anyone know how people are routing the pipes for an turbo kit on a 1st gen neon. i installed my intercooler to try and fab up some pipes out of pvc so i can have them sent out and get a copy in aluminum(mild steel), and it sucks. alot of people go under the motor but i cant because of the mount that connects the tranny to block is in the way and if i go under it the pipe would be to close to the ground.i already put the battery in the trunk for more room, but the engine bay has no free space.i basically found how to go from the throttle body to intercooler but getting something made to go from the turbo to intercooler.

 

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i take it they make custome stuff?its such a pain in the ass, looking at honda's having the exhaust manifold towards the front of the car makes it alot easier. the hardest and crappyest part is my intake manifold goes across and then up so i need a "U" going down immediately. Being the srt turbo manifold fits right on with a little porting i wounder if the intake mani would fit? anyone know.

 

I routed mine under the engine, the bobble strut doesnt get in the way like it would seem(I am assuming your using a mtx?) I ran it from turbo, under tranny, 90 toward the passengers side, 180 into the FMIC 180 out, 90 up toward the hood in front of the battery and one final 180 to get it into the TB, its a pain, but I intend to cut it down a bit if possible with my next revision when I do it in aluminum

 

i made this mock up from extra things laying around and it seemes to work.sadly for now as much as i hate to say it but i have an ATX( I know it sucks and isnt fast), but luckly swaps are common and not too hard so im positive that it will happen in the future.but anyway because its an atx the tranny is huge compared to an mtx and makes i alot harder.but like Josiah said it what i see alot of people doing, it just doesnt look like it would work. the front motor mount is in the way,it comes before the bracket inbetween the tranny and block.

 

I have a 2.4 swap as well, so its not quite the same(most of my engine to tranny supports are no longer there), but the front MM isnt a problem on any of them, really, its the rear bobble strut that comes closest to getting in the way(I imagine with an atx its even worse) and the oil pan is also different on a 2.4(there is a perfect place to run a pipe to the front, a small indentation that one of my non existant braces is supposed to cover) I spent all my money on building and swapping in a 2.4, the only mod I ever did to the 2.0 was 3.0L caravan intake(which I am still using on the turbo 2.4 for another week anyway, useful piece, that)

 

hay, you can kinda see the end of my 3.0 caravan intake that i used for mine, it is very useful especally for $15 at a junk yard, it is basically the same intake as the over $200 iceman intake.but a 2.4 is a little different but not really a major change in the layout for pipes.

 

yep, wont be able to use it anymore after I install the MS though, need metal piping to tap the IAT GM sensor into, not to mention I have a spare intake I cut the wortless 90 out of, gonna miss my old 3.0L intake....cost me like $8 at cophers

 

who did your 2.4 swap, ive been looking at 2.4 and using srt internals. i see the 2.4 motor mount kits online it seems it cant be too hard seeing how many people do it.id like to save my money and swap motor and tranny at the same time,but ive heard that 2.4' have alot of torque and the auto's work well with them.

 

I did all the work on my car, building, swapping, turbocharging...the swap itself is pretty easy, as far as swaps go...it was still 3 straight days of work the first time I pulled the motor though, I think if I am going to drive a car, I should know it inside and out...therefore no one else does work on my car...except to help when they feel like it