Increase the power of your Vauxhall Cavalier
Cavalier tuning tips from the car tuning guide, we take a look at the best power mods for the Cavalier in our latest guide.
Available in standard form with power of upto 206bhp (depending on the year), so this goes to show the tuning potential of the Cavalier. From this you can increase the power from anywhere between 226.6bhp to 350.2bhp but this is far out of the reach of your local part store.
You will need some extensive work on the engine block, gas flowing, porting, 3 angle valve job, fast road cams, a remap, full balance and blueprint and even then you will need to add some pretty serious forced induction upgrades.
Vauxhall mods should include an engine swap to provide a better base to work from. The ’206bhp Cavalier Saloons’ is a real gem in terms of power. There are some star performers in the Cavalier line up. With a few mods you will make yours a road scortcher rather than just a hot hatch.Car Tuning Guide have been impressed with the addition of stainless steel exhaust systems on the Cavaliers , if you want to improve your top end go with an air induction filter. You should also get a better fuel pressure regulator such as those supplied by FSE
The modification that gives the biggest power gain on your car would be a fast road cam. Turn your attention next to the Cavaliers engine head. With a good gas flowed ported engine you will see much better mid and peak range power.
The Cavaliers come in various power levels right up to 206bhp as per the Cavalier Saloon If you apply a few tuning mods to this model of Cavalier you will see power gains from anywhere between 226.6bhp to 350.2bhp. But this sort of power requires some pretty heavy investment and a hell of a lot of engine work. .
The forced induction Cavaliers are around with some impressive Turbo and supercharger conversions being done. These give impressive power gains over standard but require a lot of effort to get working properly. If you have a turbo or supercharger get the intercooler uprated for even more power. The top Cavalier offers a base power level of 206 bhp. When setup for motorports we can expect to see almost mythical power figures approaching 267.8 bhp to 391.4 bhp! High on your list of mods for your Cavalier should be handling improvements. You shouldn’t really lower a car by more than 30-35mm.
Soon the car tuning guide will offer more detailed and in depth tuning guides for the Cavalier so bookmark this site and we hope to see you again.
These sites provide useful further reference on the mods we have recommended:
Car Tuning – TorqueCars cover just about everything on car tuning and car mods.
Car Tuning Guide Good common sense online car tuning guide.
