by "pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
Published 09/03/2017 at 04:55
by "pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
Published 09/03/2017 at 04:55
Tags: dailyturismo.com
; CL
; Chev
; Chevy
; Chevrolet
; Cavalier
; coupe
; V6
STARS: 1
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"sony1492" (sony1492)
09/03/2017 at 05:29, STARS: 2
I’d drive it. But I wouldn’t want to be seen in it, or ever have to look at it myself
"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
09/03/2017 at 06:16, STARS: 1
Nice color, and it sounds like a great power train. However, everything around it is crap, and I’d have to wear a mask to drive it and take out every mirror so that I couldn’t even see myself in it.
I’m sure the torque steer is also a wrist-breaker, so, like a lot of American cars, this car would only be decent in a straight line. Did I mention that I don’t like FWD? I drive a FWD car daily and I really wish it was RWD. No computers, with their fancy traction controls, are going to make FWD feel natural - sorry.
"TFen" (tfen)
09/03/2017 at 06:29, STARS: 1
Are those the factory drum brakes I see?
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
09/03/2017 at 06:36, STARS: 1
by the look of it, yep.
"Sweet Trav" (thespunbearing)
09/03/2017 at 09:02, STARS: 3
That appears to be a very well done swap. I say NP.
Not that I want a mint green cavalier with a 60 degree V6.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
09/03/2017 at 09:16, STARS: 1
Wait - he mated the 2.2 factory exhaust to the v6 engine, “for reliability”?
Yeah that makes sense.
I’m sure the torque steer is breath taking.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
09/03/2017 at 09:24, STARS: 1
i’m curious to see how good/bad it truly drives
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
09/03/2017 at 09:26, STARS: 0
you know you want it.
8)
"E90M3" (e90m3)
09/03/2017 at 09:31, STARS: 2
I read that part about the exhaust and thought the same thing.
My mom had that engine in her van, it wasn’t very powerful.
"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
09/03/2017 at 09:42, STARS: 2
The interiors of these cars are truly hateful. Why would anyone do this?
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
09/03/2017 at 09:43, STARS: 0
torture chamber quality?
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
09/03/2017 at 09:47, STARS: 1
It could be entertaining as long as you ignore the despair of the J car interior, maybe?
And I almost think that it’s so front heavy, the rear drums aren’t a big deal - maybe.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
09/03/2017 at 09:51, STARS: 0
True. But that car can only handle somuch power before torque steer is just too annoying. I once owned a 165 Hp j car, and torque steer in 1st gear was plentiful.
"E90M3" (e90m3)
09/03/2017 at 09:53, STARS: 1
Maybe it’s enough to induce torque steer then.
"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
09/03/2017 at 10:00, STARS: 1
Yeah, that’s a way to put it... Their interiors seemed to be disintegrating straight from the factory and the seats were even uncomfortable.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
09/03/2017 at 10:27, STARS: 1
Probably. Mine was older (1990), maybe they upgraded the drive train a bit to reduce torque steer after that, but it’s GM, so not sure.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
09/03/2017 at 11:02, STARS: 0
I thought the seats in my sister’s ‘03 were pretty comfortable. The rest of the interior was most certainly hot garbage though.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
09/03/2017 at 11:08, STARS: 2
I am solidly in the I do not hate J-bodies camp, because they’re dirt cheap and reliable. I can’t wrap my head around why anyone would bother with this swap though. The 3.4 is a turd of a V6. The car will still be slow, still will drive and feel like a Cavalier, but now it will be a pain to work on and figure out what parts it needs.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
09/03/2017 at 11:54, STARS: 0
Makes me wonder what it would have taken to get a 3800 in there (SC or otherwise)...
"Logansteno: Bought a VW?" (logansteno)
09/03/2017 at 12:06, STARS: 0
So they took the motor from a Grand Am, which while not the greatest thing GM ever made by a long shot, is far better than the J-body, lost the N-platform’s 4-wheel independent suspension, and probably spent far more than a mint condition Grand Am would cost to have a Cavalier with one of the most lackluster V6s made in the last 20 years?
There was just loads of logic behind this project.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
09/03/2017 at 12:14, STARS: 0
Probably a lot more work. I know the 3.4 and the 3.8 have different bell-housing bolt patterns. Seems to me the best course of action to hop up a Cavalier, would be to build up the 2.2 ecotec. Those are stout little motors. Way better than the crap 2.2 they stuck in the S-10.
"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
09/03/2017 at 14:17, STARS: 1
My brother owned one... The seats I remember had deep grooving and a most peculiar shape. They broke down quickly and ended up with seat covers by around 60k miles because the material was going from the added wear after the foam broke down.
As sad as it is, the seats were the high point of that interior.
On the other hand, it was a J-body, so it was a cockroach in that in spite of everything else being a mess, it still ran.