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That is the important bit! Aiming to have it on the road this year? Home in 2 weeks and its going straight in for exhaust downpipe, ive just got to measure up the new brake lines and its good to go really, 4 wheel alignment and few snags, unfortunately only back for 3 weeks and away again for anoth...

We designed these ones to be stronger than the ones available over in Europe, plus making them here in the UK means no shipping and inport taxyou can purchase them from Lochaber stainless. How much were they, pm if you dont want to post it up. They are sold by Lochaber Stainless and retail for £480...

That is the important bit! Aiming to have it on the road this year? Home in 2 weeks and its going straight in for exhaust downpipe, ive just got to measure up the new brake lines and its good to go really, 4 wheel alignment and few snags, unfortunately only back for 3 weeks and away again for anoth...

Envoy CDX wrote: ↑Sun Mar 06, 2022 10:08 am Nothing worse than having to repair someone elses bodges is there? Least it's done now, and it's looking smart

At least as the years have passed i know i have done it all and know whats needing done without nasty surprises lurking anywhere. Roll on the summer till i get home and finish it!.

vexorg wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 2:01 pm Where do you get these support cages?

We designed these ones to be stronger than the ones available over in Europe, plus making them here in the UK means no shipping and inport taxyou can purchase them from Lochaber stainless.

Some machine and some amount of work going into get it looking like that. Makes me wonder with my 90 or so BHP !! I like the little fibre glass channels you made in the bulkhead corner to stop the water sitting in it, great idea that one. Yeah seen so many good cars eaten up by rust there so though...

ilovedmymantas wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 1:24 am I'm in awe! Fantastic attention to detail.
I like the idea of a skid pan although I don't think it would last long here, speed bumps all over the place

We will see how destroyed mine is after a month

https://i.postimg.cc/fyfmTG71/01071fe2-885c-4247-a8a3-1493be4c884c.jpg How much of a problem is the case? I thought most failed through the gear teeth inside going bald The cases flex during acceleration causing the gears inside to lift and this is when the damage occurs, these cages stop the stand...

amazing seeing so many of these still being saved! top trumps!

For what it takes to fit an oil pressure gauge it’s a good back up to keep another eye on things.

They love to keep us on our toes don’t they, fix one problem and 6 more surface haha

i dont have a clue how to put you tube vids on but heres the link anyway, that was the 499.9!!!! dyno day on the last build, fingers crossed for some more this time.

enjoy

https://youtu.be/8UIL_T3GahI

its running at least, need to get an exhaust on there but wont be long.
https://youtube.com/shorts/h5LDt7xCcds?feature=share

And so its starting to look like a complete bay again, few little tweeks and tidying up to do but its close. https://i.postimg.cc/15dgp0R8/32aaa49e-cb15-4ca0-8045-be7443a2e608.jpg A skid pan will be fitted on this build to not only keep the bay cleaner (after all that polishing) but also to aid in s...

Also the trained eye will prob notice the lower arms have been changed to saab ones, these are cast and a better product than the standard wishbones on the cavalier, these also have abbot racing spherical bearings and polyurethane bushes too https://i.postimg.cc/HxkP11qv/9ade6ccd-dffe-45ff-9be6-5b1b...

Nice clean transfer box with new seals, and locking rings checked with no issues. https://i.postimg.cc/GpQkR8rd/206fd356-1c1f-4f9d-8698-470b3784e5aa.jpg 300NM viscous fitted also with this rebuild, this should help the split the load considerably being that the car ran a healthy 500NM on last build ...

After speaking to a good friend and cavalier owner he informed me of the poor coolant pathway used in the turbo engine as it used the standard GSi radiator which meant the top rad hose is what fed the turbo to cool it, this obviously did not even open until the thermostat had opened, so switched the...

Pushed the rad mounts back by 10mm to give more clearance for the turbo. https://i.postimg.cc/KzRmYBPb/a4de181e-0123-47bf-8528-b410046ab21e.jpg And chopped some meat of the slam panel too. https://i.postimg.cc/jStK7GHZ/3f1222a4-aed8-4a75-bdff-539064d33144.jpg Transfer casings went away to get blaste...

The day had arrived to get the block back inside, some outside the box thinking with block and tackle, large hgv trolley jack and my trusty trolly meant this was capable. https://i.postimg.cc/C5hdJzD6/8d866ecf-7e41-41c7-8ef5-af661126703c.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/tgdXf9X0/11b9be06-6173-46da-b754-ca07...

Lochaber stainless also began work designing a better transfer box strengthening cage, removing unwanted weight and material yet retaining the same structural integrity using some smart software. https://i.postimg.cc/MGLYCJtD/7d405f08-1281-41b2-8a61-003b4dedead3.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/90dtwR28/d55...

Everyone loves working on 90's looms dont they??? https://i.postimg.cc/662rGPzs/729ebd11-b745-4b8e-90a2-5dc30b283c5b.jpg As the ABS wasn't going back in this build the loom was jigged around to lose the connections and tuck whatever i could. https://i.postimg.cc/2jQ5JFSb/c0b8b50d-6f08-4e1d-be0f-245e...

To handle the power better i contacted TTV to see what they could do, and managed to get them to build a single plate kit capable of over 480lbft of torque. https://i.postimg.cc/0Q58174P/d5780e5b-ef8a-417f-a984-99014cfc9f67.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/0NbTYZh6/0ac7d0c2-c7f6-45e6-b301-7d763e5b927f.jpg h...

Time for some transfer box overhauling. https://i.postimg.cc/2yzCmhXC/9d177e09-ca74-43b9-b8cc-74bf3d5fecc0.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/2jBt81fD/e7bfcec5-b3e8-4af3-bf79-63016e3cf185.jpg Replacing the selector fork as a previous botched job had drilled it out to use a bolt rather than the standard pins, ...

Meanwhile back at the paintshop. https://i.postimg.cc/pXXSHqkm/c44fbdca-581d-42d7-991a-66dd66e6c0f0.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/59kBXgbY/05197ceb-e7fb-4242-b4dc-d6915a06f2de.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/hjvJgFJC/0a51876a-5924-4523-8560-4ba174a95e1c.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/pdGfKJz6/2c9257b8-9c48-4d62-9eb9-...

The new manifold arrived courtesy of SAS. https://i.postimg.cc/Vv3m3pMb/68b6e0e9-0e1a-46db-bb66-255c58b77aea.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/xTMX93CS/1a88a39d-14e3-4ff1-b71b-9733b2f58afe.jpg And the F28 uprated mount. https://i.postimg.cc/jdHSpqgx/16f0d1ed-43f4-4d0b-9f9e-32f175f35f05.jpg https://i.postimg....