88 Cavalier Turbo Build

rivers09 · 2016-03-25 04:45:26

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Jan 19, 2020 | 12:40 AM

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Jan 19, 2020 | 07:13 AM

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More progress

Jan 19, 2020 | 08:43 AM

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My premie is 29 now. Great kid! Only someone who's been there can appreciate it. Glad your story turned out well!

Now upgrade the brakes on this thing, you're gonna need them! lol

Jan 19, 2020 | 11:38 AM

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Cool deal all around, glad all is coming together-I was born undersized, spent the first month
in the hospital, now 73 so no after effects. Well, some might not agree, lol.
You got some serious parts going in.

Jan 19, 2020 | 11:42 AM

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Looking good!

Jan 19, 2020 | 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Bad Apache

My premie is 29 now. Great kid! Only someone who's been there can appreciate it. Glad your story turned out well!

Now upgrade the brakes on this thing, you're gonna need them! lol

I got wilwood front and rear disc brakes, should be enough wouldn’t hurt to put a chute on it too

Jan 19, 2020 | 06:03 PM

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yes I’ve been working on this a while now and it is finally coming together

Jan 20, 2020 | 09:27 AM

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Did you ad those wastegate tubes on the turbo elbows or buy them that way? Only place I've seen sell them is with them is CX Racing.

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Jan 20, 2020 | 01:15 PM

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I’ve had a lot go on these past few years, sold my house, had a 24 wk old baby that’s about to turn 2 and it has been a journey but man let me tell you how Good God is! He was born 1 lb 1.5 oz 11in long and now he is 20lbs and 32in long walking talking and smart as a whip! No medical issues, no medication, and no oxygen so we are super blessed!! So then we decided to build a house, and when I say build I mean sub contracting everything our selves to save the most money as possible!! Now it’s time for daddy to finish his race car lol so here are some up dated pictures

Amazing story! God is still in the miracle business! Many Blessings!

Jan 20, 2020 | 01:53 PM

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Did you ad those wastegate tubes on the turbo elbows or buy them that way? Only place I've seen sell them is with them is CX Racing.

I got the elbow from CX Racing and welded the wastegate onto it with 1 3/4 SS pipe

Jan 20, 2020 | 01:54 PM

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Amazing story! God is still in the miracle business! Many Blessings!

Yes he is all the Time!!

Jan 20, 2020 | 02:13 PM

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Great to hear about your son!!

Build is coming along nicely as well.

Jan 20, 2020 | 04:00 PM

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I got the elbow from CX Racing and welded the wastegate onto it with 1 3/4 SS pipe

Cool, thanks for the reply! Good luck on the rest of the build, looks good.

Jan 24, 2020 | 10:11 PM

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Exhaust complete!!

Turned out pretty good to say I’m an electrician! But I got some good friends thats pipe welders and pipe fitters to help me along the way!

Jan 25, 2020 | 05:45 PM

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If this thing weighs what my brother's Z24 hatch chassis car weighs, it should be stupid fast!

Jan 26, 2020 | 08:08 AM

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If this thing weighs what my brother's Z24 hatch chassis car weighs, it should be stupid fast!

it weighed 2300 with a SBC, big tire, mild steel cage, now it’s small tire, aluminum third member, moly cage but with the turbos should equal out around the same weight, it ran 5.80 in the 1/8 on motor with the SBC

Jan 26, 2020 | 11:23 AM

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His is 2200lb. Your car should fun!

Jan 27, 2020 | 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by rivers09

I had a 24 wk old baby that’s about to turn 2 and it has been a journey but man let me tell you how Good God is! He was born 1 lb 1.5 oz 11in long and now he is 20lbs and 32in long walking talking and smart as a whip! No medical issues, no medication, and no oxygen so we are super blessed!!

Now it’s time for daddy to finish his race car lol so here are some up dated pictures

Very cool. You are blessed, Gods good!

Looking forward to seeing you get this cavalier together and blowing some minds with it. An 88 cavalier will have people crying after you take em down.

Jan 27, 2020 | 11:55 AM

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Very cool. You are blessed, Gods good!

Looking forward to seeing you get this cavalier together and blowing some minds with it. An 88 cavalier will have people crying after you take em down.

yes I am, very blessed!! And the car should be pretty quick for sure! They ain’t gonna expect it before it’s too late!