what would the best motor be for a 98 cav z24?
 

i know its a cav...... my bud picked it uf for 600 can. but the moter is so underpowered. what would give him the best performance. and relative costs.
possibly a sc or turbo moter if its feesable in a cav.

Grab a 3.1l from an older RS or Z24. Good torque, easy to build up, and almost indestructable. Also pretty good on gas.

montana motor...

gtp :knock_tee

rear end conversion
 

how hard would it be to make it a rwd. front sucks. do they even make a conversion kit fot the cav

There is no kit, but that would be a cool conversion.

no kit that sux ass
 

how hard would it be to get the parts to do the conversion. i got the whole winter and a heated garage to do the work for him. i found a 3.1 on ebay. for 300 us is that a decent price?

If you're going to go to all that work, I would use a turbo Supra drivetrain. IRS, pretty solid and would be sick fast in that Cav. then all you need to do is some how make it look good.

That will take a lot of cutting, welding and time.

Then to make it street legal afterwards, I dont think it will happen in someones garage.

its not happining in a house garage but a workshop. i got friends that let me use thier shop at night. i got a new bodykit 4 400 shipoed its not bad this is going to be a long project for me. if i can il start to post some pics then tell me u dont like a cav. i think itl be the first rwd cav at least i havnt seen 1 yet.

Well start by getting measurements to see if any other cars rear subframes match up, otherwise an entirely custom job will take forever and a lot of cash.

At least by using another cars subframe you only need custom mounts/driveshaft/brake setup.

so prettybmuch im going to be dropping the body on a new frame. i hope it works it would be a buzz to see when im done.

Unibody.....

You can't drop the body on a new frame when the cavalier is a unibody car. Unibody meaning the frame is built into the body. I once saw the RWD conversion done on an alero (a much better candidate then the cheapo cavalier). He used a LT1 engine and tranny from a 4th gen fbod and the rear axle from a s-10. No idea how he managed but it was a ton of work. Do yourself a favor and get a 1994 z24 and drop a 3400 or L69 in it. They look better then the 95 and up anyway.

The 3xxx series do fit into the cavi, the 3400 and 3800 s/c have been done. check out jbody.org and they can give way more details.