Where should I stop?

[JStumpalump150]

Originally Posted by jakegday

cavaliers dont come with 390 horsepower supercharged v8s

they dont???

[Dr.Mambo666]

shakewell i dont think you know what the hell you are talking about when u say no matter what u put in a cavy its never going to be all that fast???? GM took a 2.2l ecotec cavy and tuned it till it had 1080 hp adn it did a 7.665 E.T 1/4 mile and just under 180mph. So i dont know where u got that idea from but w/e. U can take ne car u want pretty much a make it go fast so long as they make the parts for it and u have the money to do so.

[shakewell]

I guess you proved me wrong, but

To say that the car you're referring to is a cavalier is just as absurd as calling a NASCAR vehicle a "Monte Carlo" or whatever. At some point it isn't really that car anymore and to compare it to some amateur guy putting aftermarket exhaust and a cold air intake is ridiculous. The amount of money it took to build that monstrosity could buy you a new corvette that runs on premium and you could actually drive it down the street for three years with a manufacturers warranty. And it would whip the sh*t out of most cavs - stock. So go ahead and build your 1080hp cavalier - but you're going to need a good truck and a trailer to pull it to events - and an everyday car as well. I just think it's stupid.

Go ahead a mod a cav - it's fun. Make it faster than stock and brag about it - it's all good. Just be realistic. It will eventually hit a point where other more performance minded cars with similar mods and the same money invested will eat it alive. It's a fact. That's all I'm saying.

[Mitek1981]

Just one more question about it. I dunno whether it is safe to keep the car in neutral while going or going fast? say down the hill?

[shakewell]

Putting the car in Nuetral isn't really bad for it. Putting it back into Drive could be bad for it. If you're cruising pretty fast, the trans will have to jump into gear all of a sudden - and that could be bad, too. It's not like a manual transmission. I wouldn't recommend doing it, but as long as the engine speed is at about idle you can switch back and forth.

[Dr.Mambo666]

im not saying everyone is gunna go out and drop tens of thousands of dollars in a cavy im just saying its possible to make any kind of car out there fast with the right stuff. And besides i think its fun to take a little cavalier and make it go a little faster or even boost it. I dont care if u can take a camaro or mustang or any other better platform out there and make them faster, if i wanted to do that i would of kept my old z28.

[Nowandlater6]

Cavaliers are a whole lot of fun to mod within reason. Key words: Within REASON! Z24's have a whole lot of potential. But 2.2l's aren't even a motor. They are more like a hamster on a wheel. Not enough market, not enough potential. And dude, i used to do the same thing with my first cavalier, a 2.2l, and you'll wreck that tranny so fast if you keep it up. Just a word of advice. You don't wanna try to be a hot-ass and then wait for a tow truck in the middle of an intersection.