# 97 Neon Sport... **URL:** \ **Category:** Builds\ **Created:** [June 9, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-neon-sport/237259 "2008-06-09T20:57:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thornton35](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@thornton35](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/thornton35)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-neon-sport/237259/1 "2008-06-09T20:57:22Z")
Well i finally picked up something different… 97 Neon Sport or the equivalence to 2 door neon RT. Comes with a 140hp Dohc 2L. Has a D4RE… a cousin to Mitsubishi’s 420A, or the GS or RS motor just a different head. Gonna hammer it and throw some wheels on it and figure out what i’m gonna do for the motor next year… heres some pics. ![http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l205/paesantom/NeonRT001.jpg](http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l205/paesantom/NeonRT001.jpg) ![http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l205/paesantom/NeonRT005.jpg](http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l205/paesantom/NeonRT005.jpg) ![http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l205/paesantom/NeonRT003.jpg](http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l205/paesantom/NeonRT003.jpg) ![http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l205/paesantom/NeonRT002.jpg](http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l205/paesantom/NeonRT002.jpg) ![http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l205/paesantom/NeonRT006.jpg](http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l205/paesantom/NeonRT006.jpg) megan front and rear strut tower bars and aem intake… thats it ---
**Author:** ![Swifty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Swifty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Swifty)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-neon-sport/237259/2 "2008-06-09T23:42:00Z")
gulf… maxima… civic coupe, thoughts of a 540… which woulda been sick, and now a 97 neon. :headbang ---
**Author:** ![freakLS7](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freakls7/32/6298_2.png) [@freakLS7](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/freakLS7)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-neon-sport/237259/3 "2008-06-10T04:37:21Z")
at least cops shouldnt bother you… ---
**Author:** ![Hooked\_on\_240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Hooked\_on\_240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hooked_on_240)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-neon-sport/237259/4 "2008-06-10T08:42:13Z")
this actually makes me miss my neon. ive been wanting to get another as a beater while my car is in paint, and getting other stuff done. nice car, been trying to find a ACR, mine was a(95) base model but had 4 wheel disks. so i think the preivious owner switched em. REPLACE YOUR HEAD GASKET. youve probably heard already tho. ;D ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-neon-sport/237259/5 "2008-06-10T09:07:08Z")
Well it’s different. I think a certain neon on the board has a follower ;D Ewoks [http://shift518.com/index.php?topic=1289.0](http://shift518.com/index.php?topic=1289.0) ---
**Author:** ![Silent](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/silent/32/6292_2.png) [@Silent](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Silent)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-neon-sport/237259/6 "2008-06-10T09:25:47Z")
i miss your svt contour :sad ---
**Author:** ![Swifty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Swifty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Swifty)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-neon-sport/237259/7 "2008-06-10T10:59:02Z")
> [@Silent](#): > > i miss your svt contour :sad doh… how could i forget about that one. How long are you keeping the Neon? i mean… cmon tommy! that 540li woulda been sick. ---
**Author:** ![freakLS7](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freakls7/32/6298_2.png) [@freakLS7](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/freakLS7)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-neon-sport/237259/8 "2008-06-10T11:10:40Z")
:+1 ---
**Author:** ![toolow69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@toolow69](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/toolow69)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-neon-sport/237259/9 "2008-06-10T11:35:06Z")
thats cute ;D ---
**Author:** ![Swifty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Swifty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Swifty)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-neon-sport/237259/10 "2008-06-10T11:35:36Z")
> [@toolow69](#): > > thats cute ;D :crackup ---
**Author:** ![thornton35](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@thornton35](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/thornton35)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-neon-sport/237259/11 "2008-06-10T13:07:09Z")
well when you get rear ended by someone with no insurance and then they dont pay up after small claims court and you need a car you pick up the first 1000 dollar car with 70k original miles. its gonna get me around town and if i want it to be it could be a could platform… sorry i couldnt have ANOTHER honda just like everybody else. ---
**Author:** ![freakLS7](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freakls7/32/6298_2.png) [@freakLS7](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/freakLS7)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-neon-sport/237259/12 "2008-06-10T13:36:44Z")
my sister picked up one of these with 50k miles and within 10k miles she needed a headgasket so just watch her… ---
**Author:** ![thornton35](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@thornton35](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/thornton35)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-neon-sport/237259/13 "2008-06-10T13:47:58Z")
well i just put a brand new oil pan and the oil shows no sign of antifreeze… i’m pretty sure it has already been ugraded to the metal head gasket. i replaced the oil pan with the metal gasket. its gonna be a solid motor for awhile… if i decide to keep it the srt4 turbo manifold is a direct bolt on. so we will see what happens… ---
**Author:** ![Hooked\_on\_240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Hooked\_on\_240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hooked_on_240)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-neon-sport/237259/14 "2008-06-12T18:11:28Z")
> [@thornton35](#): > > srt4 turbo manifold is a direct bolt on. so we will see what happens… :mwahaha ---
**Author:** ![thornton35](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@thornton35](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/thornton35)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-neon-sport/237259/15 "2008-06-12T19:27:01Z")
:wtf ? whats so funny? ---
**Author:** ![Hooked\_on\_240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Hooked\_on\_240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hooked_on_240)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-neon-sport/237259/16 "2008-06-12T20:11:08Z")
> [@thornton35](#): > > :wtf ? whats so funny? thats not a funny icon its a MUHAHAHAHAHAAAAA…like an evil laugh. ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-neon-sport/237259/17 "2008-06-13T17:19:26Z")
> [@Swifty](#): > > gulf… maxima… civic coupe, thoughts of a 540… which woulda been sick, and now a 97 neon. :headbang dont forget the jetta ---
**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-neon-sport/237259/18 "2008-06-13T22:22:59Z")
> [@Hooked on 240](#): > > this actually makes me miss my neon. ive been wanting to get another as a beater while my car is in paint, and getting other stuff done. > > nice car, been trying to find a ACR, mine was a(95) base model but had 4 wheel disks. so i think the preivious owner switched em. > > REPLACE YOUR HEAD GASKET. youve probably heard already tho. ;D I’ve got an 02’ SXT for sale ;D ---
**Author:** ![thornton35](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@thornton35](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/thornton35)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-neon-sport/237259/19 "2008-06-15T12:29:35Z")
so i put the car on the road friday… the car was making a noise at around 3 thousand rpm… noticed the first couple times a changed the oil it had some metal shavings in it… didnt think much about it hoping that it was just stuff that was sitting in the oil pan from a while ago. and it wasn’t. car finally shit the bed in about 9 hours of driving so let the build up begin. gonna build an all motor neon capable of pulling low 14’s. and spraying into the 12’s. as well as go kart handling. shooting to be done by next spring will keep updated with pictures. ---
**Author:** ![dc2nick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dc2nick/32/6289_2.png) [@dc2nick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dc2nick)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-neon-sport/237259/20 "2008-06-15T12:31:19Z")
are you serious? that fuckin sucks good luck with the build tho [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-neon-sport/237259.md?page=2)