Broken Glass-Project Bottlefed Update#1

Broken Glass · Post by **Broken Glass** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:05 pm

Hey guys. I figured itd be time to start up a project thread for my car. I bought it in 06 used from a dealer, completely stock. Its a 2003 SXT blaze red MTX

From then its been through a few different phases but ill skip ahead to where she is now.

Unfortunatly i havnt taken many pictures in the past so that is the most recent one i have of the outside. Fairly typical neon stuff. Mopar lip kit. SRT wheels RT style dual exhaust.(note last 2 pictures are before exhaust) Painted black strip between taillights.
The tails used to be tinted until a PMSing cop decided to ticket me for them, but i digress. they are on the list of things to re-do when i get the chance.

As for the engine I have fairly Large plans. I decided to go with a nitrous build since i havnt seen very many people do it "right" At the moment it has the usual intake UDP, motor mounts, throttle body, Battery has been relocated to the trunk in the sealed and vented box per NHRA standards. The nitrous tank and blow down tube are mounted opposite in the trunk as well. The fogger, soloniods including purge have been mounted.

I have a mag intake mani, crane CD ignition with TRC, Comp 400 with valve springs, Harland RPM and window switches to control it. all waiting to go in. I will eventually Fab a tray to mount the ignition and harlan switches on to go where the battery was. At the moment I am in college in fantastic snowy Oswego, so the car sits at home in my parents garage all safe. I am heading to home for the weekend to hopefully install the cam and valve springs and pick up a set of slicks from my friend. so expect an update soon! I shall leave you with a picture of how she sits now

dtjackten · Post by **dtjackten** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:31 pm

nice work, i would like to see how u did the vent, do u have any better pics? i love the car... it is very simple and very clean... nice work so far!!!

Broken Glass · Post by **Broken Glass** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:42 pm

The nitrous one or the battery one? And i can have pictures up this weekend when i work on the car. thanks! ive always been a fan of the clean look.

and another picture of the cockpit. AEM wideband, mopar(autometer) oil pressure and the scan gauge of course

NeonOn19s · Post by **NeonOn19s** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:48 pm

looks good... your pictures are so small..

Broken Glass · Post by **Broken Glass** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:50 pm

Thanks. If you click them they go to the imageshack website. If i embeded them normally they would rape your margins and im too lazy to downsize haha

j-king · Post by **j-king** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 5:16 pm

sweet i like ur car alot

r/tguy02 · Post by **r/tguy02** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:36 pm

hOw big of a shot you going with?

Broken Glass · Post by **Broken Glass** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:45 pm

At the moment its nozzled for a 35, but itll be up to a 75 when i get my new fuel pump in, and after that im going forged internals so its up in the air

Broken Glass · Post by **Broken Glass** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:50 am

Working on the car today, hopefully have some more pictures up tonight!

dtjackten · Post by **dtjackten** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:55 am

i am looking for pics of your nitrous bottle vent.... i would like to see how u ran it... as we talked earlier i have to do the same thing... lol

looks good, cant wait to see your progress!

2001rt32 · Post by **2001rt32** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:36 am

for some reason your car sticks out from all the other blaze red neons i like it

better pics are a must!!!!!!

asanti · Post by **asanti** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:09 pm

I like it, I've always been a fan of the "clean, sleeper" look. IIRC, BRR sells the trays you're talking about fabbing up to sit where the battery was. You might want to get in touch with him and have him set you up with one, unless you're planning on doing your own style.

Later
Allex

Broken Glass · Post by **Broken Glass** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:53 pm

At the moment the vent isn't fully complete but ill take a picture to show you what I mean. I just need to extend the tube a few inches.

Thanks 2001, ill have more pics up tonight!

Thanks Alex. I've seen those floating around. The plan at the moment is to Fab it myself and have a local powdercoat it for me. If all else fails I might end up picking one up tho

Broken Glass · Post by **Broken Glass** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 6:57 pm

PICTOR TIME

Here the Nitrous arming switch, purge button, and 2step button

relocated battery+fuse+vent

Full Trunk

prepare yourself for the rats-nest

starting the valve spring swap
One set of rockers out

close up

More pictures will be up tomorrow when i have someone to help me compress the springs. All the wiring will be cleaned up when i mount the ignition and all that. And tomorrow ill have the nitrous blow down tube reinstalled and ill take pictures to show you what i mean

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:32 pm

uhhh.

nitrous.. danger to manifold.

lol

nice work man.

Broken Glass · Post by **Broken Glass** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 8:33 pm

Don't worry. I have a magnum intake Mani. No welds to blow out!

Broken Glass · Post by **Broken Glass** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:58 pm

Alright so i decided to take the head off because swaping valve springs is a giant pain with the head on. So im ordering a new valve spring compressor, gaskets and headstuds. Ill update later when i post the pictures from today

neonslg09 · Post by **neonslg09** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:22 am

Holy shit your bay is dirtier than mine!!! GODDDAMN!!! haha, nice progress though. I'm lovin the stance/look. Blaze red's are so awesome. I love the srt4 rims on it too

Broken Glass · Post by **Broken Glass** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:21 pm

Thanks. Hopefully the engine bay will be cleaner when i finish, but i wont promise anything. But the new spring compressor arrives tomorrow so i should have the head fully assembled with the new cam this weekend, and maybe start putting it back together

j-king · Post by **j-king** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:27 pm

dam thats sweet man

Broken Glass · Post by **Broken Glass** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:48 pm

two more pictures before i get to work this weekend

The head in my room ready for some work

and the typical top of piston shot!

GunmetalNeon · Post by **GunmetalNeon** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:56 pm

You should get a long tube header. Are you running 1 or 2 step colder spark plugs? If not thats the next thing I would do ASAP

Broken Glass · Post by **Broken Glass** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:22 pm

I've got one step colder plugs In there now. Hopefully ill be able to pick up a long tube soon. Sadly ill have to run a cat. Thanks for the advice

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:20 pm

You will need a better clutch when you start stepping up the nitrous. A PT cruiser clutch stock will hold 270WTQ in our cars.

I'd always thought an NGC car would be great on nitrous. Great manners off the bottle, and the ECU can't pull all the fuel from the solenoid on the bottle.

I loved running my car with a 65 shot, the 90 shot was when things got scary. Do you have a remote bottle opener? Also, I never had a purge, how does it get set up?

Broken Glass · Post by **Broken Glass** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:37 pm

I actully have a PT cruiser clutch in there now. I burned out the old one when i was first driving it. Thats exactly my plan. Id love to DD a 300 WHP car but its just something i cant bring myself to do with college to pay for. I dont have a remote bottle opener. No plans for one unless i find a good deal as i planning on running it mainly at the track. Although the purge would be fun for stoplight fun. The purge goes right before the solonoid for the nozzle. the purge kit includes a T adaptor for the 2nd solonoid.

You can see the purge solonoid is flat or horizontal, while the solonoid for the actual fogger is upright. the closer the purge solonoid to the fogger, the more air that can be purged out of the system. the Those two thin black tubes are the tubes for the purge, its set up to look like a bull nose coming out of the front girll. hopefully i can get pictures of it soon.

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:45 pm

Ahh gotcha, I never ran a purge, I just purged it through the motor (not very safe if you don't know what to do). I'd just hold the RPM's around 2500, then whap the gas pedal, let it come back to idle, do it maybe 2 or 3 times, and the line is purged. Only had to do it once at the track, if I left the line open, it was good to go.

dtjackten · Post by **dtjackten** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 9:46 pm

nice setup.... i wish i could afford my purge kit right now... lol

Broken Glass · Post by **Broken Glass** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:17 pm

I was lucky enough to get my kit used but not used from someone on here, they included the purge and blow down tube so i was already set!

2005sxt24 · Post by **2005sxt24** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:57 pm

Car is looking good man, get that engine bay cleaned up!!!

Broken Glass · Post by **Broken Glass** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 9:13 pm

Alright guys. Im home for spring break now so ive been able to get alot more work done. The intake mani has been pulled from the engine bay, to be replaced with a mag intake afterwards Ive cleaned the top of the block in prep for putting the head back on. All the valve springs have been swapped expect one, which ill do tomorrow along with the cam, and then the head goes back on! Ive also started to fab up the new battery delete tray which im going to mount everything too. time for a few pictures!

Cleaning the block

its my heater, i call him wallie

supa secrect battery delete tray