ok first off, i have beaten a handful of cavaliers. 5spd z-24s new and old as well as z-34s so i don't know what happened. this guys has a 99 or 00' cavalier 4 cyl. muffler and 5spd THATS IT. i got my **** handed to me on a friggin plate and i don't know why. me and 2 buddies were in myy car so one of my friends rode with him to even it up. he got me from the start each time and walked me to 110 where his gov. kicked in. i was soooooo ****ed. now to my question....

on the way to where we raced i noticed that my car felt funny and it stills feels funny right now. the clutch pedal is realy squishy and easy to push down and so is the gas pedal. any ideas as to what the problem could be? i've had the squishy gas pedal before but after awhile it would go away and get firm again. it makes driving REALLY awkward. help me please!!!

 

Even with a broken manifold you should have walked him.

Check your throttle linkage, it's proly loose.

 

how can i fix that? would that affect my clutch also? i have NO CLUE how i loss but i was so ****ed that i pulled over and knocked over a yield sign

 

hey craig get on AIM, my name is thisbuds4you6699

 

That has to be the worst loss that I've ever heard
I've only raced one ever, it was at the track. It was a Z24 5spd with CAI and exhaust. He ran a 17.1 and even though he got the jump on me, I smoked him.

 

You have 5spd? Ok, there HAS to be an explination for this... I will search for an answer for you, but talkin to me won't do much good cuzz I aint no medicsonic if ya know what I mean I will try to search tho I can do that much for jOO.

 

You need to work on your 1/4 mile

 

No, he ran a 17.1
I ran a 16.000, that was my first time running.

 

my friend that rode with him said he was shifting like a madman and a lot faster than me but STILL. we even went from a roll of 40 and he pulled through EVERY gear. something has to be wrong with my car. it felt really weird. can someone help me with the throttle linkage issue? i just don't get it, i've beat my friends 5.0, gtps, trucks, civics (except a bad@$$ turbo one) eclipses, celicas and i get my **** kicked by a CAVALIER?????? i'm about to shoot myslef.

 

You have 5 gears manual though

 

Are you sure he's stock? Maybe he got a little something extra but didn't tell you.

 

thats what i thought, but i looked under his hood and all he had were plugs and wires. NOT EVEN AN INTAKE. btw, my friend's 95 eclipse GS actually paced me from a roll til 110 today and i always smoke him by like 3 cars so i know something is definately wrong. this ****es me off really bad damnit. damn cavlier POSs arghhhh.

 

Is it time for a tune up ? If I were you, just save the time and take it to Nissan for a free evaluation. Then go home and fix that bird to make it a Maxima again.

 

i just had a tune up like 3k ago, i don't know whats wrong man. did u find me anything about fixing or adjusting the throttle linkage?

 

maybe he has the new ecotec engine

 

Z-34s are Luminas, not Cavaliers. Sporty Cavaliers have always been known as the Z-24.

If the guy was stock there must be something wrong with your car to lose to one of those slow pieces of crap.

 

Are you bone stock w\ mods?

 

i have an intake and fstb. i don't get it, i ALWAYS smoke this ghey little cars. can someone help me with the throttle linkage issue and how to adjust it???

 

Look for the throttle body, it is at he beginning of the intake manifold. Do you small metal cables that are attached to it? Look for the one that DOES NOT go back towards the firewall, with a black ball attached to it. You are looking for the other one. Attahced to a bracket should be two nuts. These should both be tight, along with the cable. If the cable is loose (meaning you could push on it more than about 1/8 inch without the spring moving), then the cable needs to be tightened. Take the nut that sits more towards the passenger side of the vehicle, loosen it just a little, then loosen the other bolt. Pull on the cable until it is tight, then tighten the nuts in the opposite sequence you loosened them. Recheck the car.

 

medic, can u pl;ease get on AIM? my name is thisbuds4you6699

 

you can IM him.. his IM name is MYNAMEISDOUG

 

Yeah, you should check your throttle cable. You should have beat that car easily.

 

ouch that;s gotta hurt. i could beat those in my 95 automatic.

 

you must have raced this guy

http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/ricerroni/roni.html

 

 

Oh man, you lost to a Cavalier? That's horrible! You must really suck at driving...that or your car is a real piece of sh*t....man, I'd be reeeeeaaaal embarrassed if I were you...



Just playin, man...hey, you beat me! Nice meetin you the other night, the party was a good time.

Peace

 

whats that all about?

 

BWAHAHAHAHAHA.....dude seriously needs a life, but man to get a burnout from a POS base model Cavi must be hell!!!! man I feel sorry for whoever rents that thing after he returned it....

 

fahcue: i was just saying wtf about that site u posted cuz it was funny as shlt.

guitaraus: whasssup austin? yeah, didn't i mention something about that cavalier the other night? btw, my buddy and i are gonna head up to hooter's again saturday night in his 01' lightning to race some people. i'll be sure to give ya a ring! sorry that "party" was pretty much a sausage fest

DA-MAX: no f***ing kidding. i know i should have one. man i am soooo pi ssed about this cuz all my friends are giving me shlt too. i will have my revenge.

update: i was driving around today and i noticed that my intake was HELLA loud and my pedal felt even worse. so when i got home i took it off and saw that the seal was broken so i fixed it, replaced it, and now the car feels a little better but still like it's holding back. btw, i could only get to 120 on a straight that i ALWAYS hit at least 135 on; that shows you how much slower my car is.

 

oh, lol

 

Trevor - if y'all are headin up to Hoot's in a truck, I'll bring Justin's S-10 up there so you can see it...it's bad@$$...also, I was reading the post about the throttle body cleaning, I think I'm gonna do that sometime over break, I might give you a call to help, since you're all experienced and sh*t...I'll talk to you later.

Sucks about the Cavalier, though.....lol!

Peace