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Raced a 1995 Chevrolet Cavalier Z22... And a Dodge Neon!
Okay, I have a 1989 Pontiac Firebird, 2.8L V6, automatic transmission, all stock and original with 114 800 miles... I stop at a light and a blue 1995 Chevrolet Cavalier Z22 come next to me. He trow a couple of revs at me so I reply back. When the light goes green, I doesn't spin at all and he was spinning like crazy. It was a pretty close race, we raced until about 90mph, the farther he wen't was to the nose of my bird... But I still lost. What a shame... His car was stock with a manual tranny. Just right after that, we raced against a Dodge Neon with an automatic transmission. Me Vs Cavalier Vs Neon, it was an awesome race, the Cavalier won, but I won over the Neon too, so two GM winning against a Dodge isn't bad at all, he didn't wanted to race again after at the next light... The people in the Neon were all young people of about 16-17 years old... They were saying too me "woa, what is this car, it looks powerfull"... Man, I think I will go jump off a cliff, the young these days doesn't even recognise our mighty Firebird emblem... Well, I'm only 21 but they seems from another generation.
Nope, a normal Z22, 2 doors... The guy say it's not the original motor but it's a 96 2.2L Pontiac Sunfire motor, should be the same as the original one he had...
I had a 1995 cavy and what you raced was a 2.2 multi port TBI car. There was never a Z22 but was a Z24. A Z24 would have worked you over pretty good but the base cavys would be right up your alley like you mentioned. Good race.
I myself owned a Cavalier that had the Z22 badges... I think it's really a dealer thing... If only I had a scanner, I could show you a photo of the car I had. I only have a cheap *** digital camera, taking a pic of the pic doesn't look good at all. Well, anyway, the subject of this tread is not the Z22
Okay, tried to take a pic with my 20$ digital cam of the photo I had of of my supposed Z22... On the right side, their is a Z22 sticker. It was a 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier "Z22-R" like the dealer and the TV commercial liked to call it here. It was a base Cavalier with some of the look of the Z24. Pretty weird. Sorry for my bad english, I speak french normally
Oh yeah you do live in canada, so maybe there was a z22 there, here in town in the early 90's there was a cavalier called teh V22, and it was a dealer add-on, so maybe that is what the deal is with this cavalier.
There is a Z22 in Canada on the 95-97 Cavaliers (not sure about the years). It consisted of Z22 embroidered seats, side skirts with Z22 moulded in and that's about it. Otherwise it's the same as a base Cavalier. The RPO Z22 could possibly be an appearance package.
Originally posted by iroc22 There is a Z22 in Canada on the 95-97 Cavaliers (not sure about the years). It consisted of Z22 embroidered seats, side skirts with Z22 moulded in and that's about it. Otherwise it's the same as a base Cavalier. The RPO Z22 could possibly be an appearance package.
You learn something new every day. Aren't some of the new Ecotecs reffered to as Z22's? Or did I missread some stuff in the mags.
I haven't posted to confuse you all, I was just posting about a great street race... But, like I said, I myself owned a 2002 "Z22-R", the pic is not that good, but you can see it I think. The car is a base Cavalier with ground effects and stuff like that.
I guess you guys never heard of our Canadian Pontiac 'vette in the 70's & 80s. The mighty Acadian! We get all the cool cars up here lol. The z22 (that's zed22 to us btw ) was a 2 door base model cavy since about '92
It had the regular 2.2L, I'm pretty sure it's the same car as in the USA but they called it a Z22-R here in 2002. Thanks for the infos, will probably clear up the confusion. Maybe the topic will go toward the race now and not the cars Thansk to you
Originally posted by ShiftyCapone You learn something new every day. Aren't some of the new Ecotecs reffered to as Z22's? Or did I missread some stuff in the mags.
Im not sure. I thought the Z22 package was actually discontinued.
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Originally posted by kairles did your cavy's never get the quad fours(2.4l dohc)
Originally posted by iroc22 Im not sure. I thought the Z22 package was actually discontinued.
Well I have picked up on a few other posts that it was a canadian thing built of a base model. Gm does some wierd things with make-shift appearance stuff.
Re: Raced a 1995 Chevrolet Cavalier Z22... And a Dodge Neon!
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Originally Posted by 87LG4FORMULA
I guess you guys never heard of our Canadian Pontiac 'vette in the 70's & 80s. The mighty Acadian! We get all the cool cars up here lol. The z22 (that's zed22 to us btw ) was a 2 door base model cavy since about '92
That's Chevette btw, not Corvette lol. And I've definitely seen lotsa Z-22 Cavaliers. Ugly little beasts lol
The people in the Neon were all young people of about 16-17 years old... They were saying too me "woa, what is this car, it looks powerfull"... Man, I think I will go jump off a cliff, the young these days doesn't even recognise our mighty Firebird emblem... Well, I'm only 21 but they seems from another generation. 
