just wanted to introduce myself and show some pics of something a little different. i just joined today to read up on how the cobalt guys do things. i promise any posts or comments i make will be respectful, helpful, or not at all. comments or questions about my car are welcome.

steelybob

2003 Neon swapped with 2004 SRT-4 engine/trans. best et to date 8.55@83mph stock.

 

nice swap=sleepr

 

Sweet, I love sleepers

 

hmmm, 8.55 seconds at 83 mph in the 1/4?

 

1/8 mile

 

i'm assuming it's the 1/8th, not the 1/4... welcome to the site

 

1/8th obviously, that is pretty damn quick too

 

i was like ummm i call bs lol, welcome nice swap

 

wow thats the biggest sleeper man!!!!!!!!! Niceee

 

nice sleeper by the way!

 

yeah sorry 1/8 mile. our closest 1/4 is an hour and a half away

 

I love sleepers, nice clean Neon! It will be nice to have a SRT4 owner on here that actually admits that his car is a Neon.

I'm guessing 8.95 is in the 1/8th or 1,000'?

 

yeah thats damn quick in the 1/8, how heavy is that frame/body compared to the srt-4 one?

 

i saw one of these at Desoto Speedway back in Bradenton. An older man owned it. The car was nice. Looked exactly like yours lol. I think all of his runs were in the 13's somewhere.

 

subframe is identical (minus one pre-drilled hole). body is approx the same. imo the biggest weight difference is the neon brakes vs. the srt brakes, 2.4 block, and the heavy leather/vinyl interior. i weighed the difference and it is about 150-200ish depending on fuel and scale differences.

yes, it is still definetley a neon

thank you for the welcome guys!

steelybob

 

id just like to point out that you do not run an 8.55 stock... since you dont have the stock engine. thats like calling a monster miata(ford 302 powered) stock.

 

Question: what cars have you surprised with your sleeper???

 

he meant with a stock srt-4 engine. No mods to the engine.



Hey man, nice car. You should get stage 3 with toys for that, then it would be a really nasty sleeper.

 

i know what he meant but its still ricer english. stock goes out the window the minute you take the first bolt out of the factory engine.

 

Sleeper!!!! Welcome!

 

man you read a lot into my post didn't ya? . OK to clarify... on the stock SRT ENGINE. i never said my 2.0 would run that...

yeah i would like to get a stage 3 at some point... but damn it got really expensive.

i really haven't raced a lot of people with it other than at the track and my buddies... so i guess i haven't really shocked anyone with it other than a few mustang guys at the track.

steelybob(ricer)

 

No need to be a ***** about it start calling him a ricer. And actually as far as I thought, most people consider stock to mean stock power levels, not like you rolled off the assy line. We're not bracket racing here, no need for the excessive tech.

Are you the type who will harass people for claiming 'stock' times when they have some suspension mods?

BS aside, welcome to the site steelybob

If you did the swap yourself, props man. That's beyond clean.

Either way, nice sleeper man, keep it clean

SS33 (looks like im a ricer too)

 

SS33...now YOUR car is clean! very nice color choice, too

 

Gracias. Did you do that swap yourself?

 

yes it was actually my 2nd one. the other went into a 2002 se. the 2003 was a lot easier as on the 2002 virtually all the wiring has to be swapped unless you want to hack.