SRT-4 2.4 turbo swap into an early A-Body?
I feel compelled to do this swap at some point now that you have decided against it lol. I understand your choice completely, SBMs are what these cars came with and you can make these cars super fast with that big displacement/weight ratio. The engine weight is an issue though and using a mildly tuned SRT-4 engine would be sweet, 300 some lbs. off the front lol.
One question not sure if it was brought up but what about the Caliber SRT-4 engines? Are they still based off the older 2.4 engine in the Neons? Also those cars definitely weighed more than the Neon-based ones being a rather large hatchback, they came with 300 HP from the factory and are pretty dang fast if also ugly.