1998 Plymouth Neon - Updates

[bsneon98]

10 hours ago, Nendo912 said:

Build is coming along great, very clean. Love the SMD goodies 

thanks man!

[BP1Fanatic]

On 12/8/2017 at 2:34 PM, bsneon98 said:

Yeah, thats a clean swap! whats your name on the ORG? Mine is the same as on here. I still frequent that site as dead as it may seem. 

It was whitesohc.

[bcbrassard]

Looks good man. keep up the good work.

[bsneon98]

7 hours ago, bcbrassard said:

Looks good man. keep up the good work.

thanks man! hopefully will have some more pictures in the next week or so. This cold is killing any progress. 

[bsneon98]

Just realized I needed to update to more of what has happened since summer.

 this is the day the head scratching started, weird temperature issues just didnt sit right with me so time to get suspicious. 

 

I was able to have both cars home while I was doing some troubleshooting. Was a nice peace of mind driving something that worked as it should.

 

And I had to take the skittle through a parking garage and of course take the obligatory roof picture. 

 

And the teardown process started. Repainting the intake manifold, fuel rail, factory valve cover and anything else I come across.

 

 

 

Of course got screwed over on manifold gasket and a couple odds and ends. 

But, mainly BOTH of the dowel alignment pins breaking off in the block. Made a custom tool with what was in the toolbox and managed to get them out

 

And this is with the "new" reman odessa cylinder head and the lettered valve cover on just as a cover. 

Didnt want to rush it in one night so came back the next night for adding fluds and reconnecting the batteries. 

 

This was after making it home on its maiden voyage. Running a modified thermostat so I have good flow at all times because I just wanted to be safe. 

I didnt reuse the lettered valve cover because of the spark plug alignment issue and mysterious oil seepage so I said screw it for now.

 

I felt stupid as I have 2 different fuel rails, dont remember where one came from but probably pull a part. The inlet is at a slightly different angle so the hose clamp scratched a bit of my nice fresh valve cover but its driving again and thats what matters (can slightly see it above) 

Heres a better daytime picture.

So it may not directly be audio related, but if the motor doesn't turn my alt safely that equates to no system lol 

[bcbrassard]

Nice having 2 rides to work and play with isn't it.

[bsneon98]

1 hour ago, bcbrassard said:

Nice having 2 rides to work and play with isn't it.

Yeah, it sure comes in handy! Had to get done so it could play winter daily duty

Cant wait to see what you have in store for the lancer!

[bsneon98]

 

These things are huge

 

So running these will require some modifications to my existing speaker rings.

The idea. Sandwich rings with PL. Route the holes.

Need more clamps!

 

 

 

Even needed one for the tweeter

 

 

Bit of duraglass to fill the void around the rings

 

Its slow progress but at least its some. 

[bcbrassard]

looks good man. That should help get you loud.

[bsneon98]

6 minutes ago, bcbrassard said:

looks good man. That should help get you loud.

thanks man and yeah I tested just one resting on door sill. May be overkill. lol