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Hi eddie, welcome, im a newbie like yourself, the site is awesome, any problems these guys will sort you out. look forward to see the TD..

Quick update on Gsi restoration, just fitted lockwood white dials and they look awesome, also fitted blue LED dash lights, looks great at night, chosen an exhaust going for twin round pipes, found a great box on a well known auction site, hope to get fiited soon. Watch this space.. :D :D :D :D :D :p...

hi all,
Anybody know how or where i can get my hands on the end piece of the side skirt, the bit by the rear wheel arch?

I no its not a vectra but i had to rebuild a forktruck engine which some bright spark run it dry, the noise was incrediable, knocked a good'n, i had to strip the lot, new crank, shells, pistons, con rods, i mean everything had to be replaced, the bill was unbelieveable i think it was about £6000, th...

Fuel pumps, do they only pump when you turn the key i.e before you start you can hear it prime up, or does it go constantly or does it come on now and again? i ask this cos the bloke i brought the gsi from has butcherd the loom to the pump so im gonna run it off a switch as there is no feed down the...

Good news chaps.......... I double checked the timing and exhaust cam was out a tooth, i retensioned the belt spun her over by hand twice and went for it, started her up and to my surprise, silence, it was purring, like it should, the only thing giving my grief now is the back box is knackerd and it...

The car is at a stand still at the mo as the head gasket on the wifes vectra has blown and well, ive got my orders so in the process of stripping that. Im gonna check the timing again when i get back on it, hopefully next week. As for work on the car, its had new fuel hoses, pump and timing belt. Il...

Abit of news for ya, i spoke to a bloke who knew a bloke who use to own the cavalier i now own and he said the person i bought it from, (are you with me :D ) put and run it with diesel in, hence why i had to put a new fuel pump on it. Is there a chance the injectors are shot? or would abit of cleane...

ok ill double check it and get back to ya, cheers

will do but will that make it knock?

Hi guys, ive posted a video on youtube of my cavalier GSi running, but sounding very rough, please follw the link and have a look/listen, id appreciate the feed back and your thoughts on what that noise is. I no the inlet manifold is leaking but as for the knocking noise well, answers on a post card...

Wow that has got to be the best looking cavalier ive ever seen, absolutly stunning my friend, you have definatly raised the bar, im currently restoring a GSi 2000 4x4 and i can only hope it will look half as good as yours.

is that the lotus carlton....?

if it is woooooooooooooo like it, if it aint...

Still like it

looks awesome mate.

Is there much difference between the two engines, besides the LET being Turbo, are the blocks the same, the pistons, cams etc? could a XE be converted to a turbo without touching inner'ds?

Hello, ive been popping in on this site everyday for the past month and i love it, so i thought id say hello properly My names Ben, im 26 and live in southampton, im a HGV Mechanic, got great wife and kids and been a vauxhall man all my life, even back when my dad had a cav, although we lived in ger...

Nice mate she looks awesome, very tidy a nice example of a cavalier.

Well, the engine is running on its own all though i got a massive leak on the intake side, think thats why she's running rough, its also got a bad knock, which i can only put down to bottom end or piston slap, either way the heads coming off in the next few weeks to take alook inside, ill get the he...

will do, thanks for the heads up gaz

Hi all, gonna rebuild my redtop engine, wheres the best place to get new shells, rings, headset etc? Also can the crank be taken out with engine in place or does it all have to be taken out? one more thing ive rebuilt engines before but they were mostly big Truck Diesel engines, anything i need to l...

In a real predicament here, need a new back box for my cav Gsi cant decide what will look best twin oval pipes or go for the jap look and get a 5inch slashcut?
decisions decisions..?!?!?!?!?
Help!!

Now that you mention it your right it was EDS although regal plugged it big time, i didnt no it didnt run right tho, shame could have been something specail...

Regal motor sport based in southampton did that with 2 calibra engines in a Nova of all things, same set up front engine drove front wheels and rear engine took car of the back end, with hydraulic gearbox and the ability to switch between front, rear and all wheel drive, it was featured in Maxpower,...

10 grand wow, thats alot of money, seems alot of work too, you have too admit it would be pretty smart... it could be like the mighty lotus carlton.
I think it'l be left well alone then.
Thanks for your input...

Hi all,
Heres one for you?, could a C20XE be twin turbo'd, using a set of Sequential Toyota Supra Turbo's? Is it Crazy enough that it might work?
What you reckon?