New to 2GN, not new to Neons or Cars. (56K Beware)

raekwon · Post by **raekwon** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:19 am

Hey everyone just wanted to say hey, my name is Chris. I have been into the car thing since I was in high school, I had a garage and tools, so learned how to work on my car to save money.
I started with a 1989 Chevy Cavalier, it was cheap and I shared it with my mom, I know I am not alone there. Well a few years later, my mom got a better job and bought a new car. So I had this cavalier and a minimum wage salary, so I start working on it to make it a bit nicer.

Well after a few years I turned it into my first show car. I won some awards at J-boy shows and few small shows in the area.

I was also the VP of my area of for the JCO (J-body Club of Ontario).

My next car was a base 4 door 95 Dodge Neon, it had less then 100,000km on it. The plan was to go all power and no show stuff, I was sick of the show car scene. The car made 224.2whp 227.8wtq @ 12psi on 94 octane pump gas and a 100% stock long block. I have also included a list of my setup below.

My setup:
- 1995 SOHC 4 Door Neon
- AC & PS removed
- 250lbs in weight re-ducts
- Canton Oil pan w/ windage tray
- Mattdog SOHC to SRT-4 head Adapter plate
- Stock SRT-4 turbo and mani
- Stock SRT-4 O2 housing
- Stock SRT-4 down pipe
- Dynomax 2.5" Mandrel Bent cat back w/dynomax muffler
- 2.25" IC Pipes
- 2.25" CIA w/ KN&N filter
- Stock SRT-4 intercooler
- 1st gen DSM BOV
- Kinetic Motorsport manual boost controller
- Fast Fabs magnum runner intake manifold
- 57mm TB
- Unorthodox UDP
- Lorenzo Billet Fuel Rail
- Aaron Neon Return line kit (Aeromotive 1:1 FPR)
- Acell #36 injectors
- D-Tech FC
- AEM UEGO
- Auto-Meter Phantom 20 psi Boost Gauge
- NGK Plugs - stock gap
- Swapped from ATX to MTX
- Clutch Masters Stage 4 6 puck non-mod clutch
- Mopar performance plug wires
- RT SDE front and rear struts
- Mopar High Rate springs
- Energy Suspension full bushing kit
- Stock front and rear sway bars
- front strut tower brace
- Small tractor battery
- Deyeme Racing Side, Tranny, Front Motor Mounts,
- Deyeme Racing Front Air Dam and Rad Brackets
- Vitor Solid Bobble strut
- Booger shifter bushings
- Greddy Catch Can
- Moroso Coolant overflow
- PT Performance coil pack heat shield
- PT Performance check valve
- Vitor EGR Block off kit

Well I moved to a new place with no shop and had no where to put my green car so I parted it out and kept my 2003 SX (winter car).

This car is a base model SOHC 5spd. The car has 50,700KM on it and is in great condition. I have a 1st gen Dynomax muffler, tinted windows, Mopar plug wires, and NGK Plugs as my only mods right now. However I have a closet full of parts to put on this summer. I will post pics as I get some stuff done.

Here are a couple of pics I snapped tonight quickly. It needs a wash, which it is getting this weekend; we had snow here this week.

SOKADAO954 · Post by **SOKADAO954** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:27 am

that some badass toys man. welcome to the boards!!

Sykora · Post by **Sykora** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:46 am

beautiful! welcome aboard dude

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:14 am

Dammit, pics aren't working...

Welcome to 2GN.org!

raekwon · Post by **raekwon** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:15 am

03sxt wrote:Dammit, pics aren't working...

Welcome to 2GN.org!

Strange, working fine here, and at my work. Maybe my hosting site went down last night when you were on.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:28 am

raekwon wrote:
03sxt wrote:Dammit, pics aren't working...

Welcome to 2GN.org!
Strange, working fine here, and at my work. Maybe my hosting site went down last night when you were on.

This is what I get when I follow a direct link to one of the pictures:

Sorry, Service Temporarily Unavailable
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.

Additionally, a 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

raekwon · Post by **raekwon** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:14 pm

03sxt wrote:
raekwon wrote:
03sxt wrote:Dammit, pics aren't working...

Welcome to 2GN.org!
Strange, working fine here, and at my work. Maybe my hosting site went down last night when you were on.
This is what I get when I follow a direct link to one of the pictures:

Sorry, Service Temporarily Unavailable
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.

Additionally, a 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

I honestly have no idea, as the pics are working here and have had a few friends try and no issues. I even tried to follow a direct link, to recreate the error and the pic worked.

Are you able to see my sig? it's hosted from the same web space.

lilnicko11 · Post by **lilnicko11** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:25 pm

talk about a lot of yellow

SOKADAO954 · Post by **SOKADAO954** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:32 pm

be nice nicko!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

Passt · Post by **Passt** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:10 pm

Welcome ^^

[DJ]Tomski · Post by **[DJ]Tomski** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:25 pm

welcome! looks like you put a lot of time and hard work into your cars.

slow-mo · Post by **slow-mo** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:12 pm

Nice work man, welcome.

raekwon · Post by **raekwon** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:15 am

Thanks for all the Warm Welcomes guys/gals

lilnicko11 wrote:talk about a lot of yellow

Yeah I know I was a little obsessed with the color yellow for a few years LOL

[DJ]Tomski wrote:welcome! looks like you put a lot of time and hard work into your cars.

Yeah I do, I like to do everything as clean and tasteful as I can, which takes a lot of time. The green car took the better part of 2 years to build. To bad I didn't have anywhere for it when I moved and had to part it all out and junk the shell.

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:01 am

raekwon wrote:Are you able to see my sig? it's hosted from the same web space.

Nope and most of the 2GN's pics aren't showing up either. Anyway, welcome to 2GN!