420A built on a wednesday?

[josh_effin_tyre]

First off thanks for the knowledge you guys share here. Now let's get down to business, I have a 99 rs, and have been reading about the performance of a stock 420a. It wasn't very impressive to say the least, however I felt mine was a little better than what it should be. I have not done any performance upgrades, but it came with a cold air kit and a 4 into 1 header, while tuning it up a few weeks ago I noticed a home made cat back. Just a piece of pipe welded after the cat eliminating the resonator, nothing to brag about by no means. I decided to check the 0-60 time on it because I couldn't believe it took 9 seconds, and sure enough I clocked about 7.8 give or take a tenth for the stop watch. Nothing amazing, but respectable for a 420. I started changing my timing belt today and found something weird, the cam gears were marked with an I and an E. After removing them to change the cam seals I noticed the back of the gear had 2.4l front stamped on it, wtf? I was under the assumption the head was mitsubishi and Mitsubishi doesn't have a 2.4 that would interchange with a 420a. So are those stock cam gears or do I possibly neon cams and gears. The obviously came out at some point hence the I and E, but could it possibly be a higher rise cam from a r/t neon? I'll finish the job tomorrow since it's raining but any advice or tips are appreciated thanks.

 

[tylersevo]

I sold it to buy the GSX. What dyno was it? 302rwhp seems crazy on an auto 2 valve that made 240ish hp at the crank new!

 

[josh_effin_tyre]

It was a dyno jet. It blew my mind as well don't worry. Dude I'm not trying to bs you, I was there. After Gma added the coils and the cai, she took it to a local 1/8 mile track and ran an 8.6 on the factory 17s and street tires. Not the best but it got alot of extra parts, Mach 460, and power everything. She should be calling me back within an hour or so and to tell me what the receipts say. She got old one day and decided she didn't need it any more.

 

[tylersevo]

It was a dyno jet. It blew my mind as well don't worry. Dude I'm not trying to bs you, I was there. After Gma added the coils and the cai, she took it to a local 1/8 mile track and ran an 8.6 on the factory 17s and street tires. Not the best but it got alot of extra parts, Mach 460, and power everything. She should be calling me back within an hour or so and to tell me what the receipts say. She got old one day and decided she didn't need it any more.

Haha I'm not doubting you it just makes me mad my 5-speed had a lot more in it and made only 30rwhp more!

 

[josh_effin_tyre]

She said there is a receipt for a flywheel and drive shaft so I went to look drive shaft is aluminum, comp cam Extreme energy cams the x pipe, flow masters, and a separate one for the installation. There is a receipt for for under drive pulleys and one from a machine shop, all it says is head work. There is one for a "tune" from a speed shop somewhere in Florida which must be what Gma thought was a programmer. The cai she added was an sve I had never heard of them we she got and honestly haven't seen another one. After she told me all that, I got to thinking why would you modify a special edition like that?

 

[josh_effin_tyre]

It only got motorcraft plugs and motorcraft synthetic blend motor oil changed at 2900 miles