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Getting to and from the fun parts of the road would not be fun at all. It'd be a wheezy pig.
Tire height, gearing (trans and rear), and weight would all have to be on par with the Neon to make it tolerable.



wheezy? you have obviously never driven a modern turbo or a least a well setup one. the early A weighs less(?) than a SRT and you CAN make the final drive any damn thing you want. FTR a 2.4 turbo engine wet with everything, accessories, wiring, pipe, etc... was is all of ~375lbs which might be a tad lighter than most options (we are in a handling forum!) Boost by gear, REAL PCM boost control it would be awesome.

FTR stock T850:
Final drive 3.53
First 3.65
second 2.05
third 1.37
forth 0.97
OD 0.76....

there are already a couple others doing this. ive kicked it around also but between work, regular autoX bear to take my car out of commission. hell the plan "A" gen3 hemi has been on the stand for 4 years