Ads cav turbo work in progress

[Ads]

As the tax runs out on the turbo at the end of the month, its coming off the road again, and over the next few months it getting another makeover, plans are , the engine is coming out, as i have a damaged core plug at the back of the block, this will be renewed along with the rest of the core plugs, all the gaskets to be renewed, and the engine cleaned and painted, while the engine is out , the bay will be cleaned and resprayed, and all the wiring tided, all the front suspention and brake parts will be removed and cleaned and if necessary replaced, all the underside will be re undersealed and all the running gear repainted, (havnt decided what colour yet), all the brake pipes and flexi hoses will be renewed, and what ever else i find that wants doing, i will be fitting my evo 5 chips a bigger intercooler, ajustable fpr, and uprated fuel pump, should be good for about 280-300 bhp, ive have no pics at the moment, but will post plent as and when i get started. Ads

[Envoy CDX]

Look forward to seeing some pics in the near future.

[branny361]

sounds good , will keep an eye on this one

[Colorado]

Thats Quite a big Refurb job your doing. Should be spot on when its done. Hopefully the Core plug replacement will sort it out and give you no further problems

[Ads]

a couple of pics to remind people what it looks like now before i start







the outside will not change much, most of the work will be done in the engine bay and underside of the cav, i am also doing a boot install for
my subs and amps, post pics as i progress. Ads

[Colorado]

Still looks good!

[Cavalier342]

Looking good buddy Love the racing wheel, really accompliments the interior and the A-pillar gauge looks great. Hope everything goes sweet as with the project
Andrei

[humbucker]

ah were you at billing? think i took a snap of your car... it's in the showroom section

[sridan]

nice motor mate,like the sound of what you are doing and look forward to seeing the progress.

[HAIRIBO]

Adam do you have a green Vectra with GSI front end?

[Ads]

Adam do you have a green Vectra with GSI front end?

yes i do mate, its a origanal veccy gsi, Ads

[HAIRIBO]

It looks really well with out boot spoiler on, I was behind you once on the way to asda you were driving torwards Downhill.

[Ads]

actually done a bit work on the cav, cleaned and de-rusted all the boot, i say de-rusted, it was only a couplr of patches of very light surface rust, then resprayed the wheel well, and started to build my boot install, pics











post more pics as woek progresses. Ads

[Colorado]

Nice job your doing there.

[TurboDan]

Looking good!

I do like a good sub and amp, just makes the sound in the car soooooo much nicer

[Ads]

well i got the tubby back on the road for the first time since about Oxtober, its been but back to standard injectors etc and running standard map, as ive had a few running issues, when i was running the uprated stuff, a few pics of how it stands now















thanks for looking, hope you like. Ads

[Steve H]

looks good mate!!

[TurboSteven77]

for bieng silver still love your tubby to bits mate

[Ads]

for bieng silver still love your tubby to bits mate

thanks for the comment mate, but its not silver, its smoke grey, lol. Ads

[HAIRIBO]

thanks for the comment mate, but its not silver, its smoke grey, lol. Ads

The best cooler on the Turbos. Gorgeous!

[blackv6]

aw mate looking good would look better with me driving it lol
scott

[TurboSteven77]

thanks for the comment mate, but its not silver, its smoke grey, lol. Ads

The best cooler on the Turbos. Gorgeous!

sorry but nah black/blue/or burgandy are


thou ads is very nice about 1 of 2 i like in same couler

[btcctroy]

i want one of them battery boxes. really nice car there

[Ads]

Friday 22nd april


Since i actually had a day off, i got a bit done on the cav not a great deal but ticks a job off the list. The fuel gauge has read empty for a while and putting petrol in every time i use it was getting on me nerves so i aquired my mates ramp for the day, after a bit he got the hint that he was fixing it. Did a few tests on the wiring to reaveal it was a problem with the actual sender so off came the tank and the pronlem apeared to be with a contact on the float in the tank which was bent back so it had a good contact rebuilt it back up and appears to be fine. I did take some pics but just mainly of the underside the rust remover and 2 tins of wax oil are doing there job.












Also fitted my new tx actuater and its cured my lack of boost ive had my doubts about the collins one since i fitted it its now holding a steading 7psi and overboosts to about 9 psi it seems to pull better now with the new actuater.



The cav is new up at AAS in newburn to get a 3inch downpipe pipe and a larger capacity back box to quieting it down with a 3.5 inch outwardly rolled tip carnt wait to get it back lol

[Ads]

well seeing as my exhaust was annoyingly loud, i took into a local exhaust place , and got it sorted, got a 3" custom down pipe made, an extra box put in the back section, took the twin tail pipe out and repaced it with a 3" inwardly rolled end pipe, pics aere not the best





turbo now spools up a lot quicker, and it sounds awsome when its coming onto boost, plus its a lot quieter than it was, which was what i wanted. Ads