but then again if someone crashes one and I find the engine in a yard its mine

 

maybe that means its about time for the neons to fill the yards... 2.0s and 2.4s

 

neons should start showing up now, came out late 94 almost been 10 yaers

 

but they were so popular.. all the wrecked ones are being cut and sold as clips

 

you would think that you would start seeing 2.0's and 2.4's there but no there was a Neon a month ago but it was a roll over and completely demolished

 

I found a Dak for sale, 2nd gen 4 banger 5 speed, $3k, I'd say if I had the $$$$ I'd be pimpin it with a Turbo

 

there are quite a few yards here with neons, not pick n pulls but at least they have cheap parts. Starkey road salvage? i think, has a bunch.

 

I can find neon parts here. There are plenty of tourists wrecking the new neon rental cars too, cept those only have 132hp stock. But I can still find plenty of older neon engines

 

You can push a non-common block pretty far. Failures with any of the blocks are pretty rare.

 

I keep hearing or reading no more than 250hp, and that after that point you are a lot more likely to crack a main, or so it is said. Maybe this is just a falacy

I am really aiming to start with a 2.5 TI or a 2.2 TII, so I guess I wouldn't have to think about that. Lately it seems it is becoming harder to find anything except loggers, and I am considering settling for one of these with a 1 piece intake conversion.