My First Cavalier

Hi Everyone,

I have just purchased my first Cavalier ever. I have been wanting one of this vintage since I first saw them when they first came out. it is a 92 RS Ragtop, and I just love it! I noticed a guy asking about dual exhaust, I would love to put that on mine. Is that even possible because of the way the engine sits?

Thanks,

Jim.

yeah,its possible,its not "true" duals of coarse,they normally run from yur cat. converter back.they sell a few kits for that or you can make it yourself...oh, and by-the-way,welcome to the forum.

You can't put true dual exhaust on it, but you can split the pipe somewhere after the cat converter, or as I would do, use a GM F-body (Camaro/TransAm) crossflow muffler with 2 outlets.

I see Godenm beat me to the post by 1 minute. :grinno:

:lol::lol:

WOW! You guys wasted no time making me feel welcome :grinno: I have posted pics of this car in the Gallery. Since this is the Cavalier Forum, I did not post pics of my Wildcat or LeSabre. I would if I wouldn't get into trouble over it. But to see my Classics, you can always go to http://my.core.com/~jweatherly

Regards,
Jim.

WOW! You guys wasted no time making me feel welcome :grinno: I have posted pics of this car in the Gallery. Since this is the Cavalier Forum, I did not post pics of my Wildcat or LeSabre. I would if I wouldn't get into trouble over it. But to see my Classics, you can always go to http://my.core.com/~jweatherly

Regards,
Jim.

You wont get in trouble, Id like to see your other cars!

And I agree with KJRich, the Camaro muffler is a good choice.

Okay, it looks like I stuff one of those camaro mufflers into it. I am not dumb, but about these cars, I know absolutly nothing. How about some direction of which muffler to purchase. Should it be for a small block V8 or does the Camaro come with a dual exhaust V6? I suppose the Y Pipe would not be that much of an issue. I am also assuming that I can get universal hangars so the exhaust hangs correctly. I do not want this car to look like a shade tree hack job, If you have seen the pictures that I have posted, you can tell it's a beautiful car in near mint condition, and I would like it to continue looking that way. Of course this will all have to wait for the spring to be done because I do not have a garage, and this will be done on jack stands in a driveway, but, I can however, spend the winter collecting all of the parts that I'm going to need. I do appreciate advise, and simple direction. I would also like to swap out the hood for one of those Z-24 Hoods with the scoops on it. Preferably a white one so I don't have to paint the car right away. Once I fix all the little rust spots, I'll have it painted, but in the mean time, I don't want a hood that is not white on a white car. :biggrin:

Thanks!

Jim.
:grinyes:
You wont get in trouble, Id like to see your other cars!

And I agree with KJRich, the Camaro muffler is a good choice.

Nice cars. :smokin: I'm into the classics too, mine are Mopars though. Anyway, here's what the Camaro muffler would look like.
http://tinypic.com/ux53l

http://tinypic.com/ux550
Preferably choose one for a V8, but I believe some V6 models also came with the dual outlets. As long as you specify, or look for "dual outlet" in the description wherever you shop, you should be fine. I'm taking mine to an exhaust shop.

Well seeing as how Kustmace sassed me.. I'm going to spred the love right back to him...

I look at this and just tilt my head... Duhhh????
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/7/web/559000-559999/559749_154_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/7/web/559000-559999/559749_101_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/7/web/559000-559999/559749_103_full.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/7/web/559000-559999/559749_150_full.jpg

I don't know what the hell it looks like... but nothing like posted above...( sorry man had to do it)

Darn, I'm getting red X's here.

Darn, I'm getting red X's here.

Red X's? You mean where there should be an Avatar or Photo?

I see red X's where CRJ tried to post photos. I even tried going directly to the URL of the pics and that didn't work either.

Cardomain is acting weird these days... I can see them fine right now.

Yep, its working now.

Nice cars. :smokin: I'm into the classics too, mine are Mopars though. Anyway, here's what the Camaro muffler would look like.
http://tinypic.com/ux53l

http://tinypic.com/ux550
Preferably choose one for a V8, but I believe some V6 models also came with the dual outlets. As long as you specify, or look for "dual outlet" in the description wherever you shop, you should be fine. I'm taking mine to an exhaust shop.

that is nice! where did you get all that from? did you have to replace all the pipes?

Its not my car, I found it somewhere on the net. You wouldn't have to replace all the piping, but it would be good if you did if you want increased performance. 2 1/4" if you're not boosting, 2 1/2" or larger if you're boosting. But it would be pretty easy to hook this muffler in to the stock piping, with minor mods. I take all my exhaust work to a shop and it would be easy for them.

Its not my car, I found it somewhere on the net. You wouldn't have to replace all the piping, but it would be good if you did if you want increased performance. 2 1/4" if you're not boosting, 2 1/2" or larger if you're boosting. But it would be pretty easy to hook this muffler in to the stock piping, with minor mods. I take all my exhaust work to a shop and it would be easy for them.


I will be taking mine to a shop as well, but I'll also take those pictures with me, and say "make it so".... :biggrin:

Jim.

Hehe, I was thinking the same thing as you. I have a pretty good exhaust guy here that does my Mopars, and I was just gonna take that under-car pic and say "Here, do this to my Cavalier." Of course, mine has the factory LS Sport bodykit with only one exhaust cut-out, so I'm going to have to cut one on the passenger side, but I'm not sure how yet. I don't want it to look ghetto.

Hehe, I was thinking the same thing as you. I have a pretty good exhaust guy here that does my Mopars, and I was just gonna take that under-car pic and say "Here, do this to my Cavalier." Of course, mine has the factory LS Sport bodykit with only one exhaust cut-out, so I'm going to have to cut one on the passenger side, but I'm not sure how yet. I don't want it to look ghetto.


Mine does not have the extra body peices underneath, so I could very well have an easy fix so to speak.

Jim.