Troy's btcc replica gsi

[Envoy CDX]

No-one has any humour here..

I do stand corrected!!

Feel free to sit down, you're making the place look untidy.

[btcctroy]

Had that problem several times thanks..

But down the straights, you just want to plough it....

I'm not even gonna go there...

What did you think I was referring to?? Owning a powerful car is simple, you give it a clean in the morning, tinker about with it for a bit, insert yourself in there, plough it down the road, really work the gear knob up and down to try all speed settings, quick shortcut up the back alley to the gas station, stick the big long pipe in the hole, fill it up, come back and chill out... Am I missing anything?

Had to laugh at that. Pretty clever that andrei

[Cavalier342]

I'm glad someone understands

[btcctroy]

Today had a few hours so started joining the chassis legs up
Again had to fabricate from mine the the original.
Tomorrow hoping to press in with it.
Couple of pics of today's efforts

[Envoy CDX]

Well, it's certainly coming together.
Whats next?

[btcctroy]

Finally one side done, the whole conversion is double skinmed

[Envoy CDX]

Very nice
Looks rather clean and like it should be there.

[btcctroy]

Very nice
Looks rather clean and like it should be there.

That's the idea lol

[Envoy CDX]

Very nice
Looks rather clean and like it should be there.

That's the idea lol

Obviously, just wondering how the floor is going to look with all that raised chassis leg when it goes back in.

[Gray16v]

great job Troy as always, are you getting custom springs or coming up with adjustable coil over types for height adjustment

[btcctroy]

Yes gonna raise the floor, the way I'm gonna do it should look pretty neat.
Be similar to that of the boot space of a gsi

[Envoy CDX]

great job Troy as always, are you getting custom springs or coming up with adjustable coil over types for height adjustment

Long time no see! Welcome back.

Yes gonna raise the floor, the way I'm gonna do it should look pretty neat.
Be similar to that of the boot space of a gsi

I had a feeling you'd have something up your sleeve.

[Gray16v]

great job Troy as always, are you getting custom springs or coming up with adjustable coil over types for height adjustment

Long time no see! Welcome back.

Thanks, been busy with the house and new job.

[btcctroy]

great job Troy as always, are you getting custom springs or coming up with adjustable coil over types for height adjustment

I don't really have a plan for that yet. The vectra c is tricky for coilovers as the shock is forward of the spring mount which kind of balance the load.
I would need to build an add on to the arm to use coilovers
These are what I had it mind
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 66&alt=web

[Gray16v]

that will be spot on, so the shocker fits instead the damper. Great for track use be very positive

[TurboDan]

Looks great. So close now.

[joe cavalier sri]

Any more updates pics etc

[btcctroy]

A few teaser pics




The suspension unit is finally bolted up and is square with the car
Just mid way building the control arm mounts and forming the chassis into them
Doesn't look like loads of progress but none of this is exactly a 5minute job

[Envoy CDX]

It's all coming together. Alot of measuring going on I'd imagine too!

[alfjesus]

Quite a lot of work, well done.
I will be posting soon pictures from my 1995 Cav as well as be part of club display at this year's PSV

[Robsey]

Good to see you back amongst us again Troy.
Biscuit supply was getting low.

I wasn't expecting for a minute that this was going to be a quick and simple job.
Pretty intense stuff.
Looking good though.
At least the bulk of the chassis mod appears to be done.

[btcctroy]

Good to see you back amongst us again Troy.
Biscuit supply was getting low.

I wasn't expecting for a minute that this was going to be a quick and simple job.
Pretty intense stuff.
Looking good though.
At least the bulk of the chassis mod appears to be done.

Been extremely busy with work. But now back on the straight and narrow and looking to get the conversion done in a matter of week's.
Btw Robsey can you get a wiring diagram for an astra g Sri. It's the fuel pump circuit which is of interest to me
Cheers

[TurboDan]

Them control arm mounts are looking good, as robsey says the main work is mostly done now and just allot of boxing in to be done.

[Robsey]

PMs and E-mail sent

[Cavalier342]

I love the powerpack with Troy written on it!