I Might As Well Introduce Myself and My Car
 

My name is phil and I am 23, as well as a recent graduate of college, moving into a new place this weekend..

car is a 2002 chevrolet cavalier with the ecotec motor and a custom turbo kit, not home made but I and my roomate have done a lot of work to the car including swapping manifold gasket, turbo to manifold gasket, and changing the charge pipes around and a lot of little things that have helped me learn a decent amount.

right now the car runs about 10 psi and backs off to 8.7 (wg spring, small blue) because of a blown turbo to manifold gasket. Main problem is the bolts holding my turbo on keep backing off, tried loc-tite and a few other things. (any suggestions) after the pics I will post a current mod list. I plan on painting the car all black again, building the motor and throwing a Quiafe lsd in the tranny to go along with my current dss stage 2 axles. well onto the pics

(disclaimer: one of the welds on my charge pipes was cracked and I put the duct tape on there to test to see if it was leaking boost and indeed it is, once we get setting into our new place I will be cutting the charge pipe and putting in a coupler and t-bolt clamps.)

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This is the new 3 inch exhaust

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Bored 1 day and decided to drop 3 gears standing still.. I think it turned out nice ;D

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and here is a small video

(note: the end mods arent upto date, I HAD the 3 inch side exit on, now it's off and the full catback is on, safc II I sold for MegaSquirt, I am getting a different fuel pump not the walbro, I think thats it)

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* Car Customs Upper Motor Mount
* Car Customs Lower Motor Mount
* Spec Aluminum Flywheel
* Spec Stage III Clutch
* Rk Sport underdrive Pulley
* Ac Eliminated
* Cruise Control Elminated
* RSM 62mm TB
* Cartech BEGI FMU
* Aeromotive AFPR
* Custom 2002 Fuel Rail
* Saab 370cc Injectors
* CNFX Turbo Manifold
* CNFX 2.5 Inch SS Downpipe
* CNFX Charge Pipes
* Turbonetics T3/T4 Turbo
* .48 a/r 50 trim (exhaust)
* 5o trim stage 3 wheel on intake side
* Big shaft upgrade
* Tial 38mm Wastegate
* MSD 62112 Box
* MSD Coils
* MSD Coilpacks
* MSD 8.5mm Super Conductor Wires
* Custom Tubes Inc 3 Inch Catback mandrel bent
* 2.5 Inch Cat Delete Pipe
* 02 Simulator
* HBC In car Boost Controller
* Turbonetics T-bolt Cuppler Clamps
* Johnny Race Car 6 Inch Intercooler
* Greddy Type S Blow Off Valve
* Optima Yellow Top Battery (trunk


Well I am sure some will flame, go ahead.. it's a work in progress just like anything else...

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Cool setup :y

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We need better videos.

Any idea what the car is running time wise/power output?

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Nice ---- man, I like it

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power output is 233 whp and 247 tq

time wise I am sure it is capable of very very low 13's if not high 12's

(assuming that I base my guesses of what cavaliers of simliar power are running, am I in NO way say that I will run that)

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not one for cavaliers but clean setup

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suprising you said clean lol... msot people say it is really messy... this new place has a garage so we will be able to take the whole thing apart and re do everything really nicely, since I can walk to work...

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Ahh to make more torque than horsepower...

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Pretty clean, be sure to keep the videos coming too

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not a bad set-up although i think i would loose that duct-tape coupler.

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I also see you got almost 40 posts in less than 24hours. your doin great!
your taillights are gay to.

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like I said once we get moved into our new place and settled in it will be fixed. the tailights are there because my stock ones were stolen along with my cf trunk.. I like these better since they are black and not fake cf...

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side exit exhaust is the shizznit!! lol you wouldnt be as bad if you didnt respond to every single post made... sometimes just let ---- go

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he said that the tape was used to try and trace a boost leak, i think i still might have a piece of tape on mine from a leak....can't remember i haven't popped my hood in a few months :-[.

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word. chill out dude.

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haha that car will not go 12s with 233 whp. not with those long ass gears, notchy shifting trannies and overweight everything.

i feel your pain, we built petes cavy. now he wants a honda, he realized his mistake.

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Cool setup it looks good.Turbo Ecotecs are great.

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good times.

nice setup.

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i give you credit for taking all that ---- and then coming back with a pretty decent thread.....welcome....buy a honda heh

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the cleanest cavalair setup I've seen, is this a shelf kit? or homemade kit?

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home made kit. but installed at a shop.

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sorry i just really dis like those cars ;) :3

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me too, but you got to appreciate a good job when you see one.
I also hate ford focus, but I have a friend that own the focus RS it comes turbo in Germany, and that ---- nice.
I love all boosted cars

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Very nice setup. I like the fact its not a Honda. Lower on the theft scale.

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Hey ---- happens man, I know that being a newb you gotta "run the gauntlet" or get hazed so they know you can take it...

I could have a turbo honda.. I'd like one, but it'd get stolen in 2 second around here... you'd lock the car turnaround and it'd be gone.. no on screws with a turbo cavalier LOL....

yes it is capable...

the getrag has short gears compared to the isuzu trans, the isuzu trans is junk compared to the getrag, whioch is why you don't think so because the isuzu is notchy and hard and has longer gears, and 2700 lbs isn't overweight...

Jeff Filkins runs a 12.58 at 14 psi
Suncavi, Jasmin (bosnian reason for girl like name lol) runs a 12.4 on 13 psi (slicks and quiafe)
Ryne owner of team Vision motorsports runs a 12.5 on drag radials at 15 psi
Speedracerz Brian ran a 12.7 on 11 psi
DJ (I dont know his real name) ran a 12.7 on 13 psi
Josh solomon - 13.2 @ 114 at 15 psi (severe traction issues)

dj and Jeff were on street tires as well... DJ had severe traction problems

the list goes on... and on.... and on... thats all I can remember off the top of my head....

I know if I hook up and dont have any traction issues and run a great run it could nail a 12.9....

actually all getrag trannies too...

granted thats not a lot, but our cars arent as easy as a honda to get into the 12's, not flamming just stating the obvious ;D

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Getrags are sex and there are lots of 3G J's in the 12 second bracket.. a few are in the 11s as well.
Actually just a nice nitrous set-up on a 2.4 5spd with no weight reduction can get you in low 13s.
15 years ago I'm sure nobody though a 1990 CRX could hit 12s but look what they are accomplishing now in those light little shells. Think a little more open-minded.
There is not a HUGE aftermarket to support any of the J-motors.The ecotec is getting really popular to modify because of the GM racing team (in reality any motor with that much funding can push a 1500lb FWD drag car into low 7s) but it is still not nearly what is available to the more popular Honda motors. Give it a little more time and you will start to see a lot more eco-powered cavaliers and sunfires in the 12s. Right now only people that have no life outside of cars (sorry phil) are getting anywhere.

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two rules that every1 should know.

1. Dont listen to hotrex
2. dont buy things from hotrex.

it's unique i like it.

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:l

Looks good/sounds good dude. Keep up the good work ;)

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thanks and will do....

we gotta rip everything off again to fix the current leak in the exhaust manifold/turbo gasket

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no doubt i def. respect it and the work put into it just doesnt tickle my pickle if you know what i mean

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fine with me.. can't please everyone, ya know? ;)