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digdug18
digdug18 Reader
2/19/10 5:38 p.m.

http://charlestonwv.craigslist.org/cto/1595645143.html

This car should be burned. Or raced in lemons, but isn't that the same thing.

Andrew

turboswede
turboswede GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
2/19/10 6:10 p.m.

So you've got a 230hp (how does one gain nearly 100hp from cams, cam gears, head work, and poorly designed exhaust?) Neon and you won't put a $59 timing belt on it?

Yet, you've got a couple of hundred pounds of useless bits of plastic and fiberglass on the car and several cans of cheap primer that you're wet sanding off the car.

Good lord, this sort of laziness just chaps my hide.

93celicaGT2
93celicaGT2 SuperDork
2/19/10 6:23 p.m.

I suspect this may be a joke...

Gearheadotaku
Gearheadotaku GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
2/19/10 6:32 p.m.

what a mess...

zomby woof
zomby woof HalfDork
2/19/10 7:15 p.m.

Not just cams, but rebuilt cams.

That's how it's done.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
2/19/10 7:34 p.m.

I am no fan of the neon.... except for the SRT... but I feel VERY sorry for that one

TJ
TJ Dork
2/19/10 7:50 p.m.
turboswede wrote: (how does one gain nearly 100hp from cams, cam gears, head work, and poorly designed exhaust?)

That yellow paint haphazardly applied in the vicinity of the engine should easily add 70 HP and then the other 30 is from overspray.

tuna55
tuna55 HalfDork
2/19/10 7:54 p.m.

But it has THE BEST throttle response!

And it has awesome paint, and the primer is coming off just fine!

What a deal!

GPDren
GPDren New Reader
2/19/10 7:55 p.m.
turboswede wrote: So you've got a 230hp (how does one gain nearly 100hp from cams, cam gears, head work, and poorly designed exhaust?)

You forgot about the sweet "cold air" intake. That's worth at least 20hp!

P71
P71 GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
2/19/10 7:56 p.m.

Poor Neon

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
2/19/10 8:06 p.m.

Quote:

"The paint job is awesome with a neon green and yellow flames. "

cwh
cwh SuperDork
2/19/10 8:32 p.m.

Well,one of us is going to WV to pick that up and challenge it.

maroon92
maroon92 SuperDork
2/19/10 8:37 p.m.

challenge it to what? Arm wrestling?

Appleseed
Appleseed Dork
2/19/10 9:04 p.m.
maroon92 wrote: challenge it to what? Arm wrestling?

The Bondo Olympics.

MCarp22
MCarp22 Reader
2/19/10 9:17 p.m.

Tan interior? Cruise control? Side body moldings? = not an ACR.

M030
M030 Reader
2/19/10 9:38 p.m.
93celicaGT2 wrote: I suspect this may be a joke...

The sad thing is that this guy is probably serious. He probably really believes that it's got 230hp and that all of the mods he's done really make his car worth more.

The $59 cam belt story is, more than likely, to lure in a buyer who has more enthusiasm than actual car knowledge or common sense.

digdug18
digdug18 Reader
2/19/10 9:58 p.m.

did you notice where in the US it was posted from?

Andrew

Vigo
Vigo Reader
2/19/10 10:52 p.m.

In all fairness a real acr with an intake and exhaust will run a high 14. If the cams were the real deal it might be faster.

But its likely NOT true, especially of this car

actualsize
actualsize New Reader
2/19/10 10:55 p.m.

I've got no love for the Neon ACR. SCCA's admission of that car single-handedly ruined Showroom Stock forever. It deserves to be humiliated like this. LeMons is too good for it.

Jensenman
Jensenman SuperDork
2/19/10 11:01 p.m.

But it has a full Wings West body kit. That has to be worth something.

DILYSI Dave
DILYSI Dave SuperDork
2/19/10 11:03 p.m.

Had a positive compression test with the cam remaining stationary. Impressive feat.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
2/20/10 6:39 a.m.

so is the neon engine interference?

car39
car39 Reader
2/20/10 8:50 a.m.

Is the tetnus shot included with purchase?

M030
M030 Reader
2/20/10 10:06 a.m.

In reply to mad_machine:

yes. the twin cam is.

Travis_K
Travis_K Dork
2/20/10 10:20 a.m.
M030 wrote: In reply to mad_machine: yes. the twin cam is.

Both engines are.

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