chevy aveos, the complications.

[Caseyisbrave]

does ANYONE else on here drive an aveo/wave or anything of the sort that could give me some pointers on how to get this car moving, its very obnoxiously slow and ive done all i can this far to make it play the part of performance (without bodykids/overkill) and im really trying to make it move for a pretty reasonable price, anyone heard of anyone boosting these or anything like that?

[SpEcRv9]

I have one in forza with an LS7....do that. you will win in life.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4310285095_e5a4f8fa03_o.jpg

[CleanNeon98]

Starting with a new car is best...

[Spocknasty]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-ErdwKlk0w

[Foolinaround]

Holy heat batman! that is sick spock,but i couldnt imagine the heat of that turbo right there melting all that plastic.

[Willdue]

Starting with a new car is best...

why?


Cam it, head work, solid lifters, Hondata.

[JimH]

Find a new platform or fill it with one. If you're doing anything to the stock motor then you're wasting your time.

[Willdue]

**** i was thinking fit. just minus hondata and make a nice tune

[Da InFaMMuS 1]

**** i was thinking fit. just minus hondata and make a nice tune

lol i was about to say "hondata?"

Its gonna be hard to actually make that lil thing fast. maybe some nitrous or piece together your own turbo kit?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270411729965&crlp=1_263602_263622&ff4=263602_263622&viewitem=&guid=375c47be1270a0e20237f567ff5ae3e1&rvr_id=&ua=WVF%3F&itemid=270411729965

[Da InFaMMuS 1]

or try here: http://aveoclub.proboards.com/index.cgi

[mckchr67]

Hell, go find like a saab 9-3 donor car and do a saab turbo swap into it if you really want to be a one off... LOL

[downsmustang]

Find a cobalt ss motor and swap it in. I know chevy had done it to the aveo for a demo car.

[twastheglow]

Wrong section. lol But that aside, like everyone else has mentioned...you really should be looking into a drivetrain swap. That or sell the car and move to something else...something that wasn't designed with absolutely NO performance in mind.

[itsSTock69]

One of the replys to the vid posted above:

you're right! 2400 lbs is really light and power to weight ratio is all that matters, however, this engine is simply to weak to truly do anything to. Even if you turbo it (like this person did) it has to be and EXTREMELY small turbo with an equally puny psi. Second off, the ****ty daewoo transaxle cant handle horsepower over 200. The front wheel drive will heavily handicap the driver with launches and no matter how much you change the internals, it is STILL a 1.6L piece of ****

Hmm, try not to take this the wrong way, but why did you buy an Aveo in the first place?

[Protege v2.5]

no different then trying to make a VW rabbit fast.

[GmFwd]

no different then trying to make a VW rabbit fast.

Agreed. Why would anyone buy a civic? Same deal just way less aftermarket.

[vdcoff]

Drop a turbo chatged cobalt ss lnf motor in it with an f35 transmission and call it a day

[97TurboDSM]

lolaveo

[cmr076]

Starting with a new car is best...

do a side exit, that will make your aveo honda civic fast!

[Willdue]

no different then trying to make a VW rabbit fast.

ummmm. You obv havent been around the car scene awhile.

[Willdue]

Agreed. Why would anyone buy a civic? Same deal just way less aftermarket.

And you own a ****ing beretta? GTFO

[Protege v2.5]

ummmm. You obv havent been around the car scene awhile.

ummmmm....don't assume my friend. :wink:

Was basically saying go for it, while everyone else is saying find another platform. I remember reading awhile back about a rabbit with a 1.8t making 3-400hp and still getting 40mpg. I'd say thats a good thing, sure there are obvious drawbacks to a light FWD with high HP but Aveo's look half way decent for what they are and even if he swaps in a stock cobalt SS drive-train he'd be sittin pretty. Standout from the crowd.

[jpalamar]

Kill yourself for putting 'how', 'Aveo', and 'fast' into a post here. They aren't fast, they aren't ment to be fast. It is an econo-****box so treat it like that. Even if you do make it fast, in the end of the day you still have an Aveo and it would still be gay at best.

[420sx]

For the money youd spend trying to make your aveo run 14's, you could pick up a fox body or old z28 and run 12's. And still have a solid daily.

[Caseyisbrave]

yeah, to everyone posting on here i know aveo's are aveo's and they're defiantly not made performance, hence they're factory governed at 82hp, but this wasn't a car i bought for performance i got it for 8,100$ BRAND NEW with THREE miles on it, a full warranty, and with the gas millage I'm really not going wrong. I was just simply asking for some tips to maybe get a little bit more out of it, i'm not looking for a 2.3second 0-60, just something a LITTLE more.

[Vr-4-Life]

no different then trying to make a VW rabbit fast.

Are you kidding me? The I5 in the rabbit has much more potential then a 1.6 chevy in a 8k model you better believe everything in that motor is cheap cast aluminum that will break under ANY forced induction.

Agreed. Why would anyone buy a civic? Same deal just way less aftermarket.


Funny... my 1.6 in my civic makes 205hp on a conservative tune, and it weighs 2200 lbs.

[assault187]

2.5 psi electronic stage 2 supercharger (http://www.engineperformancechip.com/performance-chips-c-1/electric-super-charger-2-5-psi-p-16)

How about this? Claims HP gains up to 80 HP and its cheap

Otherwise, you can do very minor things such as a cool air intake...

If you wanna spend some cash, A cobalt SS setup would be cool.

[420sx]

2.5 psi electronic stage 2 supercharger (http://www.engineperformancechip.com/performance-chips-c-1/electric-super-charger-2-5-psi-p-16)

How about this? Claims HP gains up to 80 HP and its cheap



Yeah thats not a bad option if you want to throw $300 in the garbage.

[Protege v2.5]

Are you kidding me? The I5 in the rabbit has much more potential then a 1.6 chevy in a 8k model you better believe everything in that motor is cheap cast aluminum that will break under ANY forced induction.


Please refer to post #22.....lol. And to be specific I was talking about the 1st gen rabbit.



I really don't get what the issue is with everyone? I must not be in the same car community cause everything I've ever known about it consists of taking slow econo grocery getters and making them into respectable performance sport compacts.

All ya need is time, research, patience and motivation.

research so ya know what your doing
time so you can do right
patience to take the time to learn.
motivation to finish it.

I don't include money because its relative to the situation. Lazy people or people who don't have the time or don't want to take the time to do a project like this on there own is what would drive the cost up. Otherwise its relatively inexpensive to do all the work. Not that this will actually happen but its just gets annoying when narrow minded idiots come into threads like this and flame cause someone want to do something different.

So now that I've over analyzed this situation way to much I now bring you back to your regularly programmed schedule.

[assault187]

Yeah thats not a bad option if you want to throw $300 in the garbage.

Dude, that sh** is dope!

Do you have personal experience with the kit?

[420sx]

Do you have personal experience with the kit?

Do I need to have personal experience with it to see it for what it is?

I read an article on it a few yrs back, said it blocks more air than it pushes. Your motor will pull in air under vacuum faster than that little blower can supply it. Plus, 50-70HP with no additional fuel? C'mon.

[Willdue]

1st gen rabbit? You mean as a Mark I? Dude, theyve run 12secs built N/A's.

[Elliott18t]

Are you kidding me? The I5 in the rabbit has much more potential then a 1.6 chevy in a 8k model you better believe everything in that motor is cheap cast aluminum that will break under ANY forced induction.




Funny... my 1.6 in my civic makes 205hp on a conservative tune, and it weighs 2200 lbs.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7492034853182894985#

[assault187]

Do I need to have personal experience with it to see it for what it is?

I read an article on it a few yrs back, said it blocks more air than it pushes. Your motor will pull in air under vacuum faster than that little blower can supply it. Plus, 50-70HP with no additional fuel? C'mon.



It was more a joke then anything...relax bud

[Willdue]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7492034853182894985#docid=57848458 10917105168

[Protege v2.5]

1st gen rabbit? You mean as a Mark I? Dude, theyve run 12secs built N/A's.

lol.....your not getting my point

I'm saying it'd be like modding any car that weighs relatively nothing. It's not going to take a lot of power to get up and go. The rabbit just happened to be the 1st small car that came to mind. I wasn't trying to say the rabbit is bad in any way.

[Protege v2.5]

Ugly but there it is.

http://www.superstreetonline.com/featuredvehicles/sstp_0808_2007_chevy_aveo/index.html

[GPtuner]

does ANYONE else on here drive an aveo/wave or anything of the sort that could give me some pointers on how to get this car moving, its very obnoxiously slow and ive done all i can this far to make it play the part of performance (without bodykids/overkill) and im really trying to make it move for a pretty reasonable price, anyone heard of anyone boosting these or anything like that?

first off you should have thought about the fact that its slow before you bought it they didnt make this car to be anything more than good on gas so unless you wanna trade it in to get something with balls to begin with boosting the stock motor on a aveo is not a good idea


second off save your pennies and swap the cobalt SS supercharged ecotec engine and trans into it, its been done before and doesnt take any hacking or fabricating except for the interior if you have an automatic to swap out for a manual

and if you dont feel like spending that kind of money try going for a N/A 2.2l ecotec out of an older cavalier or sunfire or standard cobalt right out of the gate you'll be far quicker than you would be boosting your stock motor or even putting your typical intake and exhaust on there

and if you dont feel like spending that kind of money to begin with, then its obvious why you got this car, and are just going to have to deal with just how painfully slow it is untill you either get rid of the car, or put enough money away for a swap because the stock motor has no potential

the stone cold truth might not be easy to swallow but at least you know