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May 9th, 2009, 5:22 PM
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alright, well i have some questions for you folks. im a dodge ram guy and usually am hanging out over in the dodgeforum website. well my wife and i recently got a '04 chevy cavalier with the 2.2L ecotec. i'm pretty big into upgrading my ram, and was curious what is the best upgrades performance wise for the cavalier. i was thinking chips, exhaust, intake(the usual stuff). any suggestions? i appreciated it! thanks!
May 10th, 2009, 2:31 PM
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The bottom line is the fact that the Cavalier is a slug. Intake and Exhaust will help somewhat. You could get the PCM programmed with a chip or programmer.
Its really hard to get a lot of extra power out of that engine without a supercharger.
The bottom line is the fact that the Cavalier is a slug. Intake and Exhaust will help somewhat. You could get the PCM programmed with a chip or programmer.
Its really hard to get a lot of extra power out of that engine without a supercharger.
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Depending on money, there are alot of different things you can do, I would start at the PCM, Exhaust, Intake, injectors, rail, once you have some of the bolt ons taken care of toss a turbo at it, I used to have a older Cavalier with a 2.4 with a Turbo and ran high 12's to mid 13'g depending on the contoller settings Just a thought
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thank you for replying lol. i was just curious what there was to do. what about cams? i see alot of cams for this kind of engine. even if it is something small, i like to tool around with what i have and make it look/sound/perform nice
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I disagree that cavaliers are slugs. I have on 04 cavalier coupe with the 2.2 ecotec and 5 speed the only thing i have done to it is install a weapon-r intake kit which supposedly gains up to 16 hp. but my cavalier is very quick. i would defiantly upgrade the intake exhaust and eventuly turbo it or supercharge it i would also recommend removing the governer. if you figure out how i would apriciat it if you could say how.
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i agree...but i do this kind of thing as a hobby...so pretty much anything around me that has an engine and wheels, i try to make perform better ya know? anyway, what are you talking about a rail? fuel rail? what about a cam? i mean, all the basic stuff is common sense(i.e. intake, exhaust, pcm) but what about the vehicle/engine itself. i'm gonna assume theres not a whole lot to do to it without putting a turbo in it. lol
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