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Hi everyone. My name is Andy. This past Friday, I drove down to Fort Wayne, Indiana and handed over the keys of this:
2000 Cavalier Z-24
For this:
1999 Camaro V6 M5
Needless to say, I'm very happy with the trade at this point. The exterior of the Camaro is in unreal condition given the car is 11 years old. It is a BLAST to drive around a rear wheel drive car! I love how the back end squats down when you hammer the throttle, the car shoots forward and it puts you back in your seat. That is something my Cavalier was never able to do.
Mechanically, the car is in need of a couple of things. The first being that I noticed there's a wobble on the passenger side that's pretty rough at 60mph. If I dig into a corner while at this speed, it get's a little rougher, so I'm assuming it's a wheel bearing or something similar in the rotating assembly that's going out. I will have to look further into that. Second, the trans mount is shot since the stick moves around like it's alive.
Given the fact that the car's exterior is in such fantastic shape, I'm looking to preserve this car for many years to come. With that, I've been seriously considering coating the entire underside of the car with POR-15 including inner rear quarter panels, underbody suspension components, etc. Adding that extra 20lbs or so of paint of the car is totally worth it to me if I can prevent the majority of it from rusting.
As far as my past goes, I'm a former member of www.j-bom.com, Michigan's largest J-Body club who I've been with ever since the beginning. I put a lot of time and effort into my 2000 Cavalier Z-24 which has been supercharged, then remote turbocharged (yes, I said remote), and then supercharged again. Details and a buttload of pictures of the remote turbocharger system can be found at http://www.j-bom.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3871 which was an absolute blast to build. Dyno results via Monkeywrench Racing's chassis dyno were 269 ft/lb tq @ 4700rpm and 279.9hp @ 5400rpm on a stock engine
. I did the system as a proof of concept to show that a remote turbo system would yield some decent results. This turned out to be FANTASTIC for my FWD car because spool was not crazy in first gear (only about 3-5psi if I remember correctly). This allowed me to hook up properly before boost slammed me back in my seat at the start of 2nd gear. No RMT system will provide the same power output or as fast hitting of a powerband as a traditional system will allow, but drivability was definitely a plus with this setup.
Pictures:
T3/T04E 57 trim .50 A/R .48 Turbine A/R
Jonnyracecar.com intercooler with homemade quick release mounting brackets (dipped in rubber for corrosion resistance and rattle dampening):
Oiling system and some exhaust piping:
My 20ft of intake pipe, lol:
Dyno Graph (ignore that it says flywheel torque, it has been verified to be wheell torque):
The weird falloff at the end of the graph is because Matt at @MWR cut off a little early due to the fact that the engine was making some funky noises. I came to find out later was because oil was getting sucked into the intake thanks to a crappy Shurflo pump I picked out for the oil return system. After that, I did a little research and found the supplier of brass gear pumps for the systems that STS makes. Installing this made a huge world of difference when it came to top end power since oil wasn't throwing off the a/f mixture anymore. However, I sold the system before I could get back to the dyno to see the true numbers the car was making.
After getting the car in good mechanical shape, I've promised myself that I won't do anything crazy to it until I buy a house which should be sometime around April of this upcoming year. After that, all bets are off
.
Chances are, I will not be doing a small block swap. Instead, I'd like to push the L36 (or an L32 block) to a decent limit by means of boost. As the above shows, I'm definitely not a stranger to forced induction. The numbers I'm seeing people push with this tiny little V6 are uber exciting to me and I'm definitely looking forward to diving into this long-term project.
So that's my introduction! I'm glad to see there's a huge website devoted to our state and I will definitely be an active poster on here. I'm glad to be apart of the f-body community as a whole!
2000 Cavalier Z-24
For this:
1999 Camaro V6 M5
Needless to say, I'm very happy with the trade at this point. The exterior of the Camaro is in unreal condition given the car is 11 years old. It is a BLAST to drive around a rear wheel drive car! I love how the back end squats down when you hammer the throttle, the car shoots forward and it puts you back in your seat. That is something my Cavalier was never able to do.
Mechanically, the car is in need of a couple of things. The first being that I noticed there's a wobble on the passenger side that's pretty rough at 60mph. If I dig into a corner while at this speed, it get's a little rougher, so I'm assuming it's a wheel bearing or something similar in the rotating assembly that's going out. I will have to look further into that. Second, the trans mount is shot since the stick moves around like it's alive.
Given the fact that the car's exterior is in such fantastic shape, I'm looking to preserve this car for many years to come. With that, I've been seriously considering coating the entire underside of the car with POR-15 including inner rear quarter panels, underbody suspension components, etc. Adding that extra 20lbs or so of paint of the car is totally worth it to me if I can prevent the majority of it from rusting.
As far as my past goes, I'm a former member of www.j-bom.com, Michigan's largest J-Body club who I've been with ever since the beginning. I put a lot of time and effort into my 2000 Cavalier Z-24 which has been supercharged, then remote turbocharged (yes, I said remote), and then supercharged again. Details and a buttload of pictures of the remote turbocharger system can be found at http://www.j-bom.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3871 which was an absolute blast to build. Dyno results via Monkeywrench Racing's chassis dyno were 269 ft/lb tq @ 4700rpm and 279.9hp @ 5400rpm on a stock engine
. I did the system as a proof of concept to show that a remote turbo system would yield some decent results. This turned out to be FANTASTIC for my FWD car because spool was not crazy in first gear (only about 3-5psi if I remember correctly). This allowed me to hook up properly before boost slammed me back in my seat at the start of 2nd gear. No RMT system will provide the same power output or as fast hitting of a powerband as a traditional system will allow, but drivability was definitely a plus with this setup.Pictures:
T3/T04E 57 trim .50 A/R .48 Turbine A/R
Jonnyracecar.com intercooler with homemade quick release mounting brackets (dipped in rubber for corrosion resistance and rattle dampening):
Oiling system and some exhaust piping:
My 20ft of intake pipe, lol:
Dyno Graph (ignore that it says flywheel torque, it has been verified to be wheell torque):
The weird falloff at the end of the graph is because Matt at @MWR cut off a little early due to the fact that the engine was making some funky noises. I came to find out later was because oil was getting sucked into the intake thanks to a crappy Shurflo pump I picked out for the oil return system. After that, I did a little research and found the supplier of brass gear pumps for the systems that STS makes. Installing this made a huge world of difference when it came to top end power since oil wasn't throwing off the a/f mixture anymore. However, I sold the system before I could get back to the dyno to see the true numbers the car was making.
After getting the car in good mechanical shape, I've promised myself that I won't do anything crazy to it until I buy a house which should be sometime around April of this upcoming year. After that, all bets are off
.Chances are, I will not be doing a small block swap. Instead, I'd like to push the L36 (or an L32 block) to a decent limit by means of boost. As the above shows, I'm definitely not a stranger to forced induction. The numbers I'm seeing people push with this tiny little V6 are uber exciting to me and I'm definitely looking forward to diving into this long-term project.
So that's my introduction! I'm glad to see there's a huge website devoted to our state and I will definitely be an active poster on here. I'm glad to be apart of the f-body community as a whole!
Be social and hope to hear more about the progress you've made on your car. 
357ci LT1, cammed, stalled, and driven. 
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