Worth Doing?

[szym0n]

Well this is my first car my dad gave it to me and im into fast cars. Is it worth adding Headers, Cat back, Cold Air Intake, Tints, Rims, Body kit on a 4DR '04 Cavalier 2.2L Ecotec?

[jakegday]

yes

[Xx ReasoN xX]

uhhh...gotta be honest i wouldnt if i were you. Why? you just said your into fast cars. I love my cavalier to the death,its my first car too but even i have to be honest about the fact that cavaliers...well their not the best car to invest your money into. Lets just put it that way.

[Cavalierman13]

HELL YES it is

[szym0n]

Originally Posted by Xx ReasoN xX

uhhh...gotta be honest i wouldnt if i were you. Why? you just said your into fast cars. I love my cavalier to the death,its my first car too but even i have to be honest about the fact that cavaliers...well their not the best car to invest your money into. Lets just put it that way.

Yes thats what im thinking too, I don't know tho, Cavi's are not that fast stock.

[jakegday]

yeah but if you're gonna invest moeny into the performance of a cavalier, the ecotec is the best engine to do it with,

[KustmAce]

May want to put some thought into it. While a 04 Cavy is an especially nice first car, it is not exactly fast, and will only be fast with rediculous amounts of money.

Consider this: You can invest 3, 4, 5000 bucks into your cavalier and make it a 14-15 second car. Respectable, but its still a cavalier. On the other hand, a clean 04 Cav could fetch anywhere from $6-10,000 depending on mileage and condition. If you sold it, and saved your money, you could invest in a car with a little more speed potential. Also, that kind of money would make for a nice down payment on something real nice.

Dont get me wrong, I love my cavy to death and wouldnt trade it for anything. But I have have close to 6 grand in it, and its still an 18 second car.

Basically what I am saying is that it takes a true cavalier enthusiast to dump that kind of money into these cars. So you just have ask yourself, is it worth throwing that kind of money into a car that youll regret?

Is it worth adding Headers, Cat back, Cold Air Intake, Tints, Rims, Body kit on a 4DR '04 Cavalier 2.2L Ecotec?

Just right there you have around $3000 worth of stuff, probably more if you include paint and labor. And just for future reference, your car only would only have one header.

Good luck!

[jakegday]

Originally Posted by KustmAce

But I have have close to 6 grand in it, and its still an 18 second car.

dont get me wrong here, i even agree you have one bad ass ride, but if you would have put that 6 grand into performance only (not visual things) you'd be a hell of alot faster then 18 seconds

[KustmAce]

Originally Posted by jakegday

dont get me wrong here, i even agree you have one bad ass ride, but if you would have put that 6 grand into performance only (not visual things) you'd be a hell of alot faster then 18 seconds

Going super fast isnt on the top of everyone's list

but thanks for the compliment!

[CavLCD128]

i agree...especially if its a cavalier...alot of ppl just go visual mods

[PsychoJJ]

Fuck visuals. Only reason I started out that way was to eese my wife into things. Figured it would be less of a pain in my ass to start off with body then start tearing into the engine.

[jakegday]

Originally Posted by PsychoJJ

Fuck visuals.

couldnt have said it better

[szym0n]

Can someone find a turbo for a 2.2L 2004 Automatic turbo? is it even possible, because i dont want to trade it in at all, its my first car and its only got 23K miles on it. Its like new

[KustmAce]

Turboing an Ecotec is not a terribly uncommon thing. But its not cheap.

[szym0n]

Originally Posted by KustmAce

Turboing an Ecotec is not a terribly uncommon thing. But its not cheap.

well can you give me a link please. A 2.2L 04 Ecotec, car is automatic not manual.