this is the 15th cav ive owned and it will be the second that ive modifide and my intesion is to a 2k budget do all the work myself and as long as i dont hit hard stuff i wanna keep it 4ever.
at the mo iv got is a 93 white v6 cesaro which has a spot on engine and a manual f25 ,the interia is sri style seats in black and red cloth ,and the body is typical old 2 tone white and rust :shock:i do have and advantage of bein a panal beater and painter so its gunna look the nuts
this is what iv disided to do:
ENGINE AND RUNNIN GEAR
.3l cams
.port and polished heads and inlet
.[possibly]lightend and balanced bottom end with high comp pistons
.remove cat
.4 bar fuel thingy
.f20 box with f18 5th gear
.xe flywheel and uprated clutch
.dependin on my budget a remap
INTERIOR
.cant deside?black leather,gsi grey cloth,the seats its got or like i just saw that cream calibra seats
BODY
.floor pan stripped clean up, welded ,repaired and painted.done
.both rear arches and dog legs replaced.done
.boot floor and back panal repaired.done
.sri boot spoiler blended to boot.done
.arial hole welded and smoothed.done
.midi van vent welded into wing and side repeaters smoothed over.done
.mk2 cav door handels
.4 or 5 lurves in bonnet
.turbo rear lights,front bumper and grill
.headlights and indicaters painted black internaly
.and then a doors off windows out respray in glacia white
pictures cummin soon im just tryin to figure out how to do it [der]
1.4 l
1.8 gls hatch & x2 saloon
2.0 cdi pre face lift
2.0 dippy pre face lift & 2 face lift
2.0 gls 16v
1.7 TD gls
2.0 sri 130 seh x2
2.0 sri 115 ne saloon
2.5 v6 auto hatch
2.5 v6 cesero
1.4 l
1.8 gls hatch & x2 saloon
2.0 cdi pre face lift
2.0 dippy pre face lift & 2 face lift
2.0 gls 16v
1.7 TD gls
2.0 sri 130 seh x2
2.0 sri 115 ne saloon
2.5 v6 auto hatch
2.5 v6 cesero
yay got round to do more work on the old chav wagon things bin a bit slow,iv made a start on the engine and done a coupel of panals,its guna take a bit longer than i thort muney an times a bit tite but heres a few more pix what ya think?
heres the chavalier bin pushed to 1 side and used as a tabel [arrr]
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check these bad boyz out ive blankt out the indyblinkers [wot mot]and i think im right in sayin but i think im the 1rst person ever to put a vauxhall midi van vent in a cav wing,or any wing[tryin to keep all my mods vauxhall]
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1.4 l
1.8 gls hatch & x2 saloon
2.0 cdi pre face lift
2.0 dippy pre face lift & 2 face lift
2.0 gls 16v
1.7 TD gls
2.0 sri 130 seh x2
2.0 sri 115 ne saloon
2.5 v6 auto hatch
2.5 v6 cesero
can any1 guess wot ive done to my boot lid you mite have to look hard but again i think im the 1rst to do this?
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ah im not so cocky about this 1 here ive got sum astra gte digi clocks,bit of loom,gbox thing and the other digi thing that gose in the center of the dash and my god 15 squid from a scrappy,dose any1 no or can any 1 help fit them i dont no electrix ?
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1.4 l
1.8 gls hatch & x2 saloon
2.0 cdi pre face lift
2.0 dippy pre face lift & 2 face lift
2.0 gls 16v
1.7 TD gls
2.0 sri 130 seh x2
2.0 sri 115 ne saloon
2.5 v6 auto hatch
2.5 v6 cesero
hang on there i do love my cav and incase u didnt notice i am restoring it hence the fact that it is has a ladder on top because it doesnt make a difference given the fact that it is having a re spray anyway!!
But dont worry i'll just nip down to my garage remove the ladder make sure she aint bruised give her a kiss and wrap her up in a warm blanket and leave coldplay on in the background for her when i'm not there
1.4 l
1.8 gls hatch & x2 saloon
2.0 cdi pre face lift
2.0 dippy pre face lift & 2 face lift
2.0 gls 16v
1.7 TD gls
2.0 sri 130 seh x2
2.0 sri 115 ne saloon
2.5 v6 auto hatch
2.5 v6 cesero
I did that myself i want to make it look like an sri! orginally they were black.
My favourite cav that i ever owned was a white sri the one that i put my 8v race engine in. Now i want this car to look the same but after owning a v6 auto hatchback i'm gonna build a race engine for this one and the cesaro was the first white saloon that came up!
What do you think so far??
1.4 l
1.8 gls hatch & x2 saloon
2.0 cdi pre face lift
2.0 dippy pre face lift & 2 face lift
2.0 gls 16v
1.7 TD gls
2.0 sri 130 seh x2
2.0 sri 115 ne saloon
2.5 v6 auto hatch
2.5 v6 cesero
Vent looks good too - you will have to plumb it into the airbox now so it gives plenty of cold air.
I'd keep the cesaro seats if they are in good nick. They are pretty decent and supportive. Cream Calibra leather would look odd against the black dash and trim on a white car IMO....
yay ive just spent 2 days scachin my head,gettin board,yornin and cryin but ive bin studyin the wirerin diagrams of the cav and mk2 astra
but this is great cuz i think ive crackt how to fit me digi dash fingers crossed i dont make fire?
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1.4 l
1.8 gls hatch & x2 saloon
2.0 cdi pre face lift
2.0 dippy pre face lift & 2 face lift
2.0 gls 16v
1.7 TD gls
2.0 sri 130 seh x2
2.0 sri 115 ne saloon
2.5 v6 auto hatch
2.5 v6 cesero
The problem is the F25 'box doesnt have a speedo drive. The V6s take their speed pulse from the ABS/TC system, so you will need to tap into that. I'm not sure if the pulse frequency will be right.
The other problem is the rev counter. Obviously the signal from a 6 pot will be a different frequency to the one from a 4 pot. So it will read all wrong. You will need to buy a frquency converter for the pulse signal. You can get them here:
cheers for that iv just bin to that site would it work if i used the f20 box and would the pulse converter defo solve the rev counter,cheers
1.4 l
1.8 gls hatch & x2 saloon
2.0 cdi pre face lift
2.0 dippy pre face lift & 2 face lift
2.0 gls 16v
1.7 TD gls
2.0 sri 130 seh x2
2.0 sri 115 ne saloon
2.5 v6 auto hatch
2.5 v6 cesero
ive been a busy bunny 2day,i found some spare time and got a hole side dune in just 6 hours
i would have got alot more done but me f@&kin compressor blu up
but still good i got n/s sil to bear metal and only found 1 hole?,got the arch lookin good,sorted out dents and any more rust and gave the hole quarter a good blockand got it all in p[attac
oooooo thats rusty!
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1 littel bit of weldin
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got doors off,window ,rubbers and all clips an stuff
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1.4 l
1.8 gls hatch & x2 saloon
2.0 cdi pre face lift
2.0 dippy pre face lift & 2 face lift
2.0 gls 16v
1.7 TD gls
2.0 sri 130 seh x2
2.0 sri 115 ne saloon
2.5 v6 auto hatch
2.5 v6 cesero
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1.4 l
1.8 gls hatch & x2 saloon
2.0 cdi pre face lift
2.0 dippy pre face lift & 2 face lift
2.0 gls 16v
1.7 TD gls
2.0 sri 130 seh x2
2.0 sri 115 ne saloon
2.5 v6 auto hatch
2.5 v6 cesero
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it startin to take shape now ,next im doin the other side,roof and iv had a change of
mind on door handels im thinkin of goin 4 omega 1nz
hopfully should get some more done soon
1.4 l
1.8 gls hatch & x2 saloon
2.0 cdi pre face lift
2.0 dippy pre face lift & 2 face lift
2.0 gls 16v
1.7 TD gls
2.0 sri 130 seh x2
2.0 sri 115 ne saloon
2.5 v6 auto hatch
2.5 v6 cesero
im on a bit of a role latley,got more cav dun this time its the engine,i pulled a sicky 2day ,got bored at home so i went to me mates work for a few hours and started my heads
my mate on the left
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i didnt do much all i got dun was the heads stripped down,put them through the wash and give them a pressure test [witch they were fine]
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before porting[hopfuly should be a difference]
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ooo when my mate scene the heads he reconed they were redtop heads because they had water channals round the comp chamber?is this corect ,my engine never had a plastic cover to say so i dont no wether its the early redtop or the eco tec?
and are there any more differences or is one better than the other etc....?if any 1 knows id love to no
1.4 l
1.8 gls hatch & x2 saloon
2.0 cdi pre face lift
2.0 dippy pre face lift & 2 face lift
2.0 gls 16v
1.7 TD gls
2.0 sri 130 seh x2
2.0 sri 115 ne saloon
2.5 v6 auto hatch
2.5 v6 cesero
lam really confused "redtop heads" how does he know that? it makes no difference if it had the redtop cover or the ecotec cover as it is the same engine a c25xe. your car would have came with the redtop cover tho and as for the "or is one better than the other etc....?" hmm yes.... these cars are kickin on bout 15 years old so depanding on how they have been looked after and what milage they have done etc some engines will be better then others
1.4 l
1.8 gls hatch & x2 saloon
2.0 cdi pre face lift
2.0 dippy pre face lift & 2 face lift
2.0 gls 16v
1.7 TD gls
2.0 sri 130 seh x2
2.0 sri 115 ne saloon
2.5 v6 auto hatch
2.5 v6 cesero
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"redtop heads" how does he know that? it makes no difference if it had the redtop cover or the ecotec cover as it is the same engine a c25xe. your car would have came with the redtop cover tho and as for the "or is one better than the other etc....?" hmm yes.... these cars are kickin on bout 15 years old so depanding on how they have been looked after and what milage they have done etc some engines will be better then others