TO SPEND 8 GRAND ON IT OR NOT WHAT YOU THINK ???

joe cavalier sri · Post by **joe cavalier sri** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 2:56 pm

to spend or not to spend that is the question lol

gsi pie · Post by **gsi pie** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 2:59 pm

tbh id spent a 3k on redtop with bodies + forgeing it

or buy a turbo cav

but its your money only you can decide what to do with it

joe cavalier sri · Post by **joe cavalier sri** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:03 pm

nar redtops are dated and thrashed with every inch of there lifes and hard to get hold of after the gsi ive gone back to sri there lighter and i think they look better and the eco engine is plentyfull in a scrappy

V6power · Post by **V6power** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:06 pm

sorry but this made me laugh. why would you need to spend 8k on a cavalier? you started with the wrong base model. if you do have 8 grand, sell the SRi and buy a proper turbo. simple.

gsi pie · Post by **gsi pie** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:08 pm

redtop are common as down this way

find one and rebuild it and fit a set of carbs or bodies

joe cavalier sri · Post by **joe cavalier sri** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:11 pm

well the 8 grand came from a claim i had going off i like the sri not the cav turbo how much can i get a redtop engine for and what would i need to convert it ? cheers

rustyarches · Post by **rustyarches** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:24 pm

with £8000 why dont you put a insingia vxr engine in your car, ive got a redtop in my garage have you seen how many are on ebay,,

Kevwaggy · Post by **Kevwaggy** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:28 pm

I think you need to spend some of it on professional counselling

rustyarches · Post by **rustyarches** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:38 pm

lol ha ha nice 1

V6power · Post by **V6power** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:47 pm

joe cavalier sri wrote:well the 8 grand came from a claim i had going off i like the sri not the cav turbo how much can i get a redtop engine for and what would i need to convert it ? cheers

I don't understand your logic.

btcctroy · Post by **btcctroy** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:02 pm

Spend your money on a cav turbo. Sell the Sri. You won't regret it

TurboSteven77 · Post by **TurboSteven77** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:12 pm

erm buy a vectra vxr/astra/corsa

or go on long long long holiday or buy a mint cavalier gsi saloon or a turbo

but thats just me

good luck

bigmitch · Post by **bigmitch** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:43 pm

for 8k and for the famliy get one of these

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2006-VAUXHALL ... 43adc3adab

I would spend the cash on this than a twenty year old cav, buy this get any old sri as wip .

specks · Post by **specks** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:18 pm

not a hope in hell would i spend 8k or a cavalier,had most of the range including turbo and i wouldn`t in no way shape or form.

Deeksin · Post by **Deeksin** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:24 pm

Don't listen to the turbo snobbery they ain't all that good when they go bang lol your choice mate myself I would spent 8k on a new car or a seat cupra or m3 would be nice!

gsi pie · Post by **gsi pie** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:29 pm

id get a nice sappie cossie steer from tha rear

(awaits the abuse)

Gaz · Post by **Gaz** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:31 pm

http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.s ... ectionNo=2

Id buy that but not a street version

TurboDan · Post by **TurboDan** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:32 pm

I have to agree with specks on this one, No way in the world i would blow 8k on a cavalier, TBH if i had 8k i wouldn't even be looking at the vauxhal range...

And turbo snobbery? If lets say he is going to be completely stupid and spend his 8k on some sort of cav, most people would start with the top of the range model and would be stupid not too. Even if it wasn't a cav he wanted whichever car he got you would go for the top model and then play with it.

Oh and i do think this has to be up there with the most attention seeking thread of the year, even beating steven77's threads

GSI pie - Sierra cossys are awesome, would love one, a nice metalic red one with the diamond cut 17's

gsi pie · Post by **gsi pie** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:56 pm

yes we think alike

nom nom......

Gaz · Post by **Gaz** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:58 pm

hell no it has to be a 3 door

gsi pie · Post by **gsi pie** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 7:03 pm

gaz

3 doors are over 8k tho well some times they are lol

jimmy · Post by **jimmy** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 7:08 pm

I personally wouldn't spend the whole 8k on it I'd keep some aside for a rainy day

Why not think out side the box and do something that either hasn't been done or isn't common like how about throttle bodies on the x20xev an generally mint the car up so its pukka?

I'm with you on the whole sri thing since I own one also black hatch mine has a 2.0 8v c20ne lump in it an I will be doing some mild tuning to that because I want to be different to everybody else!

My only question is that you realise you would never get that money back?

An I bet there's a few of you that have spent at least half on most the cavs on here there are a few absolute minters on here and that doesn't happen without spending money!

jimmy · Post by **jimmy** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 7:16 pm

Gaz wrote:hell no it has to be a 3 door

Have to agree that's the only way to do it in a ford! I went to asda last week parked up came back out an a very nice white sierra cossie was sat next to my car nom nom

gsi pie · Post by **gsi pie** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 7:19 pm

agree about the 3dr but i was keeping to the 8k mark

joe cavalier sri · Post by **joe cavalier sri** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 7:33 pm

so how about striping it down fixing it up undersealing it and putting a c20let in it and getting max bph out of that or a standard redtop engine and carbing that up whats the best thing to do im going to keep my sri and give it to my son on his 18th birthday i have a garage i can keep it in aswell and im not stupid cavalier sri mk3 was my first car and the best ive ownd allsorts including a mk4 golf r32 which is over rated im sticking with the cav its where my hart is cheerz

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