[ATaylorRacing]

Near the end of this racing season we removed the power steering from my 95 SOHC nearly stock Neon. The results....a full 7 tenths of a second improvement in the 1/4 mile et which works out to an amazing 9 hp! Of course, keep in mine that it would take less than 9 hp to spin the pump when you are NOT florring the heck out of the motor! Another benefit was a solid 3 mpg at 55-60 mph FE improvement. A few years back I did an under drive pulley set up on a 98 near stockk SOHC Neon. That resulted in barely over 1 mpg FE improvement and only a 1/4 second improvement. I kept the 95s A/C because I found the right size belt to go on from the crank to the A/C pulley that would eliminate the longer belt that had to turn the PS too. Since I am a wuss and drag race in the summer I want to RETAIN my A/C! I have to turn it off before I head to the staging lanes so that no condensation leaks onto the track.