Pre-Facelift Cavalier SRi. J551 AHJ

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Pre-Facelift Cavalier SRi. J551 AHJ

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Heres my newest project, 1992 Cavalier SRi. J551 AHJ.

The previous owner(richiemk3) did alot of work to it, stripped it to a bare shell, stripped all the underseal of the underside which is now ready for paint. Electric sunroof and electric rear windows from a v6 were fitted too, along with the heated leather fitted and wired in.

When i bought the car there was a little patch of rot on the bottom of the drivers wheel arch, rot had already been cut out ready for patching.
Once i got it i started checking over properly and round another little patch of rust under the battery tray so cut that off and got the area ready for patching. Still unbelievably clean for a J reg Cavalier, sills and arches are immaculate!!

Anyway as for the plans, Stone-chip and paint underside, paint engine bay and rebuild the 130, 4-1, stainless system, re-spray the whole exterior, battery re-located to the boot, 40 or 60mm drop, and a nice set of wheels! then other nice little touches. debating whether or not to polybush the whole car?

Heres a few pics of what its been like over the past few years:

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I will post pictures later on, of how it sits now :thumb
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That looks really nice clean car hope everything goes well with it :thumb
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looking good dude :)

any more pics of it on momos :)
My valver brings all the boys to the yard, dam right its cammed and carbed, dam right it pops and farts, I would show you but the fuker won't start!
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Nice cav mate, I thought I recognised the reg. Spoke about this cav before, like it a lot.
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steven240374 wrote:That looks really nice clean car hope everything goes well with it :thumb
cheers mate :)
gsi pie wrote:looking good dude :)

any more pics of it on momos :)
Cheers fella :) only the one above and this one. it was the previous owner who had them on :p
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markrobertyeo wrote:Nice cav mate, I thought I recognised the reg. Spoke about this cav before, like it a lot.
Cheers mate! :thumb
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Thats one great looking Cav
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Really looks awesome pal. I had one of these before my current cav. It was a joy to own
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ah my old momos :cry

had 11 four stud arrows at one point, plus the five five studs lol

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sad taking pictures of wheels isnt it?
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Cavalier-C20LET wrote:ah my old momos :cry

had 11 four stud arrows at one point, plus the five five studs lol

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sad taking pictures of wheels isnt it?
Not sad taking pics of wheels like that :thumb
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cavbtcc wrote:Really looks awesome pal. I had one of these before my current cav. It was a joy to own
Thanks mate! :)

Holy crap Cavalier-C20LET!! enough arrows?! hah!
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arrows suit a cav imo :)
My valver brings all the boys to the yard, dam right its cammed and carbed, dam right it pops and farts, I would show you but the fuker won't start!
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gsi pie wrote:arrows suit a cav imo :)
arrows suit alomost anything ;) but yeah especially a cav imo aswell
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minor update.

Heres a pic of how i collected the car, and pretty much how it sits at the moment.
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Put her in my shed, but theres a serious lack of space :oops: once my old man clears space ill hopefully get into the bigger garage for a while :)

As she sits my small shed:
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Not done a great amount really, fitted the rear doors and back bench to the interior, because theres not enough space to have it all sitting in the garage, gets it out of the way for now. will be coming back off in the future.
Cleaned up both outer front wings ready for stone chip and paint.
As mentioned before there was a little rust under the battery tray, so drilled out the spot welds and cut out the rust from the area, all ready to be patched.

Before:
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After (sorry, forgot during pictures of rust)
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Battery trey will be going in the boot anyway. Going for a clean looking bay 8-)

That is all for now. Updates to come soon :thumb
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Time for an update:

Been gathering a few bits and bobs over the last while, so far got:

Wish bones
Track rod ends
Genuine water pump
New head bolts
G-max front inserts
Bump stops
Strut tops
Rocker cover Breather
GTE steering wheel
Stainless rocker cover
And a coupe of nuts & bolts i was missing

Thanks to Cavalier_C20LET for a pile of parts ;)

Anyway, made a start on the engine a while ago. The only thing i can see it needs is a new cam. Cleaned up the block and gave it a lick of black paint. cleaned the sump and painted silver. stripped the white paint of the rocker cover - paint or polish?
Stripped the head down and ported it (DIY job) cleaned all the grime off, Lapped the Valves, cleaned it all up again and stuck the valves, valve springs back in. Tappets are still soaking in oil so will re-fit them tomorrow :)

Stripped the front pannel to bare metal too, had been stone chipped and painted over, finish was awfull! Red oxide primed it to protect till paint.

I also got the car rolling yesterday :D will all be stripped down again and new springs & shocks fitted (springs came with the car) subframe, stuts etc will all be painted up. only got it rolling now so i can tow it to my old mans garage.

Turned it round in my garage for now so i can get to work prepping the back arches for stone chip :)

Sitting on all 4 8-)

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Thats all for now :thumb
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Looks like you will be busy with the car, you have loads to do. Any plan on when you would like it finnished?

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Sure do have plenty to do! Im hoping next summer sometime, maybe make a show or 2 out of next year :)
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good luck mate keep picking at it
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cheers fella :)
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Little update, not done much to the shell lately, been pottering away prepping bits for paint though, rocker cover, few engine mounts, dipstick holder, pulley, inlet manifold, gearbox etc :)

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Was bored the other night, so de-tango's my GSi rear lights. Looks 100% better imo!

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After:
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Stainless rocker bolts, brand new GM bonnet badge is sealed pack. MIG team Scotland sticker all arrived in the post 8-) Alloy oil cap to come soon too ;)
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Great work mate, glad your happy with the bonnet badge :thumb
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Cheers again mate :thumb
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lookign good dude :)
My valver brings all the boys to the yard, dam right its cammed and carbed, dam right it pops and farts, I would show you but the fuker won't start!
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where r u getting the oil cap from bud
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gsi pie wrote:lookign good dude :)
Cheers Pie :)
SeanGSi wrote:where r u getting the oil cap from bud
A local boy mate :)
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Well after Priming my gearbox, it reacted in one place revealing a wee hairline crack in the end plate. Not to wory though, soon sourced a replacement end plate. Just need to prime and fit it. Also the diff casing was leaking a little, so opened it up and re-sealed.

Crack:
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Diff once casing was opened:
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Yesterday i went out and painted my Inlet manifold, Rocker cover, few mounts and my Airflow meter casing with some leftover 2k paint i had from wheels i painted a while back. Turned out fantastic imo! Cant wait to get more bits as shiny :lol:

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Nice n shiny :D

Got a pile of other bits cleaned up ready for primer aswell, just waiting on the primer coming in the post.

Collected this last night too ;) I will get it all pollished up this week and fit it along with my stainless rocker bolts.
Alloy oil cap:
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Has anybody got any tips to cleaning the inside of a header tank? or am i just aswell replacing it.

Hopefully more updates soon :thumb
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