SOHC sound

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SOHC sound

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Anyone ever notice how awesome a SOHC Neon sounds sometimes? Where my DOHC sounds more like a wounded animal screaming through the RPMs, my SOHC with a ghetto WAI just has this warm, throaty growl. Now that gas has been cheaper I've been jumping on it more than I had been, and I've really been enjoying it.

I can recognize a SOHC by sound anymore. I heard a loud SOHC Neon downtown the other day, and totally knew what it was before I even saw it.
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HAHA... wow... I dunno what to say. That might be pretty bad when you can tell what engine a "neon" has by the sound. But I guess I shoudln't say anything since well... n/m :lol:
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Post by mynameiskiller »

i know what you mean vinny, i just put a new exhaust on my car (the pacesetter piping finally disintegrated on me...) its a 31" cherry bomb in the tunnel and the 90 degee bend, then it dumps out in the rear drivers side wheelwell... bwwaahaahaahaahaaa... it sound cooool.

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Post by Metal_gear_jon »

Yeah the sohc between 3000 - 7000 rpm sounds real nice, nothing like it sounds like at idle. Sometimes I just leave it in first and let it get up to 6000 before I shift it. It spooks some of those honda shits around here......
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mmm.... SOHC.... :D
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My SOHC starts to sound good more at 4000 rpm, thats when it starts to get in the power band.
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Yea I know what you mean, I kinda miss mine, its still on the street, just needs a new motor....again......and my R/T is outta comission for good, so Im in the process of lookin for another new car... maybe I should look into the SRT that Ive been wanting, I found a black one for 12,800 so who the fuck knows....
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Honestly if I could have found a deal on a set of used Konis at the time, I would have kept my SOHC car and turboed it instead of buying an ACR. It was actually cheaper for me to trade up to an ACR than to buy a set of new Konis, and at the time I was in an all-motor DOHC mindset.

Speaking of which, I will actually be wrenching on my old '98 tomorrow. :) It'll be nice, I haven't seen it in a while.
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I'd say I'd come over and give you a hand Vin since I'm on vaca this week but I'm a little busy finishing some things up around the house.
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Nah it's cool, just swapping out shifters between it and my blue car since the red car's current owners hate the ultra-short shifter. Ian's gonna help should be a 30 min job.

You gonna be around this weekend?
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Ahhh...

Yeah I'll be here messing around in the garage with my dad.... nothing to exciting haha
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Maybe we'll swing by and see how you're doing with nothing too exciting. :)
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Post by oval_eyez »

i know what ya mean about the SOHC's too... i love getting on it at about 2,000rpms in first gear or at about 35mph in 2nd gear...i got a real nice compliment from a 2004 Civic owner... 8)
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Holy crap you gotta compliment from a civic owner, lol the only civic owners that i know are teenage highschool boys who thinks their vtecs can kick anythings ass....? Shit give me someone who drives a civic and gives me props for my neon, and I will shake that mans hand... lol
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Post by Vinny »

You need to come down to Cincy sometime, I've gotten numerous compliments from Honda guys on my Neons.

Though I did get a big old "Neons suck!" from some cowardly fuck driving the other way in a '99-'01 Si in Dayton last year.
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