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RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 11:29 pm
by cav32
In the middle of a bit of a rebuild at the mo....its gotta be testing at Silverstone in 6 weeks......... :lol:

Re: RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 11:34 pm
by Gaz
that looks cool, what engine is going in it?

Re: RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 11:38 pm
by cav32
The original swindon motor going back in....just having a bit of a refresh as is everything else

Re: RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 11:41 pm
by humbucker
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!)

Re: RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 11:45 pm
by Gaz
cav32 wrote:The original swindon motor going back in....just having a bit of a refresh as is everything else
Reverse head edition?

Re: RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 11:49 pm
by cav32
Before....looks ok but years of btcc then club racing and neglect...big job
Yes reverse head

Re: RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 8:22 am
by gsi pie
ooooo me likey :)

stunning buddy :)

Re: RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 9:05 am
by HAIRIBO
I'd love one of those :love

RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 9:08 am
by SteLowis
Awsum! Make sure you get plenty of pics up mate for all of us to drule over. Suspension setup engine the lot.

Re: RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 9:39 am
by btcctroy
If you could give me some pics of the front suspension and steering setup then that would be great

Re: RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 11:17 am
by HAIRIBO
If you could let me have a go of it once its running then that would be great

Re: RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 11:21 am
by Cavalier342
Nice :thumb Awesome project dude. :wave

Re: RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 11:37 am
by humbucker
HAIRIBO wrote:If you could let me have a go of it once its running then that would be great
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 12:21 pm
by HAIRIBO
humbucker wrote:
HAIRIBO wrote:If you could let me have a go of it once its running then that would be great
:lol: :lol: :lol:

;) worth a try

Re: RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 12:35 pm
by cav32
HAIRIBO wrote:
humbucker wrote:
HAIRIBO wrote:If you could let me have a go of it once its running then that would be great
:lol: :lol: :lol:

;) worth a try


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

Re: RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 2:17 pm
by jimmy
Sweet it must be awesome owning an actual touring car!!!

Re: RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 2:58 pm
by Deeksin
You lucky guy would love to get one of thos was that james kays old car then sure it was clelands before that!

Re: RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 3:10 pm
by SteLowis

Re: RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 6:51 pm
by HAIRIBO
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.

Re: RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 10:12 pm
by wafers
Helllllllo!!!!

Re: RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 10:55 pm
by btcctroy
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

Re: RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 2:07 pm
by cav32
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 :)

Re: RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 8:14 pm
by cav32
Finally got all my bits back from blast cleaning....next they need crack testing and painting before we can rebuild wheels bearings
blasted suspension.jpg
I had two set's of wheels blasted 4 Dymag's:
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and 4 Oz's:
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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...

Re: RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 8:29 pm
by cav32
The Dymag's being repaired:
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The shell as is now:
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Filler primer:
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Hopefully painted by the end of next week...fingers crossed, 5 weeks to get it done now.

Re: RML Cavalier Touring Car

Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 8:29 pm
by cav32
The Dymag's being repaired:
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The shell as is now:
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Filler primer:
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Hopefully painted by the end of next week...fingers crossed, 5 weeks to get it done now.