I just want something that will do decent in winter and hopefully last a while as a daily driver in spring/summer on my long school days (gotta go from Akron to GCC, then to ECC north for my EMT recert class then back to Akron every tues/thurs…Thats alot of driving for the TA which gets like 13-14 mpg).
I had a 99 2 door expresso DOHC that i did the same intake on. Added some pipe to the 3.0L intake tube and the filter was so close to the ground you could see a corner of it sticking out under the bumper. Really loud and it echo’d off the pavement nicely. I drove mine threw winter with all seasons on it and it was a beast. Really light in the ass but that just made it fun.
The clutch and tranny are fine. No grinds in the gears and no slippage. I just did the brakes last month when inspection was done. Location: cheektowaga
Damn this is making me miss my old neon. I had a 95 highline SOHC ATX. She was spot less though. Sold it for 1k with new brakes/tires/gas tank/head gasket…i should have asked for more.