Another dutchie [120whp, still 30whp to gain!]

dutch animal · Post by **dutch animal** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:28 pm

to give a little power to this guys topic.

my neon is stock ( sri and muffler )
i've driven this beast a few days ago ... it REALY is alot faster dan stock !!!!

and im not the guy who talkes shit about these things !!! I MUST HAVE THIS SETUP TOO !!!

will be working on that

Marcel · Post by **Marcel** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 3:24 pm

First convince the wife Dutch_Animal... Last time we met she didn't seem to happy with your newfound entohusiasm

Marcel · Post by **Marcel** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 3:43 pm

What's new? nothing weird right? or... wait, where's your radio?

ahhh!! nice one, a 7" touch screen!

But... where did you install the PC?
...in a space i didn't use anyway

Never mind the cables, i still have to tidy things up

Marcel · Post by **Marcel** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 5:17 pm

so, i spoke with a tuner, and saturday 23th of july i'll bring my neon to his dyno to start pulling out the actual numbers.

performance mods so far:
* Iceman CAI
* 60 mm TB
* Underdrive pulley
* performance exhaust header
* Megan Racing high flow cat (+O2 fix)
* Remus generic performance muffler

Plans for september:
* stainless steel piping and better performance muffler
* chip teh bish

A fellow dutch neon owner puts down 186bhp/164whp with the same mods, so i have good hope i will get to 150whp. After installing the 60mm TB i noticed a huge leap forward performancewise, so i decided to get two dyno runs: one pre- and one post-chipping to see if it was actually worth it. I don't think i will regret it since it will be a custom written program and written by the guy who got to the numbers i mentioned earlier

I will let you know how it goes!!

Marcel · Post by **Marcel** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 3:29 am

well.. i was expecting more power..

but anyway, i went to a dyno and put my neon to the test.
Result: 120 whp / 160 wNm. not bad, i know, but i want MORE!

The graph lines have a 13% addition for drivetrain losses to calculate bhp, but how trustworthy is that?

no, i'm sticking to the raw data.

And a short clip. I absolutely love the sound!

Wish i had a better camera with me because my cell camera was clipping all the time

http://youtu.be/nm1l0E8pGjk

Marcel · Post by **Marcel** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:04 am

...and new audio setup

In the lower cabinet it's my carPC and i've sacrificed my center blowers for an extra DIN slot for the 7" touchscreen. I only have to finish up the infrastructure for the external harddisk, GPS, bluetooth and maybe WiFi and i'm all done there.

Johny · Post by **Johny** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:50 am

why'd you decide to move it up there marcel? doesnt your carpc play music?

Marcel · Post by **Marcel** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:43 am

it does, luckily

The barebone pc i put in there has one 3.5mm audio jack as output and i wanted to provide my amp with a better signal. So i put a radio in between. It has rear aux-in and 3 linepairs out @ 2.5 volt.

The model with 5 volt signal feed was a bit too expensive at this point (about $350)

Benefits also are that i can still listen to radiostations when i want to and play CD's. no need for extra hardware on the pc; it's kind of a snug fit now. All the wires are almost pushing everything out of my bezel as it is

Marcel · Post by **Marcel** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 5:42 pm

soo... haven't done much on my car lately.. have done a minor mod today though

BUX style clear sidemarkers installed!

Huge improvement compared to the stock yellow ones, and tinted is not my style so this was the logic approach

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:22 pm

Nice! Sure wish that I had repeaters on my SRT.

Marcel · Post by **Marcel** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 2:00 am

Should be fairly easy, drill a hole and go go go!

I've used sidemarkers from a peugeot from the early 2000's peugeot and fitted them in the existing hole. It's way too loose normally, i had to fill the hole up somewhat, so for a US model it's simply drill a hole about 20 mm - 3/4" and install these sidemarkers.

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:47 am

Eh, you know me, "Mr. OEM"- rather than drill holes, I'd have to get ahold of some BUX fenders. Cost prohibitive right there.