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will this idea help me at all?

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Dragonblaze

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well as you people know i now own/drive a 95 achieva coupe..well lets just say this car wasnt designed to perform,least come'n from a SC 3.8 to a 3.1 v6 :(..also the handleing sucks,ik ik its family car.Its not gonna be sports car buut damn if my freakin bravada i had didnt handle better.So after the long bs crap here is the question..

Will putting some 95-99 cavalier Z24 wheels with p205/55/r 16s and some strut bars from a cavalier(after some slight mods) help my cause?? or should i just suck it up that i own a grandpa car?..i have the flame suit on but go easy..just lookin for info here,as i figured lower profile,wider tires/strut bars might equal a slighly less body roll,soft feel in the corners
 


matt5112 said:
dont waste your money on it.
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honestly..i was gonna do the Z24 wheels anyway for looks cuz ik were some are and i hate the stock 14" wheels/hubcaps..so seeing as imma be driven this thing for a while,might as well try at least to make it less like an old man car..the idea that it might handle better just occured to me really and i already own the strut bars so only expendature would be the wheels as i have the tires back home in ny
 


i would just do the rims and that be it. its not like u couldn't sell them later on. the wider tire should help just enough for what it is.
 
well i still gotta go get the tires so this would be a spring thing anyway but thank you matt(boostin98)..thats the kinda input i was lookin for lol
 
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My sister has one of those mouse mobiles. Sad part is my girlfriends Civic has more interior room than the Achieva.

I'd save the money and buy a new pair of shoes to walk to work before I'd ... I guess I'm biased, my little sister can murder and maime any car.
 
The Achieve is the Oldmobile N-Body kin to the Grand Am. I still have my '94 Grand Am (3100 v6, 200K+ miles on it). Not super fast, but it holds it's own. I just put a K&N drop in air filter in it almost the day I bought it and it's been a reliable ride for me (and I drive the crap out of it HARD). I just recently swapped the coils with L67 coils from a 3800 SC car. Gave a little better throttle response, nothing big.

You may wanna check some Grand Am forums and see what they are doing, but I agree with most peeps here, don't waste any money in it. Keep it maintained, it should be a reliable dialy driver. But, I don't think it's worth putting any $$$ into when comparing to a 3.8.
 
yeah im not gonna mod the motor at all,thats staying stock as is..i see what you guys are sayin but honestly..just in terms of ascetics i think the wheels will help with the "oldman" look alot of the car,had boostin98(matt) do me up a quick render of what it might look like and i like it alot..so thats gonna be the only real mod.this car usnt gettin the same things id if done to my gtp if it had cooperated :/
 
Aftermarket filter isn't going to void anything...if something breaks they have to prove your aftermarket part caused the problem...and a if a cone filter breaks something...then you've had issues to begin with. I'd get a big one from Autozone...they are like 40 bucks...better MPG's too...and I noticed a difference when I put one on a 3300 Olds. Not much...but it was there.
 
bluegtp91 said:
Aftermarket filter isn't going to void anything...if something breaks they have to prove your aftermarket part caused the problem...and a if a cone filter breaks something...then you've had issues to begin with. I'd get a big one from Autozone...they are like 40 bucks...better MPG's too...and I noticed a difference when I put one on a 3300 Olds. Not much...but it was there.
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hmm you have a valid point there..since when has increased air flow gonna hurt the motor,i may have to hit up the parts store in hanover and pick me up a filter.hell it might even give my stock exhaust a better tone,ik the cai i put on my old Z24 gave its stock exhaust a decent tone,till it rotted off :th_mischievious: then it was fart cannon time :th_biggrin2:
 


bluegtp91 said:
Aftermarket filter isn't going to void anything...if something breaks they have to prove your aftermarket part caused the problem...and a if a cone filter breaks something...then you've had issues to begin with. I'd get a big one from Autozone...they are like 40 bucks...better MPG's too...and I noticed a difference when I put one on a 3300 Olds. Not much...but it was there.
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finally convinced my dad to put one on my moms acura... its so loud when you're in it now :th_mischievious:
 
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