Cavalier

Buddy from the peoria forum has his cavalier for sale, figured I'd help him out and get it some views


2004 Turbo Chevrolet Cavalier

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[stan5050]

If this were an automatic it would be mine.

 

[Donnie]

Automa...wha?

 

[FrenchLicker]

I told him to join tcg....

 

[stan5050]

Automa...wha?

I know I know but I never learned. The sad thing is I grew up on dirtbikes, atvs, and heavy farm equipment...

 

[sickmint79]

learning stick is easy, esp if you grew up with all that. i couldn't drive stick for the first car i ever actually bought... my bro drove it home for me. drove to dekalb and back a week later.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Then learn on this. Its not hard. Man up!

 

[1quick]

If you can drive a dirt bike or quad you will pick up a manual car in an afternoon same basic thing just your feet do the clutch and gas rather than your hands

 

[boostedguy05]

Looks like a really clean build.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

Then learn on this. Its not hard. Man up!

this, I learned on the way home from buying my first car which was stick. A coworker flies out east to pick up a porsche and learned stick on the way back

 

[Donnie]

I wouldn't trust a 4t40e under the kind of power this setup is capable of producing anyway, not with the wildly excellent selection of manual gearboxes the Ecotec has available to it.

Buy it, as much as I dislike the J-body aesthetics, this is a fucking legit built car. And anyone with an ounce of mechanical aptitude can pick up driving standard in a few tries. It's all about learning to recognize the clutch's friction point and throttle modulation.

 

[Dan00Hawk]

I've known Vince for awhile and have followed his build. This will be a solid car for someone.

 

[Vink70]

Thanks guys, sorry I didnt join up sooner to post it.

Like said, car is legit. Its built with a few things in mind... Best parts I can get my hands on, quality, cleanliness.

Driving stick is not hard. Hell if I knew the turbo kit would clear an auto trans, id put one in for you... But as far as I can tell even though its a custom one off turbo kit... an auto probably wont fit.

I really wish I could see it through but I just dont have the time to dedicate to it anymore. Its been a work in progress for almost 3 years and as sad as I am to see it go, its time. Hurts to say but someone is getting one hell of a deal in parts alone. Forget the rest of the car. You basically buy the head, clutch, turbo kit and the rest is thrown in for free.


I am bringing it to Import Face Off this weekend for the car show to see what that stirs up. Thanks for looking guys. Let me know if anyone has any questions and I will be 100% honest.

Here is the build thread to show the time and quality that went into it...
http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=46&i=463004&t=446292&p=1

 

[Breze84]

Pretty neat.

 

[Vink70]

Few bites. So thank you to whoever is sharing. Other price options are $7800 without the Drag wheels and tires. Or $7500 without drag wheels and tires as well as without the HP Tuner Pro.

Had to edit prices after talking with the wife... Damn women!


Got someone looking at it Thursday, if it checks out, they said they will be buying Saturday... Hard to not get my hopes up.

 

[Yaj Yak]

very cool glws

 

[Primalzer]

Wow, that's the cleanest Cavalier build I've ever seen, looks like an awesome car! GLWS

 

[99PONTIACGP]

Cool looking car. Good luck with the sale.

 

[DOC-Z]

I'm not into Cavie's...but I if I have the $$$, I would buy this in a Heartbeat.

[MENTION=11476]stan5050[/MENTION] , Like what [MENTION=341]sickmint79[/MENTION] said. It's not as hard as one would think. Once you learn how, you'll wonder why you never learned before. It makes driving SOO much more fun.

this, I learned on the way home from buying my first car which was stick. A coworker flies out east to pick up a porsche and learned stick on the way back

I learned while I was a valet in college

The only thing I would change is the color of the wheels and brakes. I would have those redone and paint the centers/spokes bright metallic silver and polish the entire lip, then paint the calipers the same color as the car.

 

[Frank Dukes]

i ignored this thread entirely because it said cavalier. but that is one clean cavy.

 

[RICH17]

Seriously clean build. I've been thinking about a cheep turbo build on my GA but it's not worth it