My problem with the 2.6L was the carburetor from hell that they installed on it.
Knurled - The Neon did not continue on from a K car, it spun off with improved geometry and lightness added. K cars are clunky beasts next to a Neon. The 2.5L needed a turbo to get out of its own way, the Neon with its crossflow 4 valve head stomped its ironheaded 2 valve cousin. With the right turbo and the right management system a stock Neon 2.4L will make 450HP (or more) reliably
I submit that Caravans and Daytonas are further removed from K-cars than Neons are. Why can they get lumped in with K-cars but not Neons?
And don't get me started on the L-bodies, those are as much K-cars as they are VW Rabbits. Which is to say, only on an extremely superficial basis.
Yep, The Omni/Horizon took the K car formula too far.
I can overlook that if it has 2.4L turbod propulsion and I don't have to turn corners at speed.
Not much VW there except some of the motors.
The Neon guys love those for the transfer gears in the auto trans, if anyone has one of those trans the gears are golden.
I don't think the caravans or daytonas were far removed from a K, no more than a PT cruiser was removed from a Neon.
The Neon was the replacement for the L-body and as such there's a few parts that interchange, like the steering racks.
The engine is a further refinement of the 2.2 using the same bore centers and lots of improvements including the cylinder head work they did on the 2.2 during the 80's.
So the original turbo motors made 146hp with a 2.2 and the Neon DOHC motors made 150 with less displacement.
The K-car underpinnings are interchangeable across most of the Chrysler FWD cars, including K-members, rear suspension, brakes, steering racks, drivetrains.
So if you don't like the way your K-car drives, you can fix it with off the shelf parts and salvage yard shopping.
My problem with them and the reason why I don't have them anymore is the bodies just fall apart over time and it just gets tiresome dealing with broken heater cores, leaking door seals and sagging doors or headliners, etc. and at the end of the day it just isn't worth it to repair them when the drivetrain is really all that is enjoyable to me.
So funny story .. This beauty is now in my possession, all the way in nebraska. And its still holding strong as can be
In reply to Moses93 :
That means we need to see pix...
Welcome new turbo wagon owner!!
I wouldn't mind hauling my dog in that.
Also welcome Woody who has since become a turbo wagon owner and hauls his dog in it. 
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