2000SoundFire

My car is too slow, can you help me, also I have really bad gas milage

PLEASE HELP

lancer9225

you drive a sunfire, enough said

2000SoundFire

hehehe this is true, thanx for the constructive critisism

phillet

dont know about sunfire dont want to but its not really a car to put power into that my oppinion.

v8_kllr

change your head gasket cast iron block aluminum head it wears out the head gasket prematurely..look into it...also look into another car, 2.2 are as fast as a lead brick

2TONE_93GT

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check your 02, replace possibley. k&n and tornado


last two were jokes...

Viperoni

The engine doesn't breathe or rev high.... as I recall, the exhaust header and entire exhaust system was pretty small, so that's what I would do first.

4cefed6

Supercharged GM 3800 swap

rabbitman

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Ok, now is this new, or has it always been like that? What you're describing sounds like a bad catalytic convertor.

sky_kid

I guess the only thing that comes to mind is, is it an automatic?

Long_John

Probably just needs a basic tune up...spark plugs and wires, distributor cap and rotor, fuel and air filter.

2TONE_93GT

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Well, if youre referring to slow, the real issue is its a sunfire. That would cover the slow concern..
Bad gas mileage might be from him gassing it to be faster

drifter420

Might help if there's more info... other then its slow and bad on gas mileage.. thats like me making a new post saying "I WON!!" and leaving as that.. What kinda symptoms does it have?

Don't expect those engine to win you races in stock form if thats wat you're asking..

Any SES light? Does it stumble.. hesitate??
Run hotter?<-- which will prove Rabbitsman theory on CAT clogged
smell of gas anywhere? ( leakin fuel line or tank )
the list goes on.. get or borrow a scantool

t-spat

how can the 2.2L ecotec be slow those things fly

Emps

I second that. You can get one at the junkyard for about $600-1200 depending on condition and weater it's an L36(N/a) or an L67(Supercharged). The swap would prably cost you around $1,200-2,500 in labour. But at least you'd have a good sleeper and a reliable daily driver. Hel lyou could even get a Cartuning Turbo and intercooler and mods and have it run 10's... but then again.... I'd just get rid of the sunflower.