is the neon r/t a good street car

[96dodge_neon]

is the neon r/t a good street racing car cuz i have a regular neon and its quick and by the way its a 5 speed, so is the r/t quicker?

[neondriver]

?????im sure anything can be a good "street racing car" as long as it has enough work to the engine. What do you mean by "regular" neon? the r/t is basically a dohc 5 speed (cand remember what ratio) with stiffer suspension. mine is a dohc auto highline and stock for stock from a roll i can keep up with a r/t no problem, but ive heard 5 speeds are about 1-1.5 seec faster off the line.

[96dodge_neon]

i have a 96 dodge neon plymouth 5 speed and its quick as hell, i just thought the r/t was a little quicker and faster!

[neondriver]

if yours is a dohc motor and 5 speed an r/t really wont be too much faster.

[fathead]

we dont promote street racing or street racing cars on TR.... if i was the mod of this ide lock it up....

:ibtl:

[GsEclipse02]

any neon that is NA is going to be slow imo ... i think affter turboing my car it will still be slow...

[slow poke]

a "neon street racing car" ??????????? :lmao: :haha: :lmao: :haha: :lmao: :haha:

[Josiah]

umm, do you call low 16 second, high 15s a fast car? they really arent much quicker than the base SOHC 5 speed neon...the reason is they are based on the neon highline and are heavy for a 1st gen, generally weigh around 2500lbs, with a 2.4L it will be a high 14 second car....with a turbo 2.4...depends on the setup....not real quick, no, but with the same engine setup as an SRT4 I would say they would be a high 13 second car, so my thoughts...slow stock...decently quick if heavily modified

[ACR2NV]

any neon that is NA is going to be slow imo ... i think affter turboing my car it will still be slow...

DSMs with 420a are heavier than 1g neons....considerably but your point is right on the money.

[neondriver]

even after adding a turbo to my 2.0 dohc im not expecting more than 200 hp at low psi. but numbers like josiah said are pretty approximate to what to expect

[GsEclipse02]

im only looking for like 220 -230

[mustwonder]

is it really quick? i mean like really fast.