5.0 + Neon?

seems kinda wide for it, but if a Hemi 6.1 can fit in the front of a PT Cruiser, I do not see why not. Just bring cubic dollars along with the inches

In reply to Huh:

Well, if you REALLY want to re-engineer the Neon to be RWD, you can make anything fit. Well, possibly short of a V12 Merlin engine, but then again....

Reality? Not really worth the trouble of converting the Neon to RWD, but it is plausible.

The question is not "can it fit?" The question is, "Do you have enough time, Sawzall blades, welding supplies, and ruthlessness to make it fit?"

Should be absolutely no problem. As long as you have the budget, tools, time and talent to do it.

That said, this might be one of those "if you have to ask you probably can't" situations.

this might be one of those "if you have to ask you probably can't" situations.

There seems to be an echo in here...

There used to be a kit available to bolt a v8 into a Kcar......

And a SBF into a Focus ...

And you can put a 2.0L SOHC Neon in a Dodge Dart.

But how would you stop the econobox?

You'd have to shop at beaterworld for brakes.

Rob_Mopar wrote: But how would you stop the econobox?

Rob.. you of all people should know . You start with a Sports Coupe or R/T with 4 wheel discs.

The rest is (as everyone has already said) fabrication, determination and perspiration. I've seen pix of V8 Neons, but it's nothing to be attempted by the faint of heart.

One of my pet fantasies is to gut a Neon sedan, brace the unibody with square/round tubing, and mount a slant 6 where the dash and front seats used to be. Weld the front doors shut, and drive it from the back seat.

A "funny car", so to speak..

NYG95GA wrote:

Rob_Mopar wrote: But how would you stop the econobox?

Rob.. you of all people should know . You start with a Sports Coupe or R/T with 4 wheel discs. The rest is (as everyone has already said) fabrication, determination and perspiration. I've seen pix of V8 Neons, but it's nothing to be attempted by the faint of heart. One of my pet fantasies is to gut a Neon sedan, brace the unibody with square/round tubing, and mount a slant 6 where the dash and front seats used to be. Weld the front doors shut, and drive it from the back seat. A "funny car", so to speak..

NYG, I should have used this guy in my original post. But 2002Maniac got it.

Now your vision of a leaning tower of power Neon is more than something even I would dream up.

Find a suitable transaxle, and mount the slant six midships in the cabin.... (you could sit and drive in what used to be the engine bay, cut a cockpit hole in the hood, put up a small windscreen) Weight distribution would be 'ideal'.

Thank you, my mind is now broken.

Thought y'all might like that.

The bay cockpit idea is something I hadn't considered. I figured putting all the weight between the axles would give the best balance.

I always figured that if Ashley Force could sit in the same passenger compartment with a supercharged top fuel engine, I could get through a 50-second autocross run riding along side a slant.

One great thing about the Neon is that the exhaust tunnel is right where you would put a driveshaft anyway. Now just figure out how to route the header pipe.

2002maniac wrote: You'd have to shop at beaterworld for brakes.

now that's some funny E36 M3 right there. your brand of humor may be too subtle for the rest of the board, but I say "well played, sir. well played."

i've been thinking about making my 97 Cavalier into a V8/rwd beast, and i've even got a plan. it seems that a 2 wheel drive S10 has the same track width as my Cavvy, so i'd just shorten the wheelbase on the S truck frame to the Cavalier spec and drop the body on top of it. with a little firewall work to clear the engine.

the S10 has the same front suspension as a 78-88 G body, except for the center link which is shorter. there are a LOT of cheap suspension pieces fro that setup, and 12" brakes are practically a bolt in deal.

but that would leave me with leaf springs out back, which simply will not do. but luckily for me, the old Chevy Monza/Vega had a rear axle that is the same width as a 2wd S10, with the added benefit of a panhard bar and torque arm, so i'd put that out back with S10 axles for the 5 bolt flange and later model rear disc brakes from a Camaro or something.

this could all be built for under a couple thousand dollars and probably way too many weekends of work, but man, would it ever be cool..