Thread: will this idea help me at all?

well as you people know i now own/drive a 95 achieva coupe..well lets just say this car wasnt designed to perform,least come'n from a SC 3.8 to a 3.1 v6 ..also the handleing sucks,ik ik its family car.Its not gonna be sports car buut damn if my freakin bravada i had didnt handle better.So after the long bs crap here is the question..

Will putting some 95-99 cavalier Z24 wheels with p205/55/r 16s and some strut bars from a cavalier(after some slight mods) help my cause?? or should i just suck it up that i own a grandpa car?..i have the flame suit on but go easy..just lookin for info here,as i figured lower profile,wider tires/strut bars might equal a slighly less body roll,soft feel in the corners

Originally Posted by matt5112

dont waste your money on it.

honestly..i was gonna do the Z24 wheels anyway for looks cuz ik were some are and i hate the stock 14" wheels/hubcaps..so seeing as imma be driven this thing for a while,might as well try at least to make it less like an old man car..the idea that it might handle better just occured to me really and i already own the strut bars so only expendature would be the wheels as i have the tires back home in ny

Bolt a filter in there in place of the factory airbox...sure can't hurt it.

Originally Posted by bluegtp91

Bolt a filter in there in place of the factory airbox...sure can't hurt it.

yeah...that might void the warrenty i have on the car..so idk bout that one

Originally Posted by matt5112

up to you. I wouldnt do it.

yeah trust me..not the route id like to go,would love another gt or gtp but damn if PA cars arnt goin for high ass $ amounts

i would just do the rims and that be it. its not like u couldn't sell them later on. the wider tire should help just enough for what it is.

well i still gotta go get the tires so this would be a spring thing anyway but thank you matt(boostin98)..thats the kinda input i was lookin for lol

save your money

My sister has one of those mouse mobiles. Sad part is my girlfriends Civic has more interior room than the Achieva.

I'd save the money and buy a new pair of shoes to walk to work before I'd ... I guess I'm biased, my little sister can murder and maime any car.

yeah im not gonna mod the motor at all,thats staying stock as is..i see what you guys are sayin but honestly..just in terms of ascetics i think the wheels will help with the "oldman" look alot of the car,had boostin98(matt) do me up a quick render of what it might look like and i like it alot..so thats gonna be the only real mod.this car usnt gettin the same things id if done to my gtp if it had cooperated :/

Aftermarket filter isn't going to void anything...if something breaks they have to prove your aftermarket part caused the problem...and a if a cone filter breaks something...then you've had issues to begin with. I'd get a big one from Autozone...they are like 40 bucks...better MPG's too...and I noticed a difference when I put one on a 3300 Olds. Not much...but it was there.

Originally Posted by bluegtp91

Aftermarket filter isn't going to void anything...if something breaks they have to prove your aftermarket part caused the problem...and a if a cone filter breaks something...then you've had issues to begin with. I'd get a big one from Autozone...they are like 40 bucks...better MPG's too...and I noticed a difference when I put one on a 3300 Olds. Not much...but it was there.

hmm you have a valid point there..since when has increased air flow gonna hurt the motor,i may have to hit up the parts store in hanover and pick me up a filter.hell it might even give my stock exhaust a better tone,ik the cai i put on my old Z24 gave its stock exhaust a decent tone,till it rotted off then it was fart cannon time