2001 RT w/ SRT4 + new paint (diablo0 - this is 4 u)

c2k · Post by **c2k** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 9:50 am

yea m8, i was trying to send ya the pics last night!

eVilcreations · Post by **eVilcreations** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:18 am

Very nice man.....you still need to eMail me some good pics like this and the other one's you showed me.....for me to put on the site...

Josh

LCPLPunk · Post by **LCPLPunk** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:24 am

pretty, glad u showed me that, i'm considering the SRT hood on my future R/T.

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:48 am

I think it'd look a lot cleaner with an OEM hood.. but the car is looking good man..

This is the same purple one that had the srt swap back in the day right?

LCPLPunk · Post by **LCPLPunk** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:54 am

any better pics of the rims? AND, does your state allow you to put the license plate in the front window? That'd clean up the front nicely.

J-Villa · Post by **J-Villa** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:18 am

nice i like it alot

c2k · Post by **c2k** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:21 am

oem hood = makes the turbo *way* too hot. I was getting 205-210 water temp and if the engine temp is too high, the pcm will retard the timing to compestate for the heat.

Nope, My car is a 2001 Silver RT. I went through a total of 4 engines in my car.

stock 2.0 magnum, stock 2.0 magnum bottom end w/ built top end, 2.2l stroker bottom end w/ built top end and now Im running the 2.4l turbo srt4 motor.

as for the state law..

what state law? im a canadian

josh - i've got them.. when i get on aim, i ll send the files over to ya

Kevin_GP · Post by **Kevin_GP** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:32 am

Having a stock hood didnt increase my temps

If you were worried about it all you needed to do is remove the weather striping on the back and thats way more effective than an srt-4 hood.

Car looks good though, I really like that color.

tamadrumr88 · Post by **tamadrumr88** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:41 am

i removed my weatherstripping only because every time i popped the hood itd be laying across the intake manifold... i could never get it to sit in place

so you get much more effective engine cooling and none of the JDM hilt tilt yo

LC_Neon · Post by **LC_Neon** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 12:08 pm

That looks amazingly hot. Great color too

Frizbe · Post by **Frizbe** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 12:17 pm

Mornig wood!

c2k · Post by **c2k** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 12:40 pm

pics of my rims w/ the stock paint

i was running 205/40/17 in w/ the 'stock' setup. now im running the 2.4l srt4 motor so Im now running 225/45/17

Kevin_GP · Post by **Kevin_GP** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 12:57 pm

tamadrumr88 wrote:i removed my weatherstripping only because every time i popped the hood itd be laying across the intake manifold... i could never get it to sit in place

so you get much more effective engine cooling and none of the JDM hilt tilt yo

Exactly, sucking hot air out works alot better than blowing cold air on something. Mine falls off every time I open my hood too.

J-Villa · Post by **J-Villa** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 1:41 pm

after seeing the stock hood...i think i like it better....but still regardless hot car

Post by **Diablo0** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 1:49 pm

Looks good man but like everyone else has said the SRT hood doesn't look right. Mine sits around 195-200 with my stock hood but I'm melting the shit out of my cowl covers where they join together above the turbo. If I idle for an extended period of time the temp will rise a little bit but not too much. I've been tempted to cut some of the reinforcements under the back side of the hood near the cowl to open up the cat more to aid in letting the hot air escape easier.

Oh and I gotta see pics of how the Quickwhips FMIC looks behind the bumper, I'm talkin close up pics b/c you would of had to cut a shit load off the bumper to get a 4" core to fit behind there. I'm curious to see just how close it is....

Young Gunna · Post by **Young Gunna** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 2:25 pm

Hey bro very nice looking ride,
i wonder if i met you at a NeonCanada meet before

if it is you and u are in the GTA y dunt u stop by next meet, i wanna see the beast in person

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 3:09 pm

wow... that car is amazing. im in love and i want to see more pics. loosk incredible. what color is that?

c2k · Post by **c2k** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 4:54 pm

i got the hood bc it's functional. cooler engine + turbo = power. w/o that according to my scangauge, w/ the amount of heat under the stock hood - it retards the timing! Yes I was shocked to see that!! AND! not only that, I've already gone through 3 windshield cowl covers w/ the stock hood

young gunna - i dont usually go to nc meets. I was at the gta megameet and the recent gta mini meet recently.

tnk - stock 2005 neon color

mineral grey metallic clearcoat.

702Neon · Post by **702Neon** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:12 pm

so how much did the swap run you?
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LEXUS SC SPECIFICATIONS

blazesxt · Post by **blazesxt** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:55 pm

dayum thats a nice neon!!! Keep up the good work.

lambostealth · Post by **lambostealth** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 12:37 am

Very nice.......just a thought though, get yourself the ram air style hood from Kaminari, same as mine, completely functional at blowing air on the turbo, when I look into my scoop, all I see is my exhaust manifold, and my coolant bottle, plus it fits on the regular Neon PERFECTLY.......Here's a pic of it on mine, just a suggestion so you have a hood that fits, and is completely functional.....(in this pic you can barely see my coolant lid)

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 12:51 am

I like the SRT hood so I must be the only one. Beautiful car!

SILVER-ES · Post by **SILVER-ES** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:21 am

Beautiful car, I love the srt hood on there.

WiTeOuT · Post by **WiTeOuT** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:23 am

Great job and I love that paint...it kinda reminds me of the 1GN paint on the charcoal grey neons. Anyhow.....the hood doesn't look ALL right to me, but the car is still right on man.

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:02 am

yeah, i liek the SRT hood on there as well.

is the mineral grey diff. than the graphite???

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:53 am

lambostealth wrote:

That pic makes it look like your mesh was colored with a permanent marker.

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:56 am

wheres the engine pics?!?!?!

dancingfroggy · Post by **dancingfroggy** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:01 am

Very glad my hood went to good use and it looks nice on there now

kc2005ptgt · Post by **kc2005ptgt** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:29 pm

l00ks great! I like the SRT hood too, to hey with the nay-sayers.

refect · Post by **refect** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:10 pm

car looks great!!! everything looks extremly clean and flows nice. the hood seems a little out of palce, but i still like it. gives it some kinda of bulky agression look....and if it functions better over the stock hood than thats another plus.

now not to hijack the thread or anything, but im using the oem hood on my 2000/srt4 and i get overheating issues when i am sitting idle for a while or doing a lot of stop and go driving. it seems to heat up to like 220 or so maybe a little higher. then i turn the heater on and let the fans hit and it drops to 195-200 after a few minutes. ive tried draining the coolant down a little and then adding non mixed coolant to give it like a 60/40 mix to see if it might help, but it still does it. i switched to 180* thermo and it still does it, but now when i am driving without stopping the temp drops to a real nice low temp. but then once i start to do some stop and go it rises up. think it could be the oem 2000 hood doing this from it not letting enough air cool the turbo? jason if you have found a fix for this with oem hood please pm me