Neon Rallycross Action
Scott and Per took the Neon to Tampa Rally’s April rallycross this past weekend. The car is still in the Stock Front class and we finished first and second in this class, as well as third and fourth overall.
The car survived all 16 runs and made it back home in one piece. The only issues that we noticed were some exhaust leaks and a coolant gauge that tended to run hot after a run or two. We’ve got a new radiator on the way, as well as a short-tube exhaust header from eBay.com
Nice work, guys.
Ya’ll are making me proud.
bc
Comment by bc — April 15, 2008 @ 7:04 am
Saw you guys flying up I-4 on Sunday. I was merging from US 27 coming from the Chin weekend at Sebring as you went by. Couldn’t miss the Neon. Reminds me of another project from years back.
I just shake my head.
Comment by Marc Dana — April 16, 2008 @ 9:33 am
have you had any issues with boiling out the power steering fluid? I rally cross a 1995 4 door and it boils it out all the time.
Comment by kent mckay — April 24, 2008 @ 6:46 am
Yes, supposedly the fix is to use the p/s reservoir cap from a 2nd gen Neon. Haven’t tried that yet.
Comment by Per Schroeder — April 24, 2008 @ 8:06 am
Wasn’t there a P/S cooler available for the Neons as well? Would that solve some of the P/S issues? None the less, the Frog is looking good!
Comment by fiat22turbo — April 25, 2008 @ 2:33 pm