SRi 16v W.I.P. (lots of pics)

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SRi 16v W.I.P. (lots of pics)

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Part 1:-

This is my long running w.i.p.. Done a lot to this car so far in the 2 and a bit years ive had it. New brakes all round (V6 vectra brakes on front), All new supension (And i mean every thing new),new petrol tank/ sender unit and pipes, new rad, new power steering pipe and lots of other new bits ive forgot about. Some of the mods ive done are,leather turbo front seats and cdx rear seats, electric rear windows, omega elec sun roof, astra mk4 gear stick, omega intermitent wipers, vectra cruise control,cally dials, a good I.C.E system, vectra steering wheel , trip computer and the list goes on and on.

Heres some pics
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Then at the start of the year I turned to the engine, Full strip down and rebuild inculding lightend and blanced crank, rods, pistons and flywheel. Heres some pics of that .

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The engine half gone

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The engine all gone.

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one dirty box ready to be cleaned
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The car at the end of a long day striping it.
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Now some of the new parts.
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the block painted up
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the box painted
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head rebuilt
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New brake pipe (wos not needing replaced but very easy job with no engine in the way)
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Engine and box ready to go back in the car.
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and thats it back in.
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Well that took a wile to do (and so did this thred, lol)

Part 2 the oil leak and body work later.

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Looks loads better, is that an autosprint manifold?
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looks ace. love the work you've put into it. will have to talk to you about the vectra cruise control as I've been collecting the bits to make it happen, however am not sure about the speed pulses and when it will be effective from.
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looks good mate... looks like you've put some serious hours into that!
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That is a really really top job
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Looks loads better, is that an autosprint manifold?
It sure is and so are the cams .Thay did the lightend bits to. Boxed up the bits and sent them all the way down to them.
looks ace. love the work you've put into it. will have to talk to you about the vectra cruise control as I've been collecting the bits to make it happen, however am not sure about the speed pulses and when it will be effective from.
Was easy to wire it in. Just make sure you have the plug that plugs in to the c/c unit. then u will have to extend the wires to down under the dash in the drivers foot well. You will need a cav brake switch and the plug for it, as this will be fitted to your car as the clutch switch for the c/c. I wired the speed sonsor wire in to the unused plug in the car loom for the 4x4 ecu. Its tucked up behind the fuse box behind the dash.

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Part 2:-

Not long after I got the engine back in and running it started to leak oil. Wos coming out from behind the fly wheel. Very nasty because the gear box needs to come off and to get the gear box off the sub frame has to come off with the front suspension.then to get the sub frame off the exhaust mainfold has to come off, well u get the picture a lot of work. I got it all striped off found out the the rear oil seal wos at fault. Ended up taking off the sump and end bearing cap to change the oil seal.Took me a day to strip everything down and the next day to put it all back together. Before I refitted the gear box I got the engine running to make sure it was not leaking. the engine was hanging from the garage roof running in the car , lol . got a small video of that ill try and put up. Heres some of the pics from doing that 'small' job.

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can u spot the home made tool in that pic?

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Sub frame about to get power washed.

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Under the bonnet all back together. Can u spot whats missing and got a temp. fix to get it moving again? in the pic.

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and from a difrant angle

Ill do part 3 later the body work.

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Here is the video of the engine running haning from the garage roof.

http://img531.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... 007fe7.flv

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lovely job ..

got to laugh at the engine in mid air whilst running . :lol:

put a plane prop on the front and it would fly round the garage :lol:
now running a swedish vauxhall...

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Part 3 :- The body work.

The car needed a new pannel fitted under the lights, so the front of the car came off. A couple of pathches were needed under the front wheel arches , so the front linners and suspension came off for that. The drivers side rear arch had a small patch of rust showing, but there wos a lot more in the arch. The side skirt had to come off and found a small hale that turned out to be a very big hole.Nothing left of the rear of the the sill by the time it was all cut out. The rear screen wos removed because it wos leaking water in to the boot. when this came out some surface rust wos found in the lower corner. Still have the pasanger side rear arch to change. It is not so nearly as rusty as the other side to look at, but there will probly be plenty hiding.


The new pannel under the head lights.
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The outer rear arch removed.
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The inner arch removed with a lot of the sill to and a bit still to come off. lots of rust here :(
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New inner arch on and fuel filler hole fixed.
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new inner arch painted
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outer arch on
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The end of the sill looking a lot better.
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The welding under the rear of the sill
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The rear screen removed.
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So what do think so far?

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looking sweet bud

love it and a lot of hard work gone into the bud!!!!!

i take my hat off to up for all that hard work

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Thanks for that. Its a hobby fixing up the car, but I do like cavs. Dont know what ill do when the bodywork is all done. The car will be put in to retirement when finnished , only used now and again.

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Pulled my finger out today and got on with the car, not touched it for a few weeks.

Took the gringer to the rear passanger arch, found it wos not so rusty as the drivers side one wos. Got all the bad metal cut off , the new inner arch welded on and the new outer arch all cut to shape and ready to weld on next time i work on the car.

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top job coming along very nicley.. plan to do any of the shows next year?
now running a swedish vauxhall...

the old cav vid
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the new saab vid
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should be a really nice car once its done.

fill the arches with waxoil when your done, i dont know why but paint never seems to be enough when it comes to welding in arches
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You are doing great work.
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Now that is one nice cavalier, I'd maybe even swap my 3.0 for that.
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plan to do any of the shows next year?
Not sure yet, but wouldnt mind doing 1 of the big shows. Dont know what would be the best one to go to.
fill the arches with waxoil when your done
Have been by the bucket load. lost count of the tins ive used :lol:
Now that is one nice cavalier, I'd maybe even swap my 3.0 for that.
Thanks mate, but ill keep mine.think i would get up to 12 points very quickly :lol:


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Been busy on the cav to day got the pasagner side rear arch welded on and some red lead primer on.

Heres a pic of the welding nearly all done.
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Here is the poor car looking in a mess, but the rear arch is all welded.
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Im getting there with the welding. Just have the rear of the passanger side sill to weld and a patch under the floor at the front.

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wow what can i say that a proper job your doin there and there some nice weldin skills you got there infact all the work youv dun is to the highest standerds ,the car looks great cant wait to c it finished 8-)
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Thanks for the complement. I try to do everything myself then i know its done right. The only thing i would not do is the painting of the outside of the car.

The cav has been put on the back burner the now becuase i have my wifes corsa to fix.

I did this to it.

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Never had to do much work on this car before and its a nightmare to work on under the bonnet. There is no room to get things out with out removing about another 6 things first.

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Ouch! looks nasty.
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Ive got the car all striped down. The list of new bits needed are engine mount, rad, ball joint, wing and door.

Could have been a lot more damage so not too bad. I did hit a bt pole with the car and the pole had to be replaced.

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Been busy on the cav again. Ive finnished all the welding to the rear arch/ sill.

Heres a pic with me trying on the skirt for fit to the new metal.

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Also filled the new arch with wax. used one and a half cans in it.

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I then started to strip off some of the other bits that will have to come off for the respray. Got the rear quater windows, the arial and some of the door trim removed.

Next job will be a bit of welding under the floor of the front pasanger side, then thats all the welding done. hope to make a start to that on sunday.


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nice progress ..... moving along nicely
now running a swedish vauxhall...

the old cav vid
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the new saab vid
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