Thanks Demon -
Hey you going to throw the GM Racing Supercharger for the Ecotec on your wife's Z24 sedan?
On topic -
Seems to me that tour owners aren't the drag racing types. I remember when I got my first Neon, everybody use to say "ya its only good for autocrossing and road racing". Given how well the car was and still is doing on a club local level in both autocross and SCCA Showroom Stock. That's simply not the case as there are plenty of 13,12,11,10 and now 9 second "street" cars and low 8 second drag only Neons.
The curb weight of the tour is right inline with other cars in its class. Its roughly 200lbs more than the average Acura RSX and about 300lbs more than a 2nd gen Interga.
Power to Weight doesn't seem like the issue, but traction might be. Seems nobody used drag radials or even tries to use slicks. Slicks are actually easier on FWD drivetrain because it of the bias-ply contruction doesn't allow for wheel hop, the number 1 killer of transmissions, gears and axles on FWD in drag racing.
Glad to see you can get a Tour to run 13's. Makes sense to me since there a few 13 second Mazda Probes, even though the Mazda engine is used the traits between both engines are the same.
Now if you an N/A Tour can run 13's, there's no reason the turbo cars shouldn't run 11's in street trim.
As for a turbo, naa I'm move of a supercharger kinda guy, especially when its an option.
About my Neon, it already faster than most Tours anyway because its some 500lbs lighter. After this current engine swap is completed, it will put me around 150hp at wheeels and have another block waiting for Eagle rods and Wiseco pistons and I haven't decided on a turbo system or nitrous or even both on the car.
"Edgy" in my terms is showing up to a 3-4 star resturant with a date and jumping out of my lower Neon with a nice exhaust tone I might add. Just seems a tad imature for events like that. A Contour is bit more mature but still fun to drive and fun to modify. I've always wanted a SVT anyway...
Thanks for the insite.
