hi i am planning on building a ld9 for my 98 cavalier 4 door and i was wonder if anyone could suggest some good parts. the car will be a daily driver but i will also be running it at the local strip so i want it to be turbo so if anyone has some advice it would be greatly apreciated thnx

FYI - Some people may get at you for not doing any searching as there is all kinds of info on this topic throughout this site. So my advice to you is do a little searching and then ask some more specific questions.

I ordered a lot of my stuff from TTR and got my ARP studs from carcustoms. They would have pretty much everything you would need for a motor build.

Matthew Jollymore wrote:FYI - Some people may get at you for not doing any searching as there is all kinds of info on this topic throughout this site. So my advice to you is do a little searching and then ask some more specific questions.

I ordered a lot of my stuff from TTR and got my ARP studs from carcustoms. They would have pretty much everything you would need for a motor build.

ive already done some parts research but i wanna know ppls opions on what i should get or not get
btw whats TTR i tried googling it but wasnt sure what i was looking for ill post a parts list of what im most likely gonna get when i figure it out

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thnx i figured out after i asked but i couldnt figure out how to edit my post so i just left it but yea ive looked on there also and found parts on there i want

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seach the members database...... you'll find some very well built setups, with pretty much a complete parts list of what we used.




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Its funny when i read peoples post of " i need help with this that or the third" the first thing i say is oh @!#$e there gonna roast"um so do be careful and if you search make sure you searched thoroughly because they no whats on the forum so justs a heads up o and as for turbo goes you might have to make a set up of your own cause they dont make kits for ld9s anymore, but if you find any plz let me know lol gl on the build

Jin Metsuo wrote:Its funny when i read peoples post of " i need help with this that or the third" the first thing i say is oh @!#$e there gonna roast"um so do be careful and if you search make sure you searched thoroughly because they no whats on the forum so justs a heads up o and as for turbo goes you might have to make a set up of your own cause they dont make kits for ld9s anymore, but if you find any plz let me know lol gl on the build

i had been planning on building my own turbo system anyway but if i stuble on something ill post it on here


heres the parts i plan on using so far
drive shaft shop stage 3 automatic transmission
ttr steel head gasket
rk sports crank pully
meeling oil pumpfel pro gasket set
eagle connecting rods
wiseco 9:1cr pistons
jbp high performance valve springs
320cc injectors
and the secret cam swap

thats all i jave figured out so far

here, let me help you....

unless you've got 500+whp i highly doubt you'll need those $700 dollar stage three axles.
JBP is pretty much dead, who knows if they are even in business anymore. just use stock 2.3 HO valve springs.
if you have enough power for stage 3 axles your going to prolly need 1320cc injectors, not 320cc LOL

secret cams are junk. dont even waste your time. do an HO cam swap instead.




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