TristateNeons

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.

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

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.

...just when you think it couldnt get any mo' ghetto

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......

mmm.... SOHC....

My SOHC starts to sound good more at 4000 rpm, thats when it starts to get in the power band.

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....

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.

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.

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?

Ahhh...

Yeah I'll be here messing around in the garage with my dad.... nothing to exciting haha

Maybe we'll swing by and see how you're doing with nothing too exciting.

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...

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

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.