responce vehicle

[phunkymonkey]

right then, the new project!!

not a cav i know but still a vauxhall!



its a 1996 td, with mot till july !!! bought for the pricey sum of £150

the plan!!

throw away the noisy derv and insert a c20xe!!
gsi struts and brakes and lowered by 40mm

add that to a gsi front bumper and side skirts, rieger estate rear bumper,
17" oz f1's and then some sign writing down it to say "A.D.T.E.C rapid responce unit"(adtec is thename of my mates garage)
then a set of sparco bucket seats and a rollcage should make for an interesting little van!!

what do ya think???

[Cavyman_130]

your nuts

now go get a cav

[Rich P]

sounds really cool,vans are popular to mod.glad your ditching the td engine

[Gaz]

Why mess about putting a xe in the front stick an monaro engine in the back

[Rich P]

Why mess about putting a xe in the front stick an monaro engine in the back

cool idea,would be a first and would really turn some heads

[Gaz]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Monaro-Holden-Che ... dZViewItem
That should do it

[Rich P]

mental,the price is aswell

[Gaz]

3k is good for a brand new engine, people pay 1k for 100k mile lets thats brand spanking new if i was in the market for one id consider it

[phunkymonkey]

anyone want a 1.7 gm td engine???

[Gaz]

Im sure someone needs a boat anchor somewhere.
Stick it on ebay im sure someone will buy it

[Mark]

Nice project!

[FoxyCav]

your nuts

now go get a cav

what craig said, go get another Cav. though that is a bloody bargain

[phunkymonkey]

taxed the old girl today and took it for a 50mile drive with no probs!!!

engine and box are going in the end of the month now as a mate is letting me use his ramp for a weekend!!!

[Cavyman_130]

then you buying a cav?

[Gaz]

Hes fitting an xe then the cav bumpers and interior then fitting a couple of extra doors and a back seat, hes in denial

[phunkymonkey]

lol its not a replacement for a cav! just somthing to play around with tbh

will have a cav soon but im waiting for a real stunning example, and wont buy anything less, ohh and will be a gsi or turbo!!

[phunkymonkey]

right,
engine got delivered today!!! all freshly painted and shiny

not long now till the van is running on the good stuff and not smelly old derv!!

[Envoy CDX]

what's wrong with a TD engine? I'd seen some very nippy Cav TD's in the past. is it the iszuzu engine or Vauxhall's low blow lump?

[phunkymonkey]

what's wrong with a TD engine? I'd seen some very nippy Cav TD's in the past. is it the iszuzu engine or Vauxhall's low blow lump?

its the wanky old low blow gm pile of poo!!!

if it was the izuzu i may not have gone xe as you can get 120bhp+ from them with not a lot of effort

[phunkymonkey]

right then, finaly got my arse in gear to get the engine in!!

shinee engine!!


the van before i got my grubby mits in there!!



took the old nasty derv out!!



then forud ot that it wasnt the f16 on the derv its actually a f13!!
so the drive shafts didnt fit the new box

anyway, fitted the engine and new f16 without the shafts and have to get them monday,

this is how it stands now!!

,
all running with a full exhaust system!!

all thats left is:
drive shafts
water system
gear linkage
throttle cable

then i can take it for a spin before it has the gsi bumpers,grill and bonnet painted and put on!!

what do ya think

[sparzzy]

nice job mate . can a xe be put into a mk4 astra van with the 2.0lrt td ecotec with out to much work.

[Gaz]

Phunk
Nice job hows does it actually go? and how many old buckets and bags of cement have you got in the back

Tim
Theres a guy on mig called c20letmini he did one a while back, its something along the lines of you need to do a bit of fab on the mounts and run both ecu's one for the clocks and such and one for the engine

[phunkymonkey]

Phunk
Nice job hows does it actually go? and how many old buckets and bags of cement have you got in the back

dont know yet matey !! havnt got the drive shafts yet!!

[Gaz]

if you were more local im sure i could find you a set from somewhere

[Cavyman_130]

getting there mate