Turbo question

[Kyle97-clipse]

So I was at the track tonight and was talking to a kid who had a neon there. He had the 2.0 and the motor was the same except for the head being reversed. It was all stock except for a stock srt-4 trubo and bigger injectors. He ran a 13.0 at 12 psi of boost. Now I know he is pushing the internals that high but he said its been runnin well for two years. Anyways my question is would this turbo work Dodge SRT 4 Turbo Charger OEM TD04 Manifold BOOST : eBay Motors (item 110547772964 end time Jun-22-10 22:26:12 PDT) just like it did on his? The manifold would bolt up right its the same bolt pattern?

 

[rstare]

IIRC, the ports are the same, but the bolt pattern is different.

 

[LD25Delta9]

There are so many things I want to say, where do I begin? You won't be able to run this turbo on a 420A. It's too long out from the head, that I doubt you'd have clearance. Not without throwing a half-size Del Slow radiator in. The Neons also have a lot more room behind their head than we do in front of ours.

The guy had to have some way to tune. Not to mention the array of minor parts that is required to run boost on a 420A/ECC, so he's definitely not stock in all aspects of the word completely. Our fuel systems can't run bigger injectors without some way to control them at idle and 12lbs for 2 years with no tune is total BS. I could see 10lbs but with our rods not liking more than 14lbs on a decent tune, it makes it hard to believe that he's been running 12lbs for 2 years without at least a Vortech SFMU. If I were you I'd try to find this kid at the track again and politely call his BS, then pick his brain.

Also keep in mind that the 95-99 neon coupes were about 900lbs lighter than our DSM, which by a VERY basic and rudimentary rule of thumb, that translates to roughly .9 of a second. Which is enough to make an engine that would run mid 13's in a DSM, run possible mid-to-high 12's in a Neon. But like I said, that's VERY basic, and HIGHLY rudimentary.

Here is a link to a Parts list if you want to go turbo with our car. There are good links for the parts and some hints to other upgrade paths if the "8lb build" isn't enough.

I hope this helps and I hope you don't think I was trying to call your BS...just his.