well i got a 69 cavalier with te basic intake exhaist and what not but i think i blew the thing up a while ago and i think i am ready to start working on it again i was wondering what i can do to the engine if i rebuild it and where i can find parts. i want some more power maybe a little boost. or i have a supercharged 3.8 engine in the garage and ive heard of people putting them in cavaliers before just wondering what that would really consist of any info or links would be appreciated as i am a 5 ton deisel mechanic not a car mechanic. thank you.

ryansomething wrote:well i got a 69 cavalier with te basic intake exhaist and what not but i think i blew the thing up a while ago and i think i am ready to start working on it again i was wondering what i can do to the engine if i rebuild it and where i can find parts. i want some more power maybe a little boost. or i have a supercharged 3.8 engine in the garage and ive heard of people putting them in cavaliers before just wondering what that would really consist of any info or links would be appreciated as i am a 5 ton deisel mechanic not a car mechanic. thank you.

I hope you meant 96 cavalier because the first cavalier was producted in 1982; otherwise, you do not have a cavalier.

As for parts... goto you local Autozone... Advanced auto, http://www.autozone.com/autozone/catalog/parts/partsLanding.jsp?landingPage=Parts&itemId=cat30105 ... just click and add your car... if you want performance parts... looking in the sticky at the top of the forum

as for the swap... http://www.google.com/custom?domains=j-body.org&q=3.8+swap&sitesearch=j-body.org&client=pub-5366920548012779&forid=1&channel=3840685076&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&cof=GALT%3A%23008000 %3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23336699%3BVLC%3A663399%3BAH%3Aleft%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BLBGC%3A8080B0%3BALC%3A0000FF%3BLC%3A0000FF%3BT%3A000000%3BGFNT%3A0000FF%3BGIMP%3A0000FF%3BLH%3A50%3BLW%3A385%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2F www.j-body.org%2Fimages%2Fnew_jbo_logo_small.jpg%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.j-body.org%2F%3BFORID%3A1%3B&hl=en This is what I came up with in the handy search feature...

If you have time, money, and patience....... by all means swap! otherwise, rebuild it for boost