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This. This is also very useful for determining if your car is overheating because the pump isn't pumping. If you crank up the blower and hot air comes out, and keeps coming out, you can be pretty sure that your water pump is still pumping water. If the air doesn't heat up, either your pump...

What kind of plugs did you put in? You might consider pulling them and checking the gap. I read somewhere on here that the factory gap is .045". If the gap's too small (or too big, also), you could have a small, randomly-reoccurring misfire. And if the plugs you put in have any connection to...

^ Yeah, that's what I was thinking. "There's no way the factory alternator isn't strong enough to power the *factory* electronics in this thing." But I also figured that having a huge amount of overhead to work with was just as good as having a normal amount of overhead. Not interested enough...

I have zero knowledge or experience about this part and I don't know anyone who used it, but I was interested in a higher-output alternator and I found this here supposedly 140-amp alternator while I was poking around. I bookmarked it because I was curious and interested - I'm not running any...

I'm not sure on this but you might need a wider tire than a 205. I only suggest this because I know on my factory wheels (16x6, I think? x6.5?) I'm running 205-50-16, and it seems to me that with a wheel that's an inch wider, you'd need a tire an inch wider. I look forward to being corrected...

Off-topic: WOOO ST LOUIS!!! Go Cards!!!

I had a metal shift knob on my Neon. It was heavy, it had blue LED's under the gear-pattern, and it got stupid hot in summertime. I kept an old Mechanix glove (whose mate had gotten soaked in antifreeze and started leaching black dye from the leather onto my hands every time I used it) in the...

That's one gorgeous car. I've never been a fan of bright yellow cars, but this one, I like. That little bitty rear brake rotor just seems sooooo mismatched, though. (lol2)

xxx/yy/zz xxx = width of the tire in milimeters yy = height of the sidewall, expressed as a percentage of the width of the tire zz = diameter of the wheel in inches (makes a lot of sense, doesn't it? lol) So the difference between 205/50/16 and 205/50/17 is that the overall diameter of the...

http://www.motorsport.com/drag/news/scott-mohler-mopar-spotlight/ Clearly the exception and not the norm, but still. You can be fast without boost in a Neon. :)

Yeah, it's been a while since I was on the Neon forums, since I haven't had one in about 6 years. That was my mistake - those figures are crank HP, not wheel HP. That being said, for the 95-99 model years, the DOHC Neons were rated at 150hp and the SOHC were rated at either 132 or 136, I don't...

H3-55W, I'm pretty sure. edit: Yep. Sylvania Bulb Guide for 2003 Mazda Protege5

You're trying to compare two different cars that really don't compete with each other. The stock 2000 Dodge Neon generated approximately 130ish WHP with a manual transmission. Your Protege5 is lucky to put town 100 at the wheels. However, stock-for-stock, the P5 will own the Neon in turns and...

I still have factory 16" wheels on my P5. Tirerack says that OE tires were 195/50R16, but it had 205/50R16's on it when I drove it off the lot, and it's had 205/50R16's on it ever since, and I've never had a rubbing issue. The difference is literally 10mm in tread width - a little less than...

I've replaced the front wheel bearings on my 03 P5 twice now, and one of them is about ready for its third replacement. In all cases, the symptoms you describe are exactly the symptoms I've had when one of my wheel bearings went bad. And it's a pretty common issue with our beloved P5. It's...

Oh yes, I know. The system that Dodge played with in their Magnum Neons seems to have been their take on VICS. I'm pretty sure they didn't have anything like a VTCS going on. I'm totally not disagreeing with anyone; I just happened to be digging around in the forum and saw your remark about...

Old thread, but hey. I just wanted to add that, while I'm not sure about any other cars or makes out there, I do know that 2001+ Dodge Neons with the 2.0L Magnum engine (R/T and ACR models, I think) had active intake manifolds with dual-length runners. It was intended as a performance add-on...

Spotted this on eBay just now: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MAZDA-PROTEGE-5-TEMPERATURE-AC-CONTROL-HEAT-01-02-03-/370448598975?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item56407507bf ...and the first thought that comes to mind is, "Oh please tell me this would work, bolt-in, in an American...

Typically when defrost is selected, the A/C compressor cycles on by default. This is because in addition to cooling the air, it also dries lots of humidity out of it - great for getting fog off your windows. When I owned a Neon, the A/C would cycle on only when defrost was selected (even if it...