my cav turbo 4x4 work in progress

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my cav turbo 4x4 work in progress

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my cav has been off the road a few week now, and it getting a bit of a make over during the winter months, it wont be back on the roads until next spring, some pics of the work so far,

boot floor all cleaned and repainted

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started to build my boot install, this is still to finish and wire up

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next i removed the front seats so i could pull the carpet back to check the inner sills and floor

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only rust i found was the small patch of surface rust seen in the fist pic, this has now been sorted

removed the front strut lower arm etc, and re undersealed the inner wing area

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then decide to change all the running gear from red to yellow (some people might think it looks crap, but it looks nice and clean).
renewed lower arms, ball joint and drop links at the same time, track rod ends to be changed next, only took pics of one side, but
other side is the same.

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fittrd xe inlet cam to give engine a bit more torque

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bought a few bits of bling for the engine bay

vernier pulleys

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chrome tank for power steering fluid

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engine loom cover

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3"" tophat

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and dip stick and breather tube

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and i also got this boost gauge fitted into the steering cowling,

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thats all for now, but ive got loads more planned to do, and a few more parts to aquire,
post pics as i progress

thanks for looking Ads
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Looking good matey!

i'm liking the boot build, wouldn't mind doing one of them myself really
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thanks Dan, are you novadose on ctor, im Ads, i bought a leather interior off you a year or so back, out of your white cav turbo, Ads
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nice one cyril, think i saw that steering cowl on some for sale thread or another a while back, really good, does it get in the way of your temp gauge or any other readings?
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ilovemyelite wrote:nice one cyril, think i saw that steering cowl on some for sale thread or another a while back, really good, does it get in the way of your temp gauge or any other readings?
dont really know mate, as i havnt fitted it yet, im planning on putting a new dash in over the winter, so a waste of time fitting the boost gauge till its done.. Ads
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Quite like the yellow on the struts
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turboads wrote:thanks Dan, are you novadose on ctor, im Ads, i bought a leather interior off you a year or so back, out of your white cav turbo, Ads

Yep thats me :D

back with yet again another turbo lol I'll keep one one day.
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well the tubby has been back on the road a few months now, i have had a few issues with it (head gasket failiure, leaking core plug) but all sorted now, a few up to date pics

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thanks for looking. Ads
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Looking really smart,like under the bonnet,well done mate,worth all the hard work.
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looking good ads and yellow looks fine , nice to see a couple of tubbys getting some tlc
now running a swedish vauxhall...

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very smart
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:love :love :love :love :love :love
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well got my tubby back together last week, and ive benn racking up a few miles in it, i forgot how good it was to drive, seems to be running well (proberbly break down now ive said that LOL) heres a couple of recent pics

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not the best pics as took with phone,

while its been off the road its had a new alloy rad, new intercooler, fuel pressure reg, chrome distributor, new injectors, new plugs, dizzy cap and rotor fitted
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Very nice! Love the stance - how low is that?
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Very nice mate looks cool on the black turbo rims!
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lowrider dave wrote:Very nice! Love the stance - how low is that?
40mm alround mate, Ads
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turboads wrote:
lowrider dave wrote:Very nice! Love the stance - how low is that?
40mm alround mate, Ads
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Hi all, i havnt even seen the cav for about 5 weeks, as its locked away, but ive been getting a few parts to fit when i get to se it,

polished belt cover

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a 3 gauge plate that fits into radio cage, ive got a volts gauge in now, but ive ordered a oil pressure and a oil temp gauge to go in, this will be fitted in the top radio din hole, with the radio in the bottm one

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a singlr gauge pod for my boost gauge, this will be on top of the dash to the right of the steering wheel

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and a walbro 255 fuel pump

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hope to get these fitted sometime.
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im not a huge fan of the silver/grey cavaliers tbh but the combination of the black wheels really brings it to life. love this pic:

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humbucker wrote:im not a huge fan of the silver/grey cavaliers tbh but the combination of the black wheels really brings it to life. love this pic:
Smoke grey is a cracking colour for a Cav ;)
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Envoy CDX wrote:Smoke grey is a cracking colour for a Cav ;)
Thought you might say that!
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thanks for the comments on the cav, its now back on the road, all legal with tax test and insurance, went straight throuh test without a single advisory, even passed the emmissions no bother, got a few new parts to fit before total vauxhall live, walbro uprated fuel pump, reconditioned turbo, trumpet dump valve, polished cam belt cover, etc, etc, i will post pics as i am doing the work, Ads
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ook all the required nipples and hoses off the old turbo, and fitted to my nrewly aquired reconditioned turbo,

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ready to now fit onto cav.
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progress!
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Very very nice :thumb :cool
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