RML Cavalier Touring Car

Post by **cav32** » Thu May 17, 2012 11:29 pm

In the middle of a bit of a rebuild at the mo....its gotta be testing at Silverstone in 6 weeks.........

Gaz · Post by **Gaz** » Thu May 17, 2012 11:34 pm

that looks cool, what engine is going in it?

Post by **cav32** » Thu May 17, 2012 11:38 pm

The original swindon motor going back in....just having a bit of a refresh as is everything else

Post by **humbucker** » Thu May 17, 2012 11:41 pm

Looks interesting, do you have any pics of the car before the work started? Would be good to see the before and after shots (not to mention the during ones!)

Gaz · Post by **Gaz** » Thu May 17, 2012 11:45 pm

cav32 wrote:The original swindon motor going back in....just having a bit of a refresh as is everything else

Reverse head edition?

Post by **cav32** » Thu May 17, 2012 11:49 pm

Before....looks ok but years of btcc then club racing and neglect...big job
Yes reverse head

gsi pie · Post by **gsi pie** » Fri May 18, 2012 8:22 am

ooooo me likey

stunning buddy

HAIRIBO · Post by **HAIRIBO** » Fri May 18, 2012 9:05 am

I'd love one of those

SteLowis · Post by **SteLowis** » Fri May 18, 2012 9:08 am

Awsum! Make sure you get plenty of pics up mate for all of us to drule over. Suspension setup engine the lot.

btcctroy · Post by **btcctroy** » Fri May 18, 2012 9:39 am

If you could give me some pics of the front suspension and steering setup then that would be great

HAIRIBO · Post by **HAIRIBO** » Fri May 18, 2012 11:17 am

If you could let me have a go of it once its running then that would be great

Cavalier342 · Post by **Cavalier342** » Fri May 18, 2012 11:21 am

Nice

Awesome project dude.

Post by **humbucker** » Fri May 18, 2012 11:37 am

HAIRIBO wrote:If you could let me have a go of it once its running then that would be great

HAIRIBO · Post by **HAIRIBO** » Fri May 18, 2012 12:21 pm

humbucker wrote:
HAIRIBO wrote:If you could let me have a go of it once its running then that would be great

worth a try

Post by **cav32** » Fri May 18, 2012 12:35 pm

HAIRIBO wrote:
humbucker wrote:
HAIRIBO wrote:If you could let me have a go of it once its running then that would be great

worth a try

Hey mate no worries so long as there's £40k in my hand

jimmy · Post by **jimmy** » Fri May 18, 2012 2:17 pm

Sweet it must be awesome owning an actual touring car!!!

Deeksin · Post by **Deeksin** » Fri May 18, 2012 2:58 pm

You lucky guy would love to get one of thos was that james kays old car then sure it was clelands before that!

SteLowis · Post by **SteLowis** » Fri May 18, 2012 3:10 pm

http://www.supertouringregister.com/reg ... hicle/112/

HAIRIBO · Post by **HAIRIBO** » Fri May 18, 2012 6:51 pm

cav32 wrote:

Hey mate no worries so long as there's £40k in my hand

If you let me have a go you can put what ever you want in your hand.

wafers · Post by **wafers** » Fri May 18, 2012 10:12 pm

Helllllllo!!!!

btcctroy · Post by **btcctroy** » Fri May 18, 2012 10:55 pm

looks a super project mate.

these touring car cavaliers are very good on the track. jim pocklingtons ex cleland car wins alot of races.

he did well at goodwood festival of speed last year, was top of leader board for sometime

Post by **cav32** » Sat May 19, 2012 2:07 pm

Thanks for the kind words

It's been an ongoing project for the last 3 and half years, but myself and a pal have put a race together at the Silverstone Classic (biggest historic meeting in Europe) so i really have to pull my finger out to have it finished. Jim Pocklington is racing his Cav as well as Mike Newton in James Thompson's '95 car so they'll be three on track...as well as Mondeo's Primera's, M3's and RS500's all genuine ex BTCC and DTM car's. Here's the link for the event and a link to some pic's from the media day last week!!

http://www.silverstoneclassic.com/page. ... EntryID=18

http://jakobebrey.com/search_results.as ... &page_id=5

Ill try and get some more pics on when i have a minute

Post by **cav32** » Sat May 26, 2012 8:14 pm

Finally got all my bits back from blast cleaning....next they need crack testing and painting before we can rebuild wheels bearings

I had two set's of wheels blasted 4 Dymag's:

and 4 Oz's:

The Dymag's are not mega strong and i have a lot of damaged rims at home so those where the best 4....they still needed repairs, welding Magnesium is properly dangerous and properly expensive, a set of rods is £600 alone...

Post by **cav32** » Sat May 26, 2012 8:29 pm

The Dymag's being repaired:

The shell as is now:

Filler primer:

Hopefully painted by the end of next week...fingers crossed, 5 weeks to get it done now.

Post by **cav32** » Sat May 26, 2012 8:29 pm

The Dymag's being repaired:

The shell as is now:

Filler primer:

Hopefully painted by the end of next week...fingers crossed, 5 weeks to get it done now.

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