is on
DCR Cam Alignment tool showed up today

Waiting for Boomba to get me my new cam gears then it will get put back together. They are on back order because they had some make a fresh batch, they should still be hot off the CNC by the time I get them

So what is holding me up? Transmission in the POS DD saab decided to eat a bearing. I have to get another transmission and put it back on the road.
Going to get pre approved for a mortgage on monday so all my money is going towards that instead of a new turbo to finish up the car. I might sell the saab once it is fixed to fund the new turbo. I will try to get some updates as soon as the cam gears show up.

Sweet! Good to hear. Sorry to hear about the Saab. Its always something.

I got the head bolted on last week and checked compression after I heard a strange hiss while doing the timing. Long story short the car is back apart, the machine shop has the head and it is warped .009... It would be $500+ just to fix it... looks like it's going to be a new race ported head for me...

Sweet! Also not so sweet. If I go to Carlisle ill let you drive my mini beast! I know it wont be anywhere near the experience of driving your car.

chosenone2386 wrote:Sweet! Also not so sweet. If I go to Carlisle ill let you drive my mini beast! I know it wont be anywhere near the experience of driving your car.

Yeah it's definately bitter sweet, I have thought a lot about doing the head while I had it all apart but it was too much money, I guess now I don't have a choice in the matter. All this means is that it is going to take longer. Def. dont expect to see my car running before next spring. I think we did find a house we are going to put an offer on though, and its got a decent size 2 car garage that I would insulate and heat this winter so I could actually get something done.

Finally talked the original owners out of this one, its been in the garage for 17 years... It really does have 25,480 miles, all original except for the fluids Should have it at my new house by the end of the summer and it will be gone through really well and maybe taken out before the weather gets bad.

Badass find!

Grrrr.... I want one! We had a guy buying parts for his where I work, he was prepping it to sell, and he wanted 3K for it. If I had had the cash, It'd be mine now.... It was MINT and he was replacing all of the gaskets because he "didn't want to sell someone a leaky piece of fast gray shit".

God your a lucky son of a bitch! A birdy told me you were probably going to be picking that up. That thing is so clean.

Going to pick up the sensors tonight. I wont be able to install them till tomorrow though. Its been raining on and off all day and were supposed to get thunder storms in a lil bit.

Congrats again on the house!

Hey, good to see you on here! I never saw this progress thread...sorry for overlooking you. You have one of the cleanest SRT-swapped Neons I've ever seen! Glad I got to see it in person last year. The car is beautiful and well taken care of. I'm not going to Carlisle this year, so when I come next year, I hope to see ya there!

supertrick_05 wrote:Hey, good to see you on here! I never saw this progress thread...sorry for overlooking you. You have one of the cleanest SRT-swapped Neons I've ever seen! Glad I got to see it in person last year. The car is beautiful and well taken care of. I'm not going to Carlisle this year, so when I come next year, I hope to see ya there!

Thanks! That's alright it's pretty easy to over look as slow going as it is and I haven't had many pictures lately. I appreciate the compliments I try to keep it as clean as possible. It's getting a lot of work done in the coming year now that I finally have a place and some spare cash to do it. I will be down at carlisle this year but my car won't so you won't miss anything!

I want to see interior pics.

nice find man.

UPDATE UPDATE "You seem to be typing in 'all capitals'.

This is not usually a good idea: it can make
your message harder to read or might indicate
you are 'shouting'.

Thats cause I was. UPDATE UPDATE! lol.

Update?

Closed on my house, taking a month off from everything aside from my 9-5 to work on it... Moving into the house in a month, then I get to work on the garage, then you will get updates on the car...

Bought a new DD, 2003 Ram 2500 Hemi

Life is busy right now, But the car WILL I repeat WILL be done this coming spring, come hell or high water, I will finish this car.

Oh yeah, one more thing... My big turbo kit showed up from AGP Stay tuned for pictars of the kit, DD, and the House

Nice find..

Damn, very nice find. I'd drive an Omni GLHS.

spring? as in 1 year from now?? *dies*

It will be worth the wait, I promise

There will be a lot of work done this winter, I just have to get by the next few months.

I envy Kyle since he will be around to lend a hand. Its so sweet that the 95 is finally running. Thanks for the update

That's amazing dude. I really want a Omni, the fact that it's a GLH is better.

I'm back.

As some of you know I bought a house this summer, I have been super slammed doing renovations but I have about another month until they are done for a while... I have been sneaking some work in on the garage making room for the neon this winter. I'll get some house pics up soon, here are some of the garage and I will get a before picture and a completely finished picture up soon! Work on the neon will commence around the beginning of 2010

Congrats on the house purchase