Almost owned by crapbox Cavalier

[Scottster]

Last night I lined up with a half painted, half primered little red chevy 1995-ish Cavalier. A non Z-24, which I'm assuming had a 2.2 under the hood.
The thing had one of the worst buzzy sounding mufflers on it, but he managed to keep up with me through 2nd gear!
He did get me of the line with me looking at the revs instead of paying attention, and then the SVT didn't get solid traction until high in first gear.

...but still what gives?!!? I thought to myself I would have this guy easy. He def. didn't have a turbo.

I'm confused and my ego wants some of itself back!

[DyComet]

I'm hoping this took place at a drag strip.

[Ray]

I didn't read, anywhere in his post, that it didn't. He mentioned no speeds, and the only gear he mentioned was 1st and 2nd (both "track" gears.)

Why don't we stop being so overly assumptive, and answer if we can HELP him.

AKA: Your post added nothing to his situation, anyone elses situation, or the general demeanor of the thread. The only thing it added to was your post count. Why don't we start over, huh?

[MapOfTaziFoSho]

I could be beat by a minivan if I screwed up a launch...this thread is stupid and proves nothing.

[morbid]

Do standard maintenance including cleaning UIM/LIM. Also sounds like you need better tires if you were slipping that much.

Or... as MapOfTaziFoSho stated, it could have been because you were sleeping at the launch.

[warmonger]

Or the guy could have just done some common sense mods to his car. THe old cavaliers could make some good power with just headwork and the old Quad4 cams. Same family of engines for a while as the Oldsmobile quad4 engine that was producing 180HP out of a 4cyl N/A back in 1988.... when everyone else's 4cyl were making 100-125hp. So never underestimate some creativity, or just general weight reduction with light mods and a good driver.

[morbid]

Heh... I thought of that too, but he said the Cavelier kept with him and didn't go away from him.

I have a friend that has a Cavelier. It's the non-Z24, but it's still pretty fast (for a 2.0 or 2.2 (?)). They also have superchargers (which he's getting soon), but again... if that dood had one, he would have walked away from you.

[Scottster]

hmm

Well thanks for shedding some light guys. Must have been a little bit of both...
a poor launch, and a dirty UIM/LIM (which I have not cleaned since I bought the car in Feb., and I doubt it was done before that) and a sleeper Cavalier.

Oh well ~sigh~

[SVT3Rivieres]

latest ecotec cavalier with some mods can be quite fast

[BrandonSVT99]

latest ecotec cavalier with some mods can be quite fast

Come'on man are you serious with that statement?!?Maybe the supercharged ecotec that the put in the redlineand cobalt ss but the n/a's even with full exhaust and intake aren't fast...maybe a little peppy.