Street n Strip - 00 Civic EX tears a Neon up

A friend of mine has a Dodge Neon with nothing on it. I have a 00' EX Civic with an intake, header, exhaust, 9.3mm plug wires, and NGK plugs. We decided to race on some back road one day and WOW. I blew him away. I didn't know much about Neons at the time but I've since found out that they come stock with like 150hp. It was fun. I started to slow down at the end and he kept on it and so then I stepped on it again and still stayed in front of him. It's a great feeling...even tho Neons are really slow lol.

150hp? not the neon I drove as a rental last year.

150hp, perhaps the RT, or ER Edition...

yeah, are you sure his was the 150? Is it DOHC or SOHC?

i think that the SXT neon, which is a sites and sounds package, is only 132hp...so the RT may have been 150...

are they heavy?

ummm..compared to a civic, i would have to say yes. but i dont know what gen neon it is...coupe or sedan..so on

yea, they have a nasty body roll to them IMO from driving the new gen.

I don't know of any respectable car that is lighter than a civic. Even lotus elise is heavier. I'm thinking maybe geo metro or ford festive, but these are hardly respectable

they are fun to watch autocrossing. lifting the rear tires on every turn. i think most have around 130hp stock.

isnt a lotus around 1900 pounds?

0-60mph 4.9sec (4.7 sec Sport Pack)
0-100mph 12.9 seconds
Top speed 150 mph
Fuel consumptionEPA 23 City - 27 Highway
Curb weight Base Car 1984 lbs

DOHC 1.8 with variable valve timing, lil too overpriced imo

Just about all of the economy cars (coupes) are in the 26-2700 weight range.

the elise is lighter. That why its mere horsepower will still school you on the road.

dude neons are horribly slow......unless its a srt4.....then damn watch out u gonna get took prolly haha

they so sexy man...seriously

but can seriously be a great sleeper....if u get it lookin like a riced out neon, u get lots of races and just crush people haha

but yea man i used to have a caviler b4 i got my civi and i took my friends neon easily

last year one of the mopar magazines rented a base model neon from enterprise, SOHC, automatic, and with a nitrous kit, and nothing else,it ran into the mid 14s...granted, they stripped EVERYTHING out of the car, and in the end, it blew the motor..but it got into the 14s..:D