SRI Daily runner

[LETSTICK]

94 XE SRI , started to do a few small jobs on the cav today .

fitted front 288,s of the astra , made stopping a lot better .

sorry for the pic quality , using the mobile , left the camera up vanweez,s lock up , DOH !!!



had to get the cutting disc on the end of the driveshafts , the socket i had wasent deep enough to fit ,



will put the better quality pics up tomorow .


fitted the black 17,s off the astra , as the original tyres wear a pit to worn ,

some random pics of the interior











the astra got picked up yeasterday



going to fit some uprated shocks tomorow , still on standard GM,s , a bit to soft , feels like a sponge !

[Colorado]

Keep us updated.

[LETSTICK]

made a few changes to the cav this wknd ,

changed the wheels over as the tyres where shot on the silver 17,s managed to get all 4 in the boot




changed the rear shocks for some cheap G-MAX , the standard GM,s were popped , took the rubbers out of the rear springs , sat a bit lower




gave the rear calipers / discs black as they were red when i got it .

T-cut the black tinting spray off the rear lights aswell as painting the bumper strips black as red didnt look right , will post a pic of the bumpers with black
strips tomorow

[LETSTICK]

pic of the bumper strips masked off and painted , looks better with the masking tape off

[Gaz]

least your getting it to a decent standard, its always the way when you buy a car it takes a few hours to get rid of the last owners bodges, same with my old gsi, threw half the tat in the bin

[LETSTICK]

small update , gave it a hover and a wash , found £3.40 .








thinking about fitting White vectra handles all round , removing the rubbing strips , but then the black in the bumper would look odd , any thoughts on this welcome

[Gaz]

id leave the door strips otherwise they look bald, veccy handles are worth doing

could always tint the inside of the headlights and indicators if you going for black on white?

[Squig]

if you remove the bumpstrips then you have to remove the black bumper inserts and fill the area left then respray the bumpers... and yes as gaz said they do look a little bald...

[Colorado]

It looks good now a bit like the 1995 BTCC cavalier without the decals.Think it looks better with the rubbing strips left on

[LETSTICK]

evening all , cav is still going strong , trouble is im bored again , so ive started on a few bits so i can stick my LET engine in soon

work was a bit slow today , so made a 3" ally top hat , needs some tidying up .



still need to drill / tap the charge sensor hole . Pic of the old 51mm tophat i was running when it was in the astra




and some silicon hoses i have , will have to trim it down to get the over 90 angle , will be reducing it back down from 76mm to 51mm for the time being


new 8v baffleplate with bonded gasket , and crank seal , found under my bed , been there for a while

engine will be getting a stripdown and once over , then take it from there , once my bank balance has recovered from cut back hours / christmas

[Gaz]

i hate you.

I wish i could "just knock things up" like that

[LETSTICK]

i stuck with my college course for 3 years and glad i found a good job out of it for the last five years , which allows me to be creative on the machines i have ,in my spare time .

[andysri]

jammy bugger. but hats off for seeing it through and doing well out of it

[LETSTICK]

tiny update , its been a while

had the cav for 5 months now ,

few issues , water pump started leaking , well pouring out the side





luckly managed to get it home , without cooking it

day off work on a cold frosty morning !




new waterpump auxillary belt antifreeze & cambelt ,tensioners were still in good nick


back on the road all mended , issue with a fault code for the AFM , but its seems to have fixed itself , and dosent trow a fault code now

[LETSTICK]

After the cav was mended , made a start on the C20let lump that is a paper weight in the garage


this was the old escort Rs turbo manifold welded to a C20xe flange i was using when it was in the astra


think it got a cooking at 17psi



brought this s14 megan racing manifold for cheap



got the 9" disc cutter out , to relive it of its flange


a mate will be tig welding the flange on , aswell as a T3 flange , as soon as i face the flange up on the surface grinder

took the old T3 apart at work , due to bordom and for a freshen up ,


will be running a 44mm external waste gate so faced up the exhaust side on the surface gringer , as it wasent 100% flat



fitted the 3" tophat


at the moment work is feeling the blow , so hours got cut , so will be put on hold , but im sourcing more parts when money permits

still thinking of going for a T04e steel rods and changing the current EDS phase 2 chip for an Evo 5 , already swapped the saab reds for VXR,s .

[Greig Sri]

Are you good at making things yourself, well done.

The AFM fault could be down to faulty wiring at the plug. Thats what I had on mine. The wire was down to just a few strands making a conection.

Greig

[LETSTICK]

Its more fun making / adapting parts yourself , and its cheaper

check the wiring on the plug ........ couldnt find any coroded ? broken wires , loom wasent rubbing on anything . its been 3 months and it hasent thrown up a code or light , so will leave it for the time being

[Colorado]

I am Well impressed.

[Squig]

I too am impressed... but would the engine not run better the other way up

[LETSTICK]

little update

T3 is back together and balanced , like always had to try it on the manifold for looks





removed the exhaust / turbo flange





made a stainless T3 flange to replace the standard s14 T25 flange



external wastegate sourced through a mate of a mate , brand new



made an exhaust flange to fit the T3 and to cover the wastegate penny valve

[Colorado]

Looks good on the manifold.

[LETSTICK]

hi folks , things have been a little slow , due to work hours taking a major crash ,


cav is still going , had to change the alternator last week , battery light was blinking its tits off ,multimeter confirmed it was shot

what a job that was , had to drop the alternator out the bottom of the car , then had to jump it off my mates C16xe nova saloon lol



changed the wheels over as the black ones had a bad buckle that couldnt be balanced out

got my manifold back off my mate , after 2 x flange swaps and external wastegate / screamer pipe



trial fitted , clears the rocker cover / breather pipe




start a new job in september , but in the mean time ive sourced some turbo bumpers , might stick with different 17,s , or have been offered a set off turbo rims , along with v6 5 stud hubs , so might go down that route , but dont think it will get down my road lowwered 60

[LETSTICK]

small update , decided on the 5 stud conversion , so dont have to keep drilling 288 discs for 4 stud

used saab 900 rear hubs , same as vectra rears , but the handbrake is up the top and vectra hubs pressed into the front legs with new bearings

borrowed a set of retro looking saab 900 16" alloys , until get the turbo rims sent down from up north


not keen on these wheels they look so 1991 max power


polybushed the rear beam , as it was starting to feel like a water bed , didnt take any photos

faced up the manifold at work



waiting for space up my mates garage to swap engines over

not in much of a rush at the mo , now winter is here

Gsi bumpers are nearly finished in paint , will be going on when the engine is in

[LETSTICK]

went over to a mates last night , picked up an F28 for cheap in good nick , came with standard rear mount , front mount and linkage



aswell as 4 x cav turbo rims , other 3 are on the seats

made an f28 collar , for the 2wd conversion plate



takes up the space where the transfer box went





got a couple F20 gearbox seal plates to macine to fit an F28 box , aswell as the drive shaft collars

few holes to tap and away i go , will update with pics soon

[Greig Sri]

Its coming along well .


Greig