Goodbye R/T hello ACR

a23dranger · Post by **a23dranger** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:00 pm

Well I picked up another car to work on. Sold off everything 2gn but my daily beater (which i will be selling once this is running). Was trying to save money but came across this for a screaming deal. Anyways its a 98 Flame Red ACR coupe that had the T belt break. Car has 67k miles on it. Really clean car with minor chips and flaws here and there but thats me just picking apart a 14 year old car that the last 5 years sat out side. Some nice mods came with the car. Has mopar high rate x springs, factory konis yet, energy bushing kit, b&m short throw shifter, crane adjustable cam gears, crane firepower wires, crane 18's, crane springs, crane titanium retainers, 1mm oversized valves, decked head with port and polishing, ported intake manifold, 60mm modern throttle body, afx long tube, high flow cat, 2.5 exhaust with flowmaster camaro muffler, afx under drive pulley, iceman intake, egr delete, full motor mount insert kit, 2.0 bottom end with 10.5.1 compression and was built by cox racing, brand new in the box depo chrome projectors/ marker lights, timing belt, tensioner, pt/shadow axles in the trunk, Mopar ecu, Clutchmasters clutch and Quiafe lsd. All for $1600 bucks. As i looked into the car more i found the head was wrecked. The journals are toast and someone along the way stripped 15 of the 20 studs on the car. RRRRR

picking her up

after a lil wash

So the Plan for the car is to throw my 2.4 motor in it with the crane valve train, crane 18 cams, fidanza cam gears, redo all the suspension and brakes, ect. As of now i have bought the m.p 2.4 adaptor kit, 24lb 05 stang injectors, m.p alum shift knob, neon floor mats, new depo chrome headlights, full top end gasket kit, new prothane bushing kit, new ball joints, new tie rods, gsates srt-4 t-belt kit, braille ext-18 battery, acr decals, 16" silverstone wheels with new tires, new 00-02 wheel bearings and hubs to run the pt axle/shawdow axle upgrade, 00-02 calipers, rotors, pads up front, 19mm 2gn rear sway bar, leranzo alt pulley, frog gauge pod, oil pressure gauge, every suspension part has been sand blasted and powder coated or painted. I need an afc yet, wideband 02, cam pin on the crane 18 intake drilled and repinned (broke), arp ls1 rod bolts to get it all together and running.

My buddy Ryan(ohnoa2.0) powder coating some parts

Rear arms with new bushing and coated

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 3:03 am

What a beaut!

I can see why you dropped the cash for it. Like the pic of the embroidered floor mats- I remember thinking that was a nice touch when I had my '95.

ianguilly · Post by **ianguilly** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 9:21 am

Wow that is awesome, very jealous.

speed127 · Post by **speed127** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 6:38 pm

ya it's looking good... love all the powder coated stuff. Hopefully this will be running and ready for Carlisle too.

a23dranger · Post by **a23dranger** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:21 pm

Oh it will be there.

Alex Kurdian · Post by **Alex Kurdian** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:29 am

I love it how you blokes bring cars back to life...awesome bro!

a23dranger · Post by **a23dranger** » Thu May 03, 2012 8:18 pm

A little update. Traded/sold a few parts and picked up an safc II for the car, lorenzo alt underdrive pulley, frog eye pod, oil pressure gauge, and oil catch can. Made a mount for the safc II in the ash tray area. It fits so nicely down there and is out of sight. Ill be ordering more parts soon to finish the car once i finish up the few odds and ends on my daily so i can get that sold off to buy more.

And lastly. why? because i felt like it and had them around from my 2gn project

a23dranger · Post by **a23dranger** » Sat May 12, 2012 9:53 pm

Small update. picked up some arp rod bolts for the 2.4, neon racing decal from austin98r/t and found out another nice thing about the car. Pulled the iceman battery tray out for the 90less ill be ordering soon and double checked the trans tags. to my surprise it has a 3.94 HD in it. Im thinking its a new or low milage 01-02 maybe early 03 unit since it has the aa ending code and the original owner built the car in 02-03ish. Sweet deal. Little higher speed in 1st,2nd, 4th and stronger overall. Just like my old green coupe had.

DodgeEvo · Post by **DodgeEvo** » Sun May 13, 2012 7:06 am

Looking good, cant wait to see more.

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Sun May 13, 2012 9:56 am

I need the battery tray.

a23dranger · Post by **a23dranger** » Sun May 20, 2012 9:16 pm

Blows off dust. havent updated the log for lil while. most of ya who comment are on my f.b so i tend to forget about the few who arent. haha anways lots has happened and more to come.

Moved to a new garage and tryed to get the car done for Carlisle but just didn't happen. well now im going to build the car full on and not look back. so some of the things i did will be un done and replaced and what not

Anyways i traded/sold some parts for crower stage 4 cams instead of the crane 18s, mopar lifters and rockers,got srt seats, maddog 72-4/1 shifter, bbs acr wheels, new center caps, 205-50-16 falken tires, aem wideband, oil pressure gauge, alpine amp, infinity speakers, euro tails, folding mirrors, d2 coilovers and more. Did a full wire tuck on the engine and bay. That is getting redone since i am no going megasquirt ms2v3 in full stand alone setup.. also doing some things to the car i cant say as of right now yet.

moving into the new 1100 sq ft garage

the rest
empty bay

folding mirrors (coolvue units)

bbs wheels before refinishing

crower stage 4 cams

alpine 4 channel amp

viper hood

aem wideband and autometer oil pressure gauge

mopar lifters, mopar rockers, crane valve springs and tit retainers

the lift on the cams

Gates srt4 t-belt/pump/belt and findaza cam gears

3.94 hd with quaife lsd painted

clutchmaster stage 3 clutch

frog pod and gauges

srt pedals

inside shot

brand new bbs caps

catch can hidden

motor going in

control arm bushings and booble strut

falken 205/50/16 tires

arp rod bolts and b.s deleted

motor in and fully tucked yes the wiring is in the car!

euro tails

bbs wheels all blasted and fresh powder coating done

engine with coil pack and wires

engine with c.o.p setup

d2 coilovers new

rear wheel almost tucking

have to roll that fender lip

front almost tucking

rears in and still have room to go down

fronts in and still have more to go plus i have to trim and weld up that pinch weld so it doesnt cut tires

Maddog Short throw shifter 72 4-1

Infinity Speakers

a23dranger · Post by **a23dranger** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 11:14 pm

very crappy cell video which makes the car sound like it has all kinds of knocks, ticks, weird noises but it doesnt.

https://www.facebook.com/video/video.ph ... 9283148978

https://www.facebook.com/video/video.ph ... 9245628040

speed127 · Post by **speed127** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 11:50 pm

AWESOME! dude the COP makes that look SOOO clean.

abarguy · Post by **abarguy** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 11:54 am

Ryan,
I'm stunned and impressed at what you've done to your Neon. Most of which has been on my personal Christmas list for some time. You, my friend, are driven!

Kudos X 10! I wanna ride!

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 8:08 pm

heard the motor running this weekend sounded familiar youll be very happy with this setup dude it looks so much better in person

a23dranger · Post by **a23dranger** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 10:40 pm

lil teaser for those of you not on my facebook.

chew* · Post by chew* » Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:59 am

I'm liking the splatter paint job on the intake.

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 6:30 am

Hows the ride with them coilovers.. ?

Nice looking 1gn too.

a23dranger · Post by **a23dranger** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 7:28 am

Not a clue yet. Haven't driven it

speed127 · Post by **speed127** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 11:59 am

man, that's lookin good

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 12:37 pm

Oh duhh i knew that.