# Upgrading my Neon to an Srt-4 **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** neon, dodge\ **Created:** [October 21, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/upgrading-my-neon-to-an-srt-4/180132 "2021-10-21T23:44:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/upgrading-my-neon-to-an-srt-4/180132/41 "2021-10-23T19:35:18Z")
> [@Scrapyard-John](#): > > But…to state that a domestic can’t go 150k miles without a “major overhaul” is “total bull”, as you put it earlier. Re-read what I said…I did NOT say that. I was talking about the many people I know what seem to can’t. Never ever said that the cars couldn’t…just that I don’t see too many that do. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/upgrading-my-neon-to-an-srt-4/180132/42 "2021-10-23T23:23:16Z")
> [@texases](#): > > Kinda both You are right I was thinking of the lil red express truck. ---
**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/upgrading-my-neon-to-an-srt-4/180132/43 "2021-10-24T01:28:53Z")
I don’t know how the topic went from an engine swap in a Dodge Neon to the reliability of Toyotas compared to domestic brands, so I am going back to engine swaps. My first car was a 1947 Pontiac Streamliner with a 6 cylinder inline engine that I bought for $75 in 1961. After I owned the car, coolant was getting into the oil. I pulled the cylinder head and found that the engine block was cracked around one of the valve seats. I put the cylinder head back on and poured K & W seal into the radiator. That solved the immediate problem. However the engine used oil at the rate of a quart every 250 miles. Now in 1947, Pontiac came with either a flathead inline 6 or a flathead inline 8. I thought about replacing the engine since the body of the Pontiac was in great shape with no rust. Most of the Pontiacs sold after WW II had the 8 cylinder engine. I could not find a 6 cylinder engine in the salvage yards I checked. I talked to a long time Pontiac mechanic about replacing the engine with a straight 8. When he told me what all would need to be changed, I decided it wasn’t worth the expense. Things are even more complicated today and I don’t think it makes sense to try to install a Srt-4 engine in the Neon not originally equipped with that engine. ---
**Author:** ![CapriRacer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/capriracer/32/22_2.png) [@CapriRacer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CapriRacer)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 11:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/upgrading-my-neon-to-an-srt-4/180132/44 "2021-10-24T11:33:38Z")
> [@Renegade](#): > > Wasn’t the lil Red Wagon a pick up and not a van. Indeed it was, and that’s why I thought it would be cool! Couldn’t tell from the outside! ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/upgrading-my-neon-to-an-srt-4/180132/45 "2021-10-24T13:18:21Z")
Gabriel Iglesias, AKA Fluffy, comedian, is a collector of VW vans. He sponsors a monster ‘truck’ VW van. Now that is an engine swap, and a whole lot more. As I was typing the above, remembered the advertisements for kits to replace VW engines with Corvair engines. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/upgrading-my-neon-to-an-srt-4/180132/46 "2021-10-24T15:52:15Z")
I also remember putting a V8 in the back seat of a Corvair, and there are kits available. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/upgrading-my-neon-to-an-srt-4/180132/47 "2021-10-24T15:58:19Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > Better was a Nash when you stopped cruising and went parking at Lookout Point! If you could sneak it past her daddy. 😇 🙄 [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/upgrading-my-neon-to-an-srt-4/180132.md?page=2)