Neon faster than a 6gc? Options

[Rjb23]

I've never raced a neon but are they faster than a 6gc? Everyone keeps trying to tell me they are, I'm not talking about the turbo'd one. Just a plain old neon.

[4ageyota]

The neon engine is sort of the same as the talon/mitsubishi chysler 2.0 non turbo this is not the 4g63 engine. it is rated at 140hp biut seems to be slower than even the 2.0 non turbo 4g63 talon/eclipse engine that mitsubishi made. Maybe the cars are heavyer than in 95-99 than 90-94. But the only difference in the neon engine to the talon and eclipse is the way the engine sits. the talon and eclipse(non turbo) have the engine sitting with the header faceing the front of the car where as the neon has the intake mainfiold facing the front. And yea it is quite slow. I saw a neon atb the trac stright pipe and all stripped out and slicks do only mid to high 14 sec 1/4 mile. not sure about internal works. Still drag racing is not where its at. I have dragged befroe however i think its funner to go 40-50mph only. Well it may not seem so much but try doing that in some curves its funner. But back to the topic you never know who will win untill you do it serious hey the neon might misshift. lol. Atleast you know you can out run him in a mileage test. toyota engines = 200,000+ miles still like a champ. chrysler engines = 150,000 miricle and hanging on every day because you don't know when the engine will give out on you. P.S. I used to own A talon so trust me I know Chrysler/mitsubishi craftsmanship.