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Brad Wheeler

fast97z24

Location: Sioux City, IA.
Joined: Wednesday, January 15, 2003
Last Update: Saturday, February 28, 2015
Last Seen: Saturday, December 21, 2019

Email: BassHead_69@hotmail.com

1997 Chevrolet Cavalier Z24

About This Vehicle:

The car came with ZERO options. No cruise, rear defrost, pw or pl, no remote keyless entry, no cd player or cassette-basically nothing. Bottom of the barrel base, but whats really weird? Its not a base at at all, in fact a true Z-24, it was ordered for a rental car business without any options. it's a pretty unseen car. searches turned up 1 of only 2 exactly like it.................. The car has been sitting for quite a few years now awaiting new life. The plan is to collect every part I need to put it back together the way I want and taking my time doing so........ The main course of action for this car is N/A all the way. I'd like to see 13's with stage one and 12's with stage two. Goal weight with driver is 2400 pounds. I am going to be setting it up for more than just drag racing - I'd like to try my hand at auto cross and road racing with it one day as well. Above all else it needs to remain streetable.

Body Style: Coupe
Color: Black
Engine: 2.4L DOHC
Transmission: Manual
Interior: Graphite with red Z24 speckle
Purchase Date: 12-06-02
Purchased From: Certified Used Cars
Build Date: 9-17-1996

Manufacturer Options

Standard Z24 package (16X6" aluminum wheels - ground effects - 2.4L twin cam engine - etc.) manual trunk release pull cable inside cabin
tilt steering wheel

Quarter Mile Timeslips:
11:11 PM - 24/Apr/03 - Nebraska Motorplex (15.925@85.31)
11:07 PM - 08/May/03 - Nebraska Motorplex (15.824@86.59)
08:36 PM - 24/Oct/03 - Nebraska Motorplex (15.437@88.50)
10:17 PM - 24/Oct/03 - Nebraska Motorplex (15.400@88.54)

MODIFICATIONS

Engine:

Engine bay shaved and filled by me
Stage 1:
"Stockish" :) Rebuilt 1994 HO (LG0)2.3 Quad 4 (GM Reman Motor Originally)
Entire rotating assembly balanced to +/- 1 gram
Crank knife edged and coated with oil shed - ground .25mm under on rods / .50mm under on mains
Clevite 77 P series main bearings (.50mm) (MS1703P)
Clevite 77 P series rod bearings (.25mm) (CB1388P)
GM .020 (.50mm) over-sized pistons (TBC on crowns - moly coated on skirts)
Hastings moly file fit rings
ARP main studs
ARP head studs
086 Head decked .050 with 3 angle valve job-chambers blended and radiused (TBC on valves - combustion chambers and exhaust ports)
Extrude honed intake manifold (fully polished by Stiegemeyer with a bored 62mm TB opening)
SMG bored 60mm 2.3 throttle body (at the butterfly)
95 Z24 2.3 quad 4 throttle cable and throttle cable bracket
Siebenick Racing 304 stainless steel equal length 4-1 long tube header with Burns merge collector - (1 3/4 primaries and 1 7/8 secondaries)-(ceramic coated inside and out)
Custom solid billet aluminum Izuzu/NVG-T550 trans mounts
LZM solid billet aluminum lower engine mount
LZM billet aluminum upper engine mount with solid bushings
Unorthodox aluminum underdriven crank pulley
AEM overdriven alternator pulley (blue)
Griffin aluminum radiator
OBX-R black silicone coolant hoses
Isuzu trans with Geo Storm 4:11 FDR and LN2 3rd and 4th gear sets
Phantom Grip LSD
B&M short throw shifter installed in a welded up and boxed in shifter cage
Aasco aluminum flywheel
Centerforce dual friction clutch (upgraded disc with pucks on both sides)
Stage 2:
2.6L Stroker!
GM OLDS Rocket Parts "Race Prepped" 2.3 Quad 4 block bored .060 over
Diamond .060 over domed forged pistons w/ valve pockets
Total Seal gapless rings
Jet (GM OLDS Rocket Parts) 2.3 Quad 4 titanium connecting rods machined to fit a 2.4 crank
Ray Nissen Machine lightened crankshaft - mains turned down to fit in 2.3 quad 4 block - knife edged and balanced - cryotreated and oil shed coated
ARP main studs
ARP head studs
Jim Feuling 955 ported head
Engle .470 lift - .268 duration cams
Mantapart dual valve springs (cryotreated and oil shed coated)
Mantapart titanium retainers
SIvalves.com stainless steel swirl polished valves (SEV-2025 intake and SEV-2026 exhaust)
SIvalves.com bronze valve guides
2.4 Twin Cam intake camshaft tower bored to fit 35mm lifters (powdercoated 'blasted aluminum')
Sealed Power "light weight" lifters
Mantapart 7.1lb STEEL flywheel
Bully Stage 4 clutch

Suspension/Wheels/Brakes:

Centerline Storm 17X7 forged polished aluminum rims (15lbs each) (for the street)
BF Goodrich G-Force KDW tires (225/45/ZR17)
Tein Super Street adjustable coilover springs with adjustable struts
Tein EDFC (electronic dampening force control)
Addco 1" rear sway bar (old style-gold in color)
Addco 1" front sway bar
Non-ABS master cylinder off a 1989 Olds Calais
N-body aluminum knuckles with custom adapters to retain j-body 5X100 wheel bearings
N-body front brake setup with aluminum calipers
IRotors.com slotted and cross drilled brake rotors
Stop-Tech ceramic brake pads
1999 N-body aluminum control arms (un-modded)
Prothane control arm bushings
TTR subframe "K" brace (red)
DC Sports "DC-1" carbon steel front strut tower brace
Custom strut tower to upper radiator support braces
Removable STOCK upper radiator support brace
O.E.M. aluminum rear strut tower 'K' brace
O.E.M. aluminum inner fender braces
Phil Lyndsay Fabrications aluminum lower radiator support brace (lightweight version) with heim jointed rods connecting to the subframe
Phil Lyndsay Fabrications heim jointed tie rods at N-body length

Interior:

Tenzo R "Version 5" aluminum with black leather steering wheel
Momo steering hub adapter (6 bolt)
Kirkey aluminum front bucket seats
Custom made billet aluminum "T" handle shift knob
00-05 style carpet without rubber backing

Exterior:

VIS oem style full carbon fiber hood
JSP carbon fiber trunk lid
Carbon Creations carbon fiber fenders (cleared with black mixed in so you can only see the carbon up close) shaved Emblems
GTS taillight covers
AVS headlight covers
"Smoke" license plate 'protector-cover'
GM 95-99 Z-24 front license plate delete panel

Audio:

JVC KD-SX950 cd player
Pioneer 6.5" 2-way's
Kenwood 4-way 6X9's

Miscellaneous:

"Z YAAAA" Personalized License Plate :)
StreetGlow Xenon High and Low beam headlights
StreetGlow Xenon Foglights
Custom made-by-me aluminum fog light brackets
5% LLumar tint-quarter windows and rear window
35% LLumar tint-driver and passenger windows
9" deep banner 5% tint on front windshield
deleted entire windshield wiper system
deleted entire air conditioning assembly
deleted entire heating system assembly
deleted air bag system
deleted EGR
deleted ABS
deleted horn
deleted removed rear seat belts and folding section of back seat
removed spare tire and jack
front bumper support and foam crush gaurd cut in half

Future:

This whole car is "future" - most of the parts listed have been purchased - some have not
"High Output 2.6L Twin Cam" custom made idi cover powdercoated gloss black
3" mandrel bent downpipe
3" magnaflow resonator
3" mandrel bent side exit exhaust with 2002 Roush Mustang polished stainless steel side exit tip