ls1 bored to a 396. sb. you can see bolt ons in the pic. tb, intake, exhaust. probably more. has spray too.
and the 306 is just like an ls1 or any other motor. its all going to depend on what heads/intake/cam it has.
and yes cars can be mad fast for cheap, all cars can, just gotta have the know how on how to do it. that would apply to the neon also. our gp's can be pretty quick with just the nic cam and zzp tunning. but thats the only cam putting up numbers like that.
the stock cam isnt bad( already blew thru the muffler can hear a small lope) in the GP, the early 2.8/3.1's also had a similar cam with a distinct lope.
The sheer price difference between the dometic market and import market is rediculous, civic/neons are the new 5.0's/5.7's of the early/mid 90's back then our parts cost an arm and a leg just due to internal design difference as technology progressed.
You got 1G sitting on the table, you got a 345 hp STOCK LS1 in the garage next to a stock srt-4 neon, one car is already in the 12's stock depnding on your driving skills and the other is in the 13's, which one would you put the money into ?
300 bucks on the LS1 is good for 3-5/10th off the ET(tires), say its a 12.9 car, then you get a 400 dollar cam, your in roll cage country now, then the remaining 300 into a tune or intake, or exhaust.
the neon (230hp), 400 turbo upgrade, 300 tires, 300 in a tune, im not seeing roll cage country anywhere.
SRT-4 14.2@102
2002 STOCK LS1 13.2@106 (not SS/Z28) just a plain Camaro LS1
2002 SS LS1 12.9@108
