Pilky's 2.0 LS

[Pilky]

Pics where taken just when i brought her home quite tidy was to good for the scrap man. If i didn't go when i did that day to look at her she would of been striped.

[Pilky]

Update:

This weekend i decided to do what i was told by a couple of fellas on here by cleaning out breather hoses, throttle body and the ICV with carb cleaner. The difference when driver her after cleaning was very noticeable.



Throttle intake looking so much cleaner than before.



The ICV had a good clear out it really needed it.

And thanks to Lowrider Dave i managed to get the owners club decal on.

[TurboDan]

Good work. Cleaning the throttle body on any Vauxhall engine seems to make a massive differance.

[Mikebmth]

Nice work Adam, if you have any more issues with the ICV give me a shout and I will send you a link to a guy who sells Omega bits which fit the 2 litre Cav and come with a guarantee.

Good work thou buddy

[Lowrider Dave]

Go to see your WIP thread!

[Cavalier342]

Good work mate, nice to see some progress.

[Pilky]

Thanks people got the manifold sorted today so she sounds a lot better now just got to tidy the manifold up and i'm thinking of painting it what do you think?

Adam

[Cavalier342]

Depends really. Chrome would be a bit too blingy, maybe gun-metal grey or stainless steel silver would look nice.

[Pilky]

Depends really. Chrome would be a bit too blingy, maybe gun-metal grey or stainless steel silver would look nice.

Yeah was thinking a grey colour

[Ads]

Depends really. Chrome would be a bit too blingy, maybe gun-metal grey or stainless steel silver would look nice.

whats wrong with a bit of bling, LOL Ads

[Hayward691]

Just make sure its a high temp paint... seen loads bubble off where people use normal spray paint... Or even better... get it powder coated the same colour as the car lol

[Pilky]

Just make sure its a high temp paint... seen loads bubble off where people use normal spray paint... Or even better... get it powder coated the same colour as the car lol

How much will that cost? would love to do it.

[Pilky]

These look so much better than the orange ones. Got these off ebay £4.00 they cost me including package.

[iangsi]

Sometimes the simple cheap mods make a huge difference

[Pilky]

Not very happy today my exhaust manifold is blowing again so i have been going around garages getting quotes to sort out two studs that have corroded away and have snaped off. I'm hoping i will get it sorted before the 1st of next month for the south meet.

[Hayward691]

Could you not get an extractor and tap set... Might find it a bit cheaper...

[Pilky]

I could but never done tapping in a block before to afraid with punching through one of the water channels. Is there anyone on here that could do it for a small fee?

[planetc]

Take a good stud out and measure the depth in the head. As long as you don't go any deeper you'll be ok

[Pilky]

Exhaust manifold sorted again not perfect but it will do for now till i get some more funds. I want to get the mechanical bits done first before i start spending money on fancy stuff like wheels, suspension ect and sorting out those damn wing mirrors

[Pilky]

Just got a pair of headlight covers for nothing already on the cav

[Pilky]

Great! Clutch cable snapped when i was dropping the nippers off at school yesterday. Picked up a new cable this morning and will be fitted this afternoon hopefully.

[Cavalier342]

Headlight covers look nice.

clutch cable - one of those things

[Pilky]

Clutch cable all done and decided to do a bit of engine bay cleaning.

[Cavalier342]

Always worth the effort in my opinion. A filthy engine bay might as well be forgotten about, but when everything is clean, it's so much better to work on/look at.

[jimmy]

Nice tidy cav there matey