Kezzo123's UK neon progression! and about time too!

Kezzo123 · Post by **Kezzo123** » Wed Feb 09, 2011 1:55 pm

Hello everyone,

I have owned a 02 Neon r/t for just over 2 years now and ive done some mods:

When I first bought the car for £2090 with 46,000 miles

I changed the exhaust for a magnaflow.. sorry no pic's

I then changed the wheels (getting ready for haters) because I dont like the stock ones they look messy!!

Then new wheels = lower! .... the only picture i have, sorry! will get more

Then I 'tarted' up the engine bay:

Then things when silient on the old girl till 2months ago when a dosy stupid idiotic brainless old fart reversed off her drive in her retard mobile, not even looking, into me:

The picture doesnt really do justice to the damage to the doors.. Luckily no structural damage what so ever, and she admitted full liability so I had most of car resprayed ! Hahahaha

Then my mind turned to ENGINE!
Spec: comp400 cam, dohc pistons, port and polish and new belts / gaskets so on.

At the scrappers picking up the engine:

On the Stand:

Bottom end looking healthy:

Pulling the harmonic balancer off:

Pulled the rockers off they look sweeeet:

Cam looks real nice however this will be sold / scrapped:

The Head is OFF! Pisons look good however mucky, these will also be sold / scrapped. The bores on the block are absolutly perfect you can still see cross-hatch! :

Heads off looks in good cond however tons of carbon deposits, this will be skimmed (decked) 10thou:

Could not believe my eyes when I took the pistons and rods out. The bearings look brand new! There is litrally no need to change them at all! This motor is sweet! Job well done:

And as of last night this is how it sits waiting for parts:

I will keep you all up to date on how things are rolling

Ill upload bigger pictures when more detail is needed.... OR is requested!

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Wed Feb 09, 2011 2:11 pm

Nice work so far

And since we are all picture whores, the bigger the better

Looking forward to your progress.

Kezzo123 · Post by **Kezzo123** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:29 am

Thanks dude! all picture then from now on will be HUGE.

Just a quick question :- The magnum engine is listed as 'F' on the Vin and the standard motor is 'C' ?

Is that correct?

rhys6r4 · Post by **rhys6r4** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:45 am

Kezzo,

Loving the progress of the RT. I see you in england like me, im down in kent tho. You going paint the engine up etc before putting it in?

Kezzo123 · Post by **Kezzo123** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 8:21 am

Yeh the engine and head will be cleaned up and painted and the inlet manifold will be polished up like chrome. I could do with finding the 2.0 high output injector cover but they are like rocking horse shit in the UK....

Hopefully pulling the valves out the head either tonight or tomorrow night.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:37 am

Kezzo123 wrote:Just a quick question :- The magnum engine is listed as 'F' on the Vin and the standard motor is 'C' ?

Is that correct?

That is correct.

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:18 am

Question- why is it that when I clicked on your pics to enlarge them, I got a fake spyware alert message and had to reboot my PC to get out of the warning window? Did this happen to anyone else? Sorry to hijack but I was a little ticked when this happened.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 12:29 pm

Didn't happen to me but I have scripts disabled, maybe it's in one of the scripts on the site he has them hosted on?

Kezzo123 · Post by **Kezzo123** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 12:45 pm

That's really weird, I used image shack...... always used them :s

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:27 am

Hopefully it's just my PC then. Sorry to hijack your thread.

Kezzo123 · Post by **Kezzo123** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 8:19 pm

Good progress today, all the valves and springs are out, all look in good condition just need to clean up the valves and source some new r/t v'springs.... and a full gasket set for the top and bottom end....and some piston rings for the DOHC pistons I will have on order very shortly.

Got some quotes from some UK companys and I laughed myself silly at the cost! Full gasket rebuild kit for a neon r/t = £314.76 so in dollars that would be = $503.742 Yes the UK sucks ass for parts!

Will be porting the exhaust tomorrow dont worry you crazy people pictures will follow!!

Right im off. laters

1972demon · Post by **1972demon** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 10:18 pm

you could order a gasket kit form modern cheaper , even with the added shipping. and are you interested in a high output injector cover i have a few sitting.

love the car btw , just something about rhd R/T's

Kezzo123 · Post by **Kezzo123** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 2:18 pm

1972demon wrote:you could order a gasket kit form modern cheaper , even with the added shipping. and are you interested in a high output injector cover i have a few sitting.

love the car btw , just something about rhd R/T's

On Moderns Website: Note: Mopar appears to have discontinued the head gasket set for the 01-04 Neon 2.0L Magnum motor.

Cry

ANYWAY

Done the porting on the exhaust and dont worry I didnt touch the 'hump' :

Ive not gone silly on the porting didnt see the point TBH but now I can fit my fingers down the exhaust ports which is a win!

I should be doing the inlets soon.

I am really struggling finding the following parts in the UK is there any dodge parts guy who can help me out?

-Piston rings 1.2mm 1.2mm 3.0mm Bore; 87.5mm
-Top end gasket set for a neon R/T inc Head gasket
-Bottom end gasket set
-Standard neon R/T Valve springs set of

Is there anyone who can help me!

Gnuserup · Post by **Gnuserup** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 2:43 pm

Really nice work you did. I like the R/T.

I thought about spending my holiday in the UK, buy a R/T to drive around a bit and take it back home to germany.
Actually I am trying to convince my wife of that idea

btw - do you still have the R/T-alloys left or already sold ?

Kezzo123 · Post by **Kezzo123** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 4:00 pm

Sorry they got sold about 18months ago

Kezzo123 · Post by **Kezzo123** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 4:08 pm

Little update: Found a full gasket set and piston rings on EBAY USA just need the seller to agree to post to the UK now......

Just need to source the following:

- Neon r/t valve springs (set of)

Laters

Kezzo123 · Post by **Kezzo123** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 4:14 pm

Wo0o0o0o gasket set and rings have been shipped!

Quick picture of the neon @ work:

Still cant find a supplier for valve springs that will post to the UK anyone have any ideas?? without them im a little stuck..

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:31 pm

I could ship them over to you if you so desire. I've shipped internationally for a bunch of members (Netherlands, Holland, Germany, Australia, etc.) without issue. If a supplier won't ship to you, you could paypal me the money, I'll buy it and have it shipped to me, then ship it to you and you cover the fees.

Just an option for you if you don't end up finding anyone.

Kezzo123 · Post by **Kezzo123** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:25 am

That would be a massive help ill PM later when im home.

Thanks muchos

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:42 am

You're most welcome

Kezzo123 · Post by **Kezzo123** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:47 pm

Another little update:- fitted my custom rhd maddog 72% redux shifted and its amazing!!! That guy is a shifter genious!!

Tam · Post by **Tam** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:04 pm

Can you take pictures of your interior and how the shifter looks?

Kezzo123 · Post by **Kezzo123** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:14 pm

As requested:

I have a SRT-4 steering wheel I need to put back on had to take it off when I had the bump just incase she tried anything.....

Painted the block:

Kezzo123 · Post by **Kezzo123** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 4:39 pm

PARTS UPDATE:

- Water pump : ARRIVED !
- Gasket set and rings : Bailed out of customs (..... not amused)
- Pistons and cam : Being shipped on the 8th of march from Summit
- Timing belt & tensioner : Ordered from Modern a few days ago awaiting update.
- Head bolts : Ordering shortly
- New R/T valve springs : Unable to source using current ones.

PROGRESS UPDATE:

- None... been working on my beetle whist waiting for parts.

TO DO LIST:

- Polish exhaust ports more
- Fit SRT steering wheel back on
- Wait for parts to actually start something!!!

Kezzo123 · Post by **Kezzo123** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 5:45 pm

Wo0o0o0o PARTS (gasket set, head bolts piston rings):

Got some porting done on the inlets today used the gasket as the template:

Did the same for the intake:

Then its time to port:

and thats as far as I got

Time for bed!! Night night

Kezzo123 · Post by **Kezzo123** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:18 pm

Sneaky peek!

Many a progress has been done! updates will follow!