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Old 03-05-2003, 11:00 AM
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Custom coach - For now I plan on putting a 2000 2.4 Twin Cam in it, pretty much the stock engine. I thought about the 3.8 supercharged..its been done once but its a whole lot of work. I dont really have a lot of money, I'm a college student so thats why I picked this car. The engine will be turbocharged though, running probalby 8psi till I upgrade internals.

redzcstandardhatch - I go to ferris state in big rapids but I'm from an area real close to clarkston. Clarkston its by pontiac and waterford about a half hour north of detroit.
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Old 03-05-2003, 12:01 PM
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get a super charger, gm makes them specifically for your car.. .a 2.4 twin cam
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Old 03-05-2003, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by crx88Si
get a super charger, gm makes them specifically for your car.. .a 2.4 twin cam
Yes and no, the charger only works on 00+ engines because they removed the egr valve from those models. It also only works on standard transmissions because of the flashing of the ecu. I have a 96 and its an auto...although I plan to use a 00+ engine and it could be made to work on my car with an fmu. Its still $2500 for the charger and I could build a turbo system much cheaper than that and produce more power.

The charger is somewhat undersized for our engines and the main reason people us it is because you can keep your factory warranty with it.
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Old 03-05-2003, 06:24 PM
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yo ghetto turbo, i would have gotten the for 250 too.
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Old 03-05-2003, 07:16 PM
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If you are going to turbocharge it then i can see the huge bumper ,im just not a huge fan of kits. But hell dude its your car so do what you want you will never please everyone. But for now i will have to agreee with abaz
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Old 03-06-2003, 10:08 AM
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yeah, i know where ferris state is.......never been there though.....you gonna convert it to a manual? if its all apart now i would recomend it.....ive driven both auto and manual cavaliers and the manual's were about 10,938,049 times more fun.....for a cavalier that is.......hehe. just kidding.....they are fun little cars, there are just way too many riced out ones around my area that talk a lot of ---- and try to fight you when they lose....bastards
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Old 03-06-2003, 10:30 AM
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My feeling is that if you have or plan to have the power to back up the looks, it's fine. I think it looks pretty good, and when you have a big *** intercooler in there, it would look great, and If you like it, who cares.
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Old 03-17-2003, 07:20 PM
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i dunno why but i never was too fond of Z3 fenders... i'll give ya one thing, that bumper's pretty damn aggressive... the hood sorta emphasizes the rest... but where's the skirts/rear bumper/wing? whatever you do, don't get an aluminum wing. I hate aluminum wings soooooooo much.

Man, i think that car's gonna be a MEGA chick-magnet. Girls love Sunfires.
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