November 2, 2009 at 8:00am Posted in MP Blog
Our good friend Alex, who bought a bone stock 98 Plymouth Neon ACR a few weeks ago, has replaced his bubble alloy wheels with a set of Rota Slipstreams!
These wheels used to be on my 95 NYG ACR, which we are currently doing the SRT4 swap into. I hadnt planned on selling these wheels, but...
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October 7, 2009 at 8:00am Posted in MP Blog
Rich Clauser received a Mishimoto Aluminum radiator and promptly installed it into his 98 Neon with SRT4 motor swap. He sent us these photos that we decided to share with you all.
First, his stock radiator:
Photos of his Mishimoto radiator installed:
Link to the Mishimoto Radiator on our website:
http://www.modernperformance.com/mishimoto-aluminum-radiator-9599-neon-p-1956.html
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September 17, 2009 at 2:41pm Posted in MP Blog
The MPx Neon 2.4 Motor swap Power Steering brackets are all finally cut ! PHew, that took a long time! Now they are all off to the powdercoaters to be powdercoated black.
Thank you guys for all your patience on this, we have been working hard to get these in for some time! We’re on the...
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September 15, 2009 at 8:00am Posted in Tech
I talked to a customer with a 2003-2005 SRT4 today that asked me:
“Whats the difference in all of the headlights you offer?”
So, I thought it would be good to take some photos and show the difference between the different models of headlights we offer and explain some of the differences.
First, heres the lineup of headlights...
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August 26, 2009 at 8:00am Posted in MP Blog
A local enthusiast named Jason stopped by our office to show us a brochure he found from Chrysler in 1991 about the Neon concept.
This brochure has early concept drawings showing sliding doors, and a hood that opens forwards.
Check out the text on the backside ! This concept had a 1.1 liter 3 cylinder motor that...
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Its time to start the teardown of both cars. The motor, interiors will be pulled in preparation of the swap.
Lots of photos are being taken in this stage, measurements are being made of the engine bays to measure clearances as well.
SRT4 donor car’s dash is completely removed, steering column removed.
Both the 2.4 all motor engine...
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It was time to bring the 04 SRT4 donor car and the 95 Nitro Yellow Green Neon over to the mechanic shop where the swap would take place.
I snapped this photo in route to the mechanics shop.
This photo may not be too impressive graphically, however, its the last photo I ever took of the SRT4...
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July 27, 2009 at 3:04pm Posted in MP Blog
For those of you 1995-1999 Neon owners who want to do a Stratus 2.4 motor swap, Modern Performance is close to making your swap easier!
Our super strong, 1/4 inch thick steel Power Steering bracket is just about ready for sale.
We’ve had 100 brackets water jet cut in solid 1/4 inch thick steel. Next step...
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July 10, 2009 at 11:43am Posted in MP Blog
EDIT - Less than 30 hours after announcing this deal we are completely sold out.
Modern Performance is offering a one time special deal on the Mishimoto radiator for the 95-99 Neon. These normally sell for $220-$230, but due to Mishimoto welding on only 1 upper mounting stud instead of two (edit)
These radiators are made out...
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June 30, 2009 at 5:34pm Posted in Tech
Check engine light on in your 1995-1999 Dodge/Plymouth/Chrysler Neon ? Read further to find out how to check why the light is on.
1. Cycle the ignition key ON-OFF-ON-OFF-ON within 5 seconds.
2. Count the number of times the “check engine” lamp on the instrument panel flashes on and off. The number of flashes represents the code....
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June 7, 2009 at 5:43pm Posted in MP Blog
The 95 NYG ACR posted in this blog a few times originally started as a shell found in a junkyard, then had a built up sohc 2.0 motor, then a 2.0 magnum motor installed, and lastly had a 2.4 Dohc motor swapped into it.
Its been running great for the longest time, and has provided PLENTY...
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May 15, 2009 at 4:29pm Posted in Tech
This was already posted as a sticky on Neons.org, but because its such a valuable reference to first gen Neon owners, I think its important to have several copies of it posted in different locations. This way in case someones computer fails, we wont lose this valuable cross reference guide.
This guide will be very useful...
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April 22, 2009 at 3:09pm Posted in Tech
Its time to do a Tech session on adjusting BC Coilovers for the 95-99 Neon, 00-05 neon, 03-05 SRT-4, 05+ Cobalt, and 08+ Caliber SRT4.
Pictured here, is a set of 03-05 Dodge SRT-4 BC coilovers.
Installing, and setting up BC Coilovers should be done in four steps. First off, Installation, then Adjusting Heigth, Rebound and Compression...
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April 21, 2009 at 6:27pm Posted in MP Blog
Its a sad day for first gen Neon owners.. The 95-99 Dodge Neon Eibach Pro kit springs which Modern Performance has carried since the late 90’s has been discontinued.
These dropped the Neon 1.3 inches front and rear, and had a great linear rate spring that went well with daily driven, and or street driven cars.
We...
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April 5, 2009 at 7:56pm Posted in MP Blog
We never had a place to post photos from this SRT-4/Neon/Cobalt meet on our site, but now that we have a blog, we decided to post them for your enjoyment here.
This was a pretty successful meet with about 40-45 Dodge SRT-4’s, Dodge Neons, Chevy Cobalt SS’s (super and turbo) as well as Dodge Caliber SRT4’s.
I...
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