Well me GF originally had a 1995 Cavy Coupe 2.2 stick but she crashed it and it was a throw away,
After that was gone I needed to find her a new car, but she only had about 1500$. I found a guy on a local car site who had one and blew the motor and had it sitting in his grandpas front yard. He posted up he wanted a automatic car for his grandma, I traded him a 1995 Grand Am SE which I had $800 invested in for the cavalier vert. The kid had the motor half apart, AC taken off, starter, alternator, intake mani, IDI cover, wirering harness in a rats nest, no hood. The car was a mess but I knew had potential, and another thing, the kid threw all the nuts and bolts into either the trunk or into a can which was left outside to be rained on and rust into a ball.
This is what it started out as
So I got it out of the mud, pieced together which bolts go where, figuring out where the harness connects to, repairing the broken wires and started rebuilding. I found a motor with 71K on it, $475 out of an Achieva to transplant in. I got the car to the shop and had the motor out in one night after work, I pulled the engine and trans together because being a 5 speed it was just easier. Before I got the car the kid had a centerforce dual friction clutch and pacesetter header so I swapped the clutch.pressureplate onto the new engine and tranny and reassembled everything. Here are a couple of pics along the way.

Me realizing I still had a tranny mount connected, haha.
After the swap my GF cleaned the hell out of the car and somehow got it to look like this. Only mods on it are, Cone filter, Centerforce Dual friction clutch, clear corners, pacesetter header. I did this about a year ago but just yesterday got the pics off the camera and uploaded them. In total my GF has about $1,475 total in this car between motor, and cost of car, and miscelanious things. Not to bad especially for a convertible 5 speed with 71K.
Thanks for looking
Chris


http://members.cardomain.com/vertz24 1998 Z24 Convertible
haha, my g/f owns a cavy as well, apperently chicks dig cavaliers and sunfires