Alright, my girlfriend drives a 98 2 door Cavalier. I was driving it the other day and noticed it has very poor acceleration from a low speed. It was kinda wierd because if I WOT from 0 it would go but not like I would expect. Now I coast at 25 mph, go WOT, it drops a gear (i think) or whatever it does and gets up n goes. Not sure why it does this, seeing as it should have full power from 0. I replaced her air filter with a OEM one cause the damn K&N's are like 30 bux, im not sure if its all worth it ( anyone have any expierience?). Im going to change the oil tomorow, god never seen a car with such a hard to get to oil filter uhhhh! But yea hopefully this will help, if not il be moving on to a fuel filter replacement, spark plug and wire replacement, and one of those damn K&N's lol.
any help is appreciated.
thanks!
its a 2.2, about 90 wheel horsepower in a 2700lb car. Its not going anywhere fast.
1971 camaro 427 --- here!
Stock... and loving every minute of it.
Yea have fun with that oil filter. Im finding a lot of things on the 2.2's that I dont like, each one is being written down and I expect for the desiners from GM to step forward... for the guy who put the acccesorie belt tensioner under and beside a motor mount, he will be strangled with an accesorie belt, for the guy who put the oil filter on the firewall, he will be taken care of the same way I get the filter off.... stabbed with a screw driver.
Girls suck, buy a fast car.
alright, well i drive a V6 3.1 w/ intake and exhaust so I guess Im just used to alot of power hehe. God why would she buy this damn crap of a car eh! handles good though lol alright guys thanks
i think 99% of the people on this site have this issue
no, an oil filter close to the fire wall aint that bad, it took me about 30 min just to find mine on my 04 2.2 ecotec, its a damn plastic cap on top of the engine.
04 Cav 2.2 Ecotec
L33tJbody (Brandon Gathye) wrote:nick b wrote:alright, well i drive a V6 3.1 w/ intake and exhaust so I guess Im just used to alot of power hehe.
Yea... I bet its an auto too.
Girls suck, buy a fast car.
nick b wrote:Alright, my girlfriend drives a 98 2 door Cavalier. I was driving it the other day and noticed it has very poor acceleration from a low speed. It was kinda wierd because if I WOT from 0 it would go but not like I would expect. Now I coast at 25 mph, go WOT, it drops a gear (i think) or whatever it does and gets up n goes. Not sure why it does this, seeing as it should have full power from 0. I replaced her air filter with a OEM one cause the damn K&N's are like 30 bux, im not sure if its all worth it ( anyone have any expierience?). Im going to change the oil tomorow, god never seen a car with such a hard to get to oil filter uhhhh! But yea hopefully this will help, if not il be moving on to a fuel filter replacement, spark plug and wire replacement, and one of those damn K&N's lol.
any help is appreciated.
thanks!
Power wise (or lack there of), seems just like my wife's car. Changing the oil, etc. probably won't make much of a difference, at least not the type of difference or improvement that you're looking for. I'm sure it has more to do with the transmission & gear ratio.
