well dam, i was selling my 1st gen with a 2.0 dohc that could easily beat a srt-4 for 5,000 with about 7,000 in aftermarket parts alone and no one wanted it. neons.org has everything you will want. just make shure you leave it stock and drop in a turbo 2.4 and you set to run pretty quick. my car has a stock bottom end with a built head and a 75 shot and i surprised many people(s2000, new gto's, older stingray corvetts,etc..).. as for a big motor i have seen a supercharged v6 in a neon before

no one would ever expect that motor in a neon. this would kinda be a sleeper...the huge cowl hood would probally be taken for a monster ricer hood rather than one actually covering an obniouxly big motor(for a neon)