Neon Challenge

[Eric Ekberg]

There was a local import drag event here recently (Noble, OK of all places).
Someone had a rented nissan maxima with a 150 hp shot of nitrous installed.
They called it Nosxima.  Was running mid 13's.  I liked it.

Eric
92 Supra Turbo

Stephen J Jacobs wrote:

> No, this was an articledone in one of the Mopar mags and also on the web.
>  Can't find the URL now, but I digress.
>
> What they did was rented a basic neon, gathered all the parts to build a
> slip in NOx system, and installed it on the Neon, made it so they could
> return it back to stock when they were done.  Then they beat the thing to
> death, literally, and returned to the auto rental agency.  And when I say
> beat it to death, I mean crank up they Nox injection until it could not
> take it anymore and drive it back with 3 firing.
>
> Picks showed the install and the parts they used, very interesting
> article.  They claimed it was the best money they spent ever.  And it was
> worth a good laugh or two when reading.
>
> Take Care,
>
> Stephen Jacobs
> SJacobs914 at Juno.com
>
> On Thu, 13 Nov 1997 15:17:28 -0500 Frederic Breitwieser
> <frederic.breitwieser at mcione.com> writes:
> >>Did you read the article from the Mopar guys thrashing a Neon, your
> >>little over rev is nothing close to what these guys did.  Nitrous and
> >a
> >>Neon, do mix for a little while.
> >
> >SCCA actually has a class naimed Chrysler "Neon Challenge".  Nothing
> >wrong
> >with it.  Just doesn't excite me for some reason. (Maybe because in
> >college
> >I drove a Plymouth Reliant, which was reliable (Reliant?), but
> >certainly
> >not the king of handling or acceleration.  I put a turbo on mine, and
> >it
> >helped somewhat.
> >
> >
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