whast some of the first things i should do

i might be gettin a 97 cavalier sedan with the 2.2l in it.andi was woindering what are the first things i should do performance wise.


later

If your on a budget:

Intake
Exhaust
Motor Mounts
Weight Reduction

y do we continue to respond to these posts? it keeps comming up OVER AND OVER...this is the only question that really gets on my nerves. if people would read the rules or just search everything would b kool...i searched and found 4 pages of posts

y do we continue to respond to these posts? it keeps comming up OVER AND OVER...this is the only question that really gets on my nerves. if people would read the rules or just search everything would b kool...i searched and found 4 pages of posts

Why do you continue to come into a post and bitch about the same thing OVER AND OVER

If your on a budget:

Intake
Exhaust
Motor Mounts
Weight Reduction

Budget?... Wtf is that, i threw that out the window long time ago when the bitch cheated on me. Been single ever since and my car shows it.. ha ha. Pimpin is more fun anyhow. Or the notorious 1 night stands while bein crunk:grinyes:

Ignore CRJ's love life. :p I'd suggest first off to look and make sure this car doesn't have any defects or problems that'll come back later to haunt you.
I'm sure you already know to do that. Now, performance wise it greatly depends on how much money you really are willing to spend, like Kustm said.

My suggestion would be to start working with name brand parts for the small things, like a high quality spark plug, air filters, fuel injectors, etc.

Also, these small things will play into many future performance mods. For example, my car is an '02 and the supercharger kit for it is mainly designed for the '03 - '05 versions. But, it does fit on '02 Cav's and Sunfire's equipped with Delphi Fuel Injectors. See my point? Hope this is helpful.

~Crazzzyj

You can go with a different air filter with the intake, injectors are pretty much worthless on a stock car and expensive and the spark plugs stick with stock unless you got more mods

drive down hill while excellerating. . .jk

i highly recommend you dont do anything to that car. The 2.2L engine is a piece of performance crap. Ive seen time after time, people dump tons of money into bolt on mods for there 2.2L engines just to see them get slower. That engine has been named one of the top 10 worst engines of all times by more than 1 magazine.

Its prone to leaky head gaskets and lack luster performance. The only thing that will make that engine faster is a turbo/supercharger/Nitrous. And thats about it really. Unless your a guiness with engines, dont waste your money.

Instead take the money you were going to spend on mods and put into a savings account. After a year or two take that money and put a nice downpayment on a faster car with an engine that was designed to go fast.

so says u...i have talked to people that tell me the 2200 OHV is alot stronger than alot of ppl give it credit for...if its "prone" to leaky head gaskets, replace it...if its not a good engine to start with, rebuild it (performance cams, piston arms, pistons). An engine is only as good as you make it

I've seen the other side of the 2200 and it's not bad. Dodge neon if I remember righ had the #1 worst motor. And it is a VERY highly modded motor. Hell they even stick them in 1st and 2nd gen dsm's.

I'm gonna have to agree with Jayson, I had a 2.2 and I wasted around $2k-$3k, and it DID get slower, I ended up hating it and just looking at it pissed me off because it FINALLY clicked how much money I wasted.

this poor kid who started this tread is probably pissed we stole it lol
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a6/cavalier2000/Faces/hijacked.gif

Either that or he's regretting buying the 2.2, or if he hasn't, he probly changed his mind :D

whats up,

no i didnt buy it yet.i live in nj and there aint that many goiod cars with nice miles on it.either low miles and fucked up sides and shit or looks nice out side and super hi miles.but i guess if i get it to eaither just leave as is and ride like that and mabe later get a swap done..


but idn

and it dont bother me that u guys keep saying stuff its cool becouse gives me a better idea.of what to do.,the more imput the better

i agree w/ both jayson, and ur last post. cav's were meant to be grocery getters.....thats it. the more i drive my 03 around the more i realize how big a piece of shit it really is.....and its practically new and the best version of cavs w/ exception to the z24. i have had it in the shop 4 times for brake problems and 2 times for other various problems such as loose struts and leaky back windows...... save ur money and stop wasting time putting money into a car that is shitty from the factory and even worse as time rolls on.

ive had the 2200 for about 2 years now, i can say its very dependable, never had any problems, but not worth a shit when it comes to upgrading, thats just the engine, as for the cavalier itself, its a total pile of shit, just my opinion

ive had the 2200 for about 2 years now, i can say its very dependable, never had any problems, but not worth a shit when it comes to upgrading, thats just the engine, as for the cavalier itself, its a total pile of shit, just my opinion

y is ur cavalier a "total pile of shit?" u said you havnt had any engine problems in the last 2 years...?? did the exterior fall apart? door fall off? etc..?

i agree w/ both jayson, and ur last post. cav's were meant to be grocery getters.....thats it. the more i drive my 03 around the more i realize how big a piece of shit it really is.....and its practically new and the best version of cavs w/ exception to the z24. i have had it in the shop 4 times for brake problems and 2 times for other various problems such as loose struts and leaky back windows...... save ur money and stop wasting time putting money into a car that is shitty from the factory and even worse as time rolls on.

and on the flip side i have had 2 cavaliers...each for a year...1 had over 130,000 miles on it and i haver had a problem with it not 1 time....ever....ever....never

the cavalier i have now i have had for about a year and a half and the only problem i have had is the clutch (normally at 70,000 - 80,000 you need to replace it anyway) and i love my cavalier

Budget?... Wtf is that, i threw that out the window long time ago when the bitch cheated on me. Been single ever since and my car shows it.. ha ha. Pimpin is more fun anyhow. Or the notorious 1 night stands while bein crunk:grinyes:

Some of us can keep our girlfriends satisfied enough not to cheat.

Some of us move out of our parent's house.

Man i already moved out and got married, and I think he is older than me

Some of us can keep our girlfriends satisfied enough not to cheat.

Some of us move out of our parent's house.damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!! lol

Some of us can keep our girlfriends satisfied enough not to cheat.

Some of us move out of our parent's house.

that was a little below the belt...lol some of us tie our girlfriends up and never let them leave their cages

:nono: but :owned:

that was a little below the belt...lol some of us tie our girlfriends up and never let them leave their cages

:nono: but :owned:

If it tried that my wife would BEAT MY ASS. lol

wel i guess we know who "wears the pants" lol jk

lol i'm a little guy.
Bad comparasion but you can at least see the arm difference.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a6/cavalier2000/mimi033.jpg

no drooling

y is ur cavalier a "total pile of shit?" u said you havnt had any engine problems in the last 2 years...?? did the exterior fall apart? door fall off? etc..?

well maybe its not a complete pile of shit, ill admit i was in a piss poor mood when i typed that, what i was thinking though every time i drive down a side street, or almost any street for that matter, my car just sounds like a giant pile of loose plastic, it sounds like the body is just ready to fall off, i thoght maybe it was just mine until i rode in 2 different cavaliers of the same style, they made the same sound....

That's how my last 2.2 was. Damn thing creaked, cracked, and rattled over everything sounded like the dash was gonna fall off an everything else for that matter. Made me hate my car.

lol i'm a little guy.
Bad comparasion but you can at least see the arm difference.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a6/cavalier2000/mimi033.jpg

no drooling

*boooooyoyoyoyooong* :iceslolan

Hey, quit checking steve out.

lol she is pretty darn good looking though. 19 and married huh?

Looks like this thread has gotten a bit off topic. :shakehead
First it was a simple question, then a matter of car preference, then a matter of relationship preferences! :lol:

~Crazzzyj

Looks like this thread has gotten a bit off topic. :shakehead
First it was a simple question, then a matter of car preference, then a matter of relationship preferences! :lol:

~Crazzzyjhaha lmao yeah we lost the main topic a longggg time ago. o well. the dude that started this thread has only posted once i think, and that was the first one lol

it's all good at least it is not an arguement lol

it's all good at least it is not an arguement lol:werd: no argument here..

why do i still have this 1989...... :sad:

why do i still have this 1989...... :sad: very good question....:dunno: im just playin, i mean hey if you like your car than thats all that matters.

very good question....:dunno: im just playin, i mean hey if you like your car than thats all that matters.

i.. i do like my car!

:)

i.. i do like my car!

:)hahaha :grinyes: :grinyes: