my cav turbo 4x4 work in progress

[Ads]

thanks for the comments lads, much appreiciated, Ads

[Ads]

got everything back into the engine bay, and got thee engine running, seems to be ok, for how long who knows, lol



got the cav out of the garage for the first time in months under its own steam










cav could do with a bloody good clean and a machine polish, as its coverwd in dust through being in the garage for so long,
finished the last few jobs on the dashboard, this is now complete,




and lastly, fitted my polished bonnet safety hook,



thats all folks, getting there slowly

[TurboDan]

Looks mint, Love the engine bay

[Ads]

Thanks dan mate but she's far from mint looking round it today it could do with painting.

[dave955]

Looking good mate is the paint work bad enough for paint or could it be detailed

[caza]

hey mate , tell weathers better for the time being , were started playing with our toys , all this play just got to find the time to drive mine before my lad takes over, but fair play tackling the dash change and yes cars looking good
steve

[Ads]

Thanks Steve its getting there.

Dave its got loads of scratches I don't think they would mop out.

[caza]

and remember do not give in it would be a waste , we know these things are annoying but at the end of the tunnel you'll be smiling again! trust me

[Ads]

done a bit work on cav today, re-fitted standard coolant fan as the slimline fan was crap in my opinion



fitted sender to fuel pressure regulator, for my fuel pressure gauge



got all my gauges in centre of dash to work, oil temp. oil press, and water temp



fitted my new fuel pressure gauge next to my wideband gauge in the right side vent hole



now all the new dash install is complete



a couple of pics of the cav, needs a good clean and polish





the cav now seems to be running ok for now, after all the issues i have had, but i dont know if having all them
gauges is a good thing, as when im driving im watching the gauges all the time and its makiny me paranoid,
i dont know if its better to know whats going on, or if ignorance is bliss, LOL.

[Cavalier342]

Ye I know what you mean, if one of the gauges suddenly goes buzzerk, it's like.. what now?

Still, it's something extra to look at I suppose. Bit like me, I love my V6 when I turn on the ignition and I get a whole panel of lights coming on, check control, etc. I find it interesting.

[Ads]

got the cav out of the garage for the first time since PVS, not that theres anything wrong with it, its just the insurance and MOT expired, anyway today i removed the ecu, removed the evo5 chips and refitted the standard ones, removed the zlet injectors and fitted the standard yellows(this done for insurance purposes), then wired the horn to a button on the dash, as i carnt get it to work off the steering wheel, and i need a horn for the MOT, anyway a few pics i took today for the insurance company,















thanks for looking .Ads

[Gaz]

just lovely.

[Ads]

just lovely.

thanks Gaz, much appreiciated, Ads

[Gaz]

whats your issue with the horn, if you put the wire in the middle to earth it should sound.

[Ads]

ive tried all ways to get it to work, can not find any positive feed, must have lost the wire somewhere during the dash change.Ads

[Chip Pan Dan]

need to de tango those rear lights

[John Owens]

Always liked this cav

[planetc]

ive tried all ways to get it to work, can not find any positive feed, must have lost the wire somewhere during the dash change.Ads

The steering wheel end doesn't have any positive, it's an earth.

[btcctroy]

Basically the wire you see will make the horn sound if you ground it to the metal work. If it doesnt then there is a horn wiring issue

[btcctroy]

Basically the wire you see will make the horn sound if you ground it to the metal work. If it doesnt then there is a connection to the horn or wiring issue. Its a simple circuit.
How would the insurance know if the engine has been modified or not. Ie the chip and injectors, you could of bought it like that with no technical knowledge whether its been modded or not.
Things like wheels and exhaust and non standard seats.You must be an honest man, insurance companies are cheats and robbing bastards, especially for those with a clean track record

[Ads]

I'd rather it was insured right mate as if something happened I couldn't be arsed with the hassle. Also it needs a uprated clutch as the evo 5 was killing it anything over 10 psi and it was sliping and at the moment I really carnt afford to replace the clutch or the time aspect of doing it. So iam leaving it standard till I can afford a decent spec clutch a lightend flywheel and some vxr injecters. With the rest of the uprated bits should see about 280 bhp but that's hopefully next year I just want to enjoy driving it for now.

[humbucker]

Any updates Ads, car is looking really well.

[Ads]

Any updates Ads, car is looking really well.

nothing major, just re - cleaning the bottom floor pan and running gear, and re painting everything,it dosnt really need doing, but i do it every year, also changing exhaust, new tx downpipe, with full stainless with 2 boxes in the middle, and a scorpion back box, the custom made one i have on is a straight through pipe with a back box only, and its a bit too loud, i think i must be getting old, LOL, Ads

[humbucker]

Haha good effort though, check your PMs btw, sent you an 'exhausting' message arf arf

[Ads]

added a couple more bits of bling to the engine bay, coolent tank top, brake resevoir top



then n cleaning and painting the underside again, it gets done every year







a couple of pics of rear of car





thanks for looking , Ads