yes very much so ..... GREAT SUCCESS HIGH FIVE
Boobies
PRND321 Till I DIE
Old Motor: 160whp & 152ft/lbs, 1/4 Mile 15.4 @88.2
M45 + LD9 + 4T40-E, GO GO GO
some updates for you all alot of @!#$ was ordered sat such as inline fuel fliter/canister/ some shut off valves for gas fuel pump regulator drive shaft loop, camlock saftey harness 5 points shocks and some other odds and ends we have a new deadline which is july 19-22 to have this rolling for the super chevy show at maple grove raceway
everythings coming to gether s&w axles and wilwood brakes are orderd. have sheet metal to do the flooring the inner fenders are being worked on this will be a street car it has been decided. pictures will be posted soon of new progress
Pictures of the cavalier can be found here
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2479859
motor is now mounted in the car and interior work has now begun pictures just put up on my cardomain site check it out
Pictures of the cavalier can be found here
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2479859
just had to say awesome so i can get emailed this post
very nice work
Viva Pro-Street!
Go beyond the "bolt-on".
I gotta keep an eye on this. Someone finally started. I was just thinking of this today, and came to search to see if it was done. I think I'm going to do an LT or LS1.
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somebody HAS dont this. there was a thread on it a long time ago. it was a yello cavalier. 2000-2002. chevy v8 and RWD
Working on obtainting an M-Class license... ?? Hint: 2 wheels.
im pretty close to done at this point i sent my rear out to be assembled and im waiting for it to return now but major things to do know is the floor and make a dash. my origional idea was a lt1 but that was quickly changed to a bb n i know it was done we established that about 4 pages ago
Pictures of the cavalier can be found here
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2479859
This is very cool. I was just thinking about this today, and scored my old Cavi for $500, gotta pick it up tonight. I'm looking at LT1's and LS1's right now. You went with an S10 chassis kit? I was looking at Jegster kits, the Cavalier is the older body style, I was thinking about the S10 kit.
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yep thats what i used a s10 front end kit from S&W race cars i dont shop threw jegs so i dont know about there front end kit problems u will run in to is mounting the bitch because to the oilpan and k-member i had to have a custom oil pan made but a lt1 or ls1 is alil smaller then my bigblock
Pictures of the cavalier can be found here
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2479859
this is F-ing SWEET!....any more progress since September?
this is boobs i wanna see more pic's nice work can't wait to see it run make shure to get sum track vids like raven did eating up mustangs.
yea there has been a lil progress since sept sorry guys i havnt been able to get online much work and what not but the motor is now completally mounted roll cage installed with dual seat mounts a custom dash is in progress i have 6 2.625 auto meter gauges and 2 5" gauges all sport comp lik the elenor in gone in 60 seconds its modeled after the new 2009 and the 69 camaros with the 4 gauges on the floor. what is left to do is floor the car and firewall it then do wiring and fire the beast up my rear end is still unfortantally being built i dont know wat this dousche is up to. the firewall for teh fuel cell is done... ill try to make more regular posts
Pictures of the cavalier can be found here
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2479859
hey guys. .first post..
since i got my 97 Cavvy last weekend, i've been looking at it and asking myself how hard it would be to put a V8 in it and have it look somewhat oem.. i came to the conclusion that it can't happen the way i'd like it to, so i won't bother.
but this thread made me think of possibly the most (in)famous J body ever..
Rick Dobbertin's 1986 J2000 that hit all the major car mags over 20 years ago. i had a model kit of that car back in the late 80's.
Ok, I've got to subscribe to this....
I've been toying around with the idea, but in a complete daily driver setup. I've got the 350/700r and a few axles to throw in with all the suspension parts to convert it to dual control arms. Now I'm just looking for a 95-00 convertible body to start hacking on.
The goal is to make it look as if it came from chevy built this way.
phil... you do realize that a convertible J with that much power would just twist apart right? Roll cages aren't just for safety, they are for structural integrity as well.
If you haven't realized that already and you have seen how much work Alex has put into his, the chances of you ever doing it are close to nil... and the chances of a vert surviving it without any sort of cages is none...
Having a convertible doesn't mean that you can't reinforce the chassis. Looking at my 2dr this weekend while fabing up the exhaust, it was remarkably similar to my 82 firebird uni-body. Channeling the body for subframe connectors while expanding out the exhaust hump into a drivetrain tunnel.
If it doesn't work, all that I'll have proved is that I couldn't do it.
If it does work, I'll have the pride in knowing that I accomplished something that most everybody is sure can't be done.
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I have got to comment at this point...
Dobbertin's J2000 was as notorious as it was famous in that the rear suspension was relatively nonexistent! All he had for rear springs as part of the four-link(?) he put in it was valve springs, which made for no real suspension travel. Not to mention how it had a tune to it that only allowed it to fire-up & cruise the fairgrounds. But then, that car was built for all show. Many have built better Pro-Street rides in that they actually ccould be driven on the street, and the highway. In fact, Hot Rod Magazine one year of the Nats had some of the most noteworthy Pro-Street rides (Amongst which was one by Troy Trippienier) go on a cross-country "shakedown" run to see how they faired in real world use. Thankfully they all faired well, except Troy's which needed front fender liners added (Mounted in a motorcycle fender fashion) to deal with the rain.
Go beyond the "bolt-on".
