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TRcustomengineering719
Posts: 154
Join date: 2010-02-23
Location: Bear,DE
|  Subject: What to do with a 2.0 4cylinder Mon Aug 16, 2010 12:45 pm | |
| I have a 2.0 dodge neon engine and trans from a car i parted out. What should i do with it?  |
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Jamus
Posts: 455
Join date: 2010-06-28
Age: 32
Location: Southern WV
| | Subject: Re: What to do with a 2.0 4cylinder Mon Aug 16, 2010 3:59 pm | |
| Do you have any of the rest of the car, like the front suspension and hubs? I always wanted to take a small, maybe smaller than a neon, FWD car and use the whole frontend to make a fast rear engine buggy, fabricating the chassis and front suspension. If it will pull a neone on the highway at 80 easily, imagine what it would do in a much lighter buggy offorad, haha. |
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TRcustomengineering719
Posts: 154
Join date: 2010-02-23
Location: Bear,DE
| | Subject: Re: What to do with a 2.0 4cylinder Mon Aug 16, 2010 4:20 pm | |
| | Jamus wrote: | | Do you have any of the rest of the car, like the front suspension and hubs? I always wanted to take a small, maybe smaller than a neon, FWD car and use the whole frontend to make a fast rear engine buggy, fabricating the chassis and front suspension. If it will pull a neone on the highway at 80 easily, imagine what it would do in a much lighter buggy offorad, haha. |
I have the hole car but i need to be able to move it around before i figure out how to get ride of it. |
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dangeroustoys56
Posts: 1481
Join date: 2010-02-10
Age: 41
Location: Florida, USA
| | Subject: Re: What to do with a 2.0 4cylinder Mon Aug 16, 2010 6:17 pm | |
| Id mod a tractor to fit the motor - build a custom frame ( box frame) mount tractor body on it , slicks in the back , lowered, side pipes.
If a tech class can stuff a 305 small block v8 under the hood of a JD and make it look stock- a neon motor should be easy.
Mount the motor inline with the chassis, look for a small rear drive car trans, use a rear axle shortened from it. |
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TRcustomengineering719
Posts: 154
Join date: 2010-02-23
Location: Bear,DE
| | Subject: Re: What to do with a 2.0 4cylinder Mon Aug 16, 2010 6:43 pm | |
| | dangeroustoys56 wrote: | Id mod a tractor to fit the motor - build a custom frame ( box frame) mount tractor body on it , slicks in the back , lowered, side pipes.
If a tech class can stuff a 305 small block v8 under the hood of a JD and make it look stock- a neon motor should be easy.
Mount the motor inline with the chassis, look for a small rear drive car trans, use a rear axle shortened from it. |
Yeah thats what i was thinking, but making it 4wd. finding two small diffs would cost a lot. |
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Farmster
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Join date: 2010-08-06
Age: 17
Location: Frankfort,Indiana
| | Subject: Re: What to do with a 2.0 4cylinder Tue Aug 17, 2010 1:12 am | |
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Jamus
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Join date: 2010-06-28
Age: 32
Location: Southern WV
| | Subject: Re: What to do with a 2.0 4cylinder Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:40 am | |
| You could always use the neon transaxle mounted sideways and run driveshafts from it to your solid axles. There have been many rock crawlers built like that.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=562853 |
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TRcustomengineering719
Posts: 154
Join date: 2010-02-23
Location: Bear,DE
| | Subject: Re: What to do with a 2.0 4cylinder Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:02 am | |
| | Jamus wrote: | You could always use the neon transaxle mounted sideways and run driveshafts from it to your solid axles. There have been many rock crawlers built like that.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=562853 |
Thats pretty much what i was thinking, but maybe not as fancy and heavy duty.
I was going to try and make or use either lawn tractor or go karts diffs but i don't know how they will hold up to 130hp.  |
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Jamus
Posts: 455
Join date: 2010-06-28
Age: 32
Location: Southern WV
| | Subject: Re: What to do with a 2.0 4cylinder Tue Aug 17, 2010 1:43 pm | |
| You could try Sazuki Samurai diffs. They are pretty light duty. With the FWD transmission mounted sideways you won't have much speed though, which is why it's suited to crawling. |
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dangeroustoys56
Posts: 1481
Join date: 2010-02-10
Age: 41
Location: Florida, USA
| | Subject: Re: What to do with a 2.0 4cylinder Tue Aug 17, 2010 2:04 pm | |
| Roboman79: "Yeah thats what i was thinking, but making it 4wd. finding two small diffs would cost a lot." Junkyard- small early compact cars, early toyota pickups- stuff like that. Heck panzers used chrysler rear axles. should be able to find something not too expensive. Thatd be an awsome 4x4- some guy built a 'go kart' from a set of toyota axles :   Id have to dig around for finished pics of it - i found that build at a lawntractor racing site actually..... |
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TRcustomengineering719
Posts: 154
Join date: 2010-02-23
Location: Bear,DE
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FearlessFront
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Join date: 2010-02-09
Age: 29
Location: Pittston, Maine
| | Subject: Re: What to do with a 2.0 4cylinder Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:59 pm | |
| I followed that build too! That guy must have had some deep pockets.... |
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dangeroustoys56
Posts: 1481
Join date: 2010-02-10
Age: 41
Location: Florida, USA
| | Subject: Re: What to do with a 2.0 4cylinder Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:42 pm | |
| i think he built that for his kids actually- alot of work for them just to thrash it. Money is no object- well least if you have any..... |
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TRcustomengineering719
Posts: 154
Join date: 2010-02-23
Location: Bear,DE
| | Subject: Re: What to do with a 2.0 4cylinder Wed Aug 25, 2010 7:03 pm | |
| Ok, i think i kinda know what i'm useing it for, but it will be a while before i use it bacause i'm working on other smaller projects for now. One is a very small buggy i'm building from scatch, it will sit very high and be smaller then a lawn tractor, i hope to have suspension too. I'll make some post's about them when i get farther into it.  |
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