Welcome! I had an ecomodded neon build you might want to browse through.
www.neons.org • View topic - My ecomodded neon. Tire spats & mini folding mirror install.
I also put together thee list of weight reduction for first gen neons.
www.neons.org • View topic - Calorie counting, my weight reduction list.
I've been driving first gens since 2000.
I stopped posting in my build thread because of all the silly questions/discussions/comments. Then I started making a lot more money and just drive it how it sits getting 40mpg tanks. I only did 25% of what I'd like to do for ecomodding, I might go at it again at some point.
If you have any neon specific questions for me I'll do my best to answer them.