Hahns Racecraft stage 2 2003 Dodge Neon SE

synviper · Post by **synviper** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 12:22 am

Ive been looking through the forums and browsing the web and i havent found any reviews on the Hahns racecraft turbo kit for my year of my neon. I have a few quesitons is hahns a legit company. And, if i slap this kit on my neon with 34,000 miles on it and also upgrade my clutch, axles, and put a turbo timer on my car would i be able to use my car as my daily driver if not constantly abused haha

jake

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 1:26 am

A user on here used it on their ATX car. I like the idea of the portfueler setup, because it reads A/F and adjusts (richens) as needed, quite the useful thing, although it is $4k.

synviper · Post by **synviper** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:29 am

invujerry wrote:A user on here used it on their ATX car. I like the idea of the portfueler setup, because it reads A/F and adjusts (richens) as needed, quite the useful thing, although it is $4k.

I noticed portfueler myself, i was just wondering if anyone has had a problem with the kit. if you could send me the link with the user to put the kit on his atx car that would be great i know someone did it on cardomain but i want to talk to someone on the forum. thanks again

jake

rOniN · Post by **rOniN** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 1:52 pm

Hahn is a legit company and have been around for 20+ years. They make one of the better kits out there and they might be the only kit maker left for the neon. There setup's are pretty pricey but you get what you pay for. It comes with everything you will need to put the kit on but can run you above 5k. The 03+ kits come with the portfueler unless they changed that recently.

H TS-2585 TurboSystem, 03 & Up, Neon $4,724.99.

http://www.turbosystem.com/

They are out of IL as well if you are close by you could pick it up and save on shipping.

As for your car being reliable it depends on what you know and how you treat it but many factors come into play. You will need new internals before you need axles.

What are you looking to get out of your car?

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 1:57 pm

It was lamboneon that had installed it, the car is currently for sale by another user in TN. I just thought about it thuogh, you live in Elgin, IL right? Esteinmaier on here could help you setup a turbo kit with a megasquirt controller, he lives in Elgin. You'll be able to do more with the setup and get more bang for your buck out of it.

synviper · Post by **synviper** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:22 pm

rOniN wrote:Hahn is a legit company and have been around for 20+ years. They make one of the better kits out there and they might be the only kit maker left for the neon. There setup's are pretty pricey but you get what you pay for. It comes with everything you will need to put the kit on but can run you above 5k. The 03+ kits come with the portfueler unless they changed that recently.

H TS-2585 TurboSystem, 03 & Up, Neon $4,724.99.

http://www.turbosystem.com/

They are out of IL as well if you are close by you could pick it up and save on shipping.

As for your car being reliable it depends on what you know and how you treat it but many factors come into play. You will need new internals before you need axles.

What are you looking to get out of your car?

well im looking to get out 200+ horsepower to the wheel as a daily driver... but im afriad that if i do dump that 5k into my engine without building my motor ill throw a rod, but if this estienmaier is making his own custom kits for 3K maybe i might take a chance since he lives pretty close too me

rOniN · Post by **rOniN** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:25 pm

Yeah that might be your best bet...he does very good work and has made his car do amazing things.

The hahn kits are made for either stock or built engines as well. and if ran correctly can be completely safe on stock engines.

synviper · Post by **synviper** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:30 pm

rOniN wrote:Yeah that might be your best bet...he does very good work and has made his car do amazing things.

The hahn kits are made for either stock or built engines as well. and if ran correctly can be completely safe on stock engines.

well thanks for the insight i really just needed someone who knew about the hahns kit because i couldnt find any real reviews on the kit i seen in action on cardomain but i was just wondering yeah if someone did it on the forum and i think i found the person.

bombtrack07 · Post by **bombtrack07** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:33 pm

I would get forged internals anyway because that would be less to worry about. You can never be too safe when it comes to forced induction!

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:25 pm

You don't NEED forged internals right away. Esteinmaier ran a 12.6 on his stock bottom end car. You really need to research everything before you decide to boost the car, and also look into a complete SRT swap.

synviper · Post by **synviper** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:07 pm

invujerry wrote:You don't NEED forged internals right away. Esteinmaier ran a 12.6 on his stock bottom end car. You really need to research everything before you decide to boost the car, and also look into a complete SRT swap.

yeah i just met up with estienmaier locally and seen his car the grrtude anyways i know about turboing cars/motorcycles and i also heard that the srt4 swap is expensive and difficult, and its just better to save ur money and buy an srt4

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:25 pm

That argument has been beat to death around here. The fact is: There is no wrong answer. They are all ridiculously fun and expensive. Pick the way YOU want to do it, and enjoy it. That's the beauty of a neon. They don't fall apart at 5psi like a high compression import, so you actually have those options without having to build a motor from the bottom up.

unsuper man · Post by **unsuper man** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:16 am

esteinmaier wrote:That argument has been beat to death around here. The fact is: There is no wrong answer. They are all ridiculously fun and expensive. Pick the way YOU want to do it, and enjoy it. That's the beauty of a neon. They don't fall apart at 5psi like a high compression import, so you actually have those options without having to build a motor from the bottom up.

out of sure curiosity, what imports do u speak of?

Adionik · Post by **Adionik** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:36 am

Here we go

I didn't start this one

hul kogan · Post by **hul kogan** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:35 am

Adionik wrote:Here we go

I didn't start this one

And it's a damn miracle...