Another crappy crapalier.

[Tinkles]

I picked this up in the fall of 2007. I was honestly looking at mk4 GTIs and just saw it on the lot at the dealership that i was working at. I have always had a soft spot for cavaliers. It was 100% bone stock and the bottom of the barrel base model(the lightest model). I cant find my uploaded pic of it stock, but im sure you all know what a stock POS 2003 crapalier looks like.

Anyhow, the 1st order of business was to ditch the stock intake, wheels, and trunk/taillights. I install a K&N short ram, cheap set of 16" wheels, front and rear strut tower bars, and had a 02 LS Sport trunk and spoiler painted to match. After that i didnt have a direction to go with the car. That lead me to jumping in a group purchase for a Easystreet airride kit.



The 35mm offset on the cheapie 16"s made it so they wouldnt fit the car without a roll and pull, so off they came.

That winter i came across a very good deal on a supercharger kit off a 2006 Cobalt that was at RD Fabs getting a GT3071R fitted onto it.



But i was still on the stock 1&7/8 exhaust and insanely restrictive manifold all summer. So the next fall i contacted my buddy at RD Fabs and told him that i finally ready to move forward with alittle "secret" project that we had been talking about for over a year.




2" dia. Primaries, 12" long runners, 3" collector, and 100% 304 Stainless steel. We wrapped it because the shop is over 2 hours away from me and i couldnt afford the added downtime. They also hung my custom 304SS 3" exhaust. I had found a power goal.

So it was now bagged and boosted. As soon as my love affair for boost and whine started, the affair with the bags ended. But due to financial issues i was forced to live with the bags for another year. Then something magical happened, i went autocrossing. Shortly after this happened:





Tein SSp's FTW!!!!! I also tossed in a Addco 1" front sway bar and a Progress 22mm rear sway bar.

I got tired of the small Mustang Cobra H/E that i got with the "kit" and decided to upgrade to the ZZP S3 H/E. These pics were taken while i was still on the bags. My Tein stance is alittle higher.



Just to show the trunk swap with Qwibby tinted tails.



That brings me all the way up to this year. I had/still am collecting parts, but i did install a few power mods this spring. I swapped the 3.1" supercharger pulley for a 2.9"(10psi to 13psi), 36# injectors to 63# injectors, restrictive stock 56mm TB to a stock 75mm LS1 TB(matches the inlet on the blower, and had it all tuned via HP Tuners.

Dyno vid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaq1QMAEyZY