Markb's 94 Cav Turbo (Originally A4 RAP)

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Markb's 94 Cav Turbo (Originally A4 RAP)

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I turned 30 in August so I thought it was time that I got a sensible car. So I bought a Cavalier Turbo... :lol:

Anyway here are a few sneaky pictures of the car, as I don't pick it up for a few weeks. It was hard to find the right car as it had to be Polar Sea Blue, an M Plate so that I could fit my personal plate :doh: and above all else solid on the underside. so that restricted my options some what.

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Some of you may now the car from a few years back when it had a 450BHP engine and won Cavalier of the show at Billing for the 30th Year of the Cavalier, but since then the 450BHP engine has been sold and it is now running a mildly tuned 290BHP engine (Enough for now ;))


And here is how I would like the car to look once I have worked my magic :lol:

ImageIdea by m33rkb, on Flickr

Don't worry this isn't my daily runner, as I have got a nice little Corsa C SRi as my daily runner :)

Happy days :nod:
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Re: Markb's 94 Polar Sea Blue Cavalier 4x4 Turbo WIP

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looks really clean m8, dont think ive ever seen one in that colour before. :thumb
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Re: Markb's 94 Polar Sea Blue Cavalier 4x4 Turbo WIP

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That's nice! So are you robbing bits off of the Astra to put on to the Cav? Wheels etc?
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That looks really nice. 8-)
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humbucker wrote:That's nice! So are you robbing bits off of the Astra to put on to the Cav? Wheels etc?
Yeah that's the plan mate :)
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Damn you!! Nice one! Looks clean mate pleased for you! It's about time you got one!
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looking good dude :)

what TXB brace are you using?
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Cheers mate. It has been a while coming lol.
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gsi pie wrote:looking good dude :)

what TXB brace are you using?
It is the standard ARB that has been powder coated to look like an Eibach unit.

The picture was really just to show the pipe work going to the transfer box as it is the race box with standalone oil cooler.
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aww cool

don't seen many txb running oil coolers good idea tho :cool
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Yeah it's a race box with single straight cut gear and separate oil cooler.
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awesome car, awesome colour, want!
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Welcome to club M-plate, not that many of us in it (not that many Cav Turbo owners full stop come to think of it haha!)
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any pics of the 450 bhp engine :)
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Nice! My V6 is Polar Sea blue.
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Chip Pan Dan wrote:awesome car, awesome colour, want!
Thanks mate. Can't want to have it parked on the drive :)
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humbucker wrote:Welcome to club M-plate, not that many of us in it (not that many Cav Turbo owners full stop come to think of it haha!)
Yeah I know there are not many M Plates left and not many Polar Sea Blue's full stop. So it was hard to find the right one :)
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Look forward to watching this...

Big fan of your Astra mk4, just looked so right :thumb
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looking good mate. Can't beat a nice clean cav, at any age! lol
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OK as promised here are some pictures of the Cav as she stands

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And now with the Speeline's on :)

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Spec so far:


Engine

Fully rebuilt c20let engine (new bearings, gaskets, seals, rings, valve stem seals, oil pump, cam belt, etc...).
Turbo Technic’s hybrid turbo
3inch Cosworth exhaust
Man Truck Intercooler
Race coil radiator
Z Let pistons + injectors
ARP Rod bolts
Metal Head Gasket (2 * Z Let Gaskets)
Silicone plug leads + iridium spark plugs
Cosworth fuel pressure regulator
Cosworth oil pump
Bosch 044 fuel pump
Enlarged tophat
Phase 3.5 chips (Running roughly 280BHP)


Transmission

Heavy duty clutch
Race transfer with standalone oil cooler


Suspension

Bilstein (yellows) + Eibach pros
Fully polly bushed


Interior

Fully retrimmed in black leather / alcantara
Gauges
Vectra Steering wheel


Exterior

Cosworth bonnet vents
Civic rear spoiler
Full rear spray in polar sea blue with colour coding
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Plans are to:

Possibly change the bonnet to a standard one?
Facelift grill
New rear spoiler
Cavalier Turbo back panel
Momo steering wheel
Replace gear knob and hand brake handle
Silicone hoses

Engine tuning....
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F*cking awesome! !
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Looking very, very nice. :thumb
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Think that's the biggest amplifier I've ever seen in my life......... :shock: That's gotta be pushing at least 5 megawatt.

Car does look clean and tidy, must admit :thumb
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