my cav turbo 4x4 work in progress

[Ads]

It's Annoying they tend to rust when the car has been ran with little or no antifreeze. When you take them out you may find a lot of corrosion.

since ive had the car i have always used some sort of antifreeze, but carnt say what previous owners did .Ads

[Ads]

well had a bit of cav time today and cracked on with the leaky core plug, after removing air box and associated hose, pipes etc, removed exhaust manifold turbo, and power steering pump.





to reveal the offending core plug



i know i said earlier that its easy to remove a core plug, and it usual is, but this bad boy took me nearly two hours to get out, with the restricted access not helping, well and a few scraped knuckles and arms and a lot of cursing and swearing lol, i got it out and the new one fitted



i got the power steering pump back on and this is the way i left it



to be contiued next week, as saturdays are usually the only free time i have,

[Greig Sri]

A lot of work to change a plug. I would have changed the other ones too. As they have been exposed to the same environment as the leaky one.

Greig

[Ads]

A lot of work to change a plug. I would have changed the other ones too. As they have been exposed to the same environment as the leaky one.

Greig

i was thinking about that, but the struggle i had getting that on out, i think ill take my chances lol, Ads

[Lowrider Dave]

Well done, these 'little' jobs always seem to take the most time and blood! Any progress is progress!

[gidged500]

Great project this just read it from start to finish. Good example

[Ads]

Great project this just read it from start to finish. Good example

thanks mate,much appreiciated, Ads

[Ads]

ive just read through the whole thread, and you forget how much has been done to the cav, and also how much pain and heartache the dam thing has put me through, LOL. Ads

[Ads]

well sorted the cav out today, re fitted exhaust manifold and turbo, and all the associated hoses, fitted airbox , fan, and auxillary belt etc, filled up the fluids, coolant and power steering fluid, and ran the cav up to temp, everything seems ok, :whistle: , didnt have time for a test drive, but hope to put a few miles on it over the weekend.





thanks for looking. Ads

[Cavalier342]

Don't think I've seen so many blue hoses in a Cavalier engine bay before Looking clean!!

[Ads]

fitted astra vxr injectors



ive been having trouble with the car boosting, lately, think it could be the amel valve, so I fitted a Turbosmart dual boost controller



also fitted a high/low boost switch for the boost controller



got the cav running on low boost, (8psi) and it running really good, fuelling seems to be spot on, 12s and 13s normal driving, 10s and 11s on boost,
going to get it set up on a rolling road later, to get the high boost set up.

also put a gold plaque on my fuse box, for the cav winning a award at the recent Retro car show.





thanks for looking Ads

[Ads]

since I upped the boost ive had a hose pop off twice, so yesterday I secured the hoses properly with new mikalor clips, I also wired in new polished battery clamps and fitted a polished battery top cover, its all about the bling LOL





also fitted some new dash clock, with the white dials, as the other ones were looking a bit tatty



thanks for looking. Ads

[Ads]

today I sanded down and repainted the front slam panel on the cav, also fitted a new vin plate I got made up, it not perfect but it looks a dam sight cleaner





thanks for looking, Ads

[Cavalier342]

Looks a tidy job on the slam panel mate! Been thinking of doing mine at some point.... Always the first panel to start flaking off etc

[SteLowis]

Looking well ads. Nice little job done with the front panel. You got any spare clocks?

[btcctroy]

Looks very tidy

[Ads]

fitted my own oil/press and water/temp gauges into the standard oil/volt facia, still got a few marks on that I will sort out, but I think it will look ok ,im putting the stereo unit back into the top din slot, and these in the bottom din slot where they belong.





should look ok when they are fitted. Ads

[Cavalier342]

That's cool, I didn't know you could get water temperature instead of oil pressure. Seems a bit pointless though as you have the on-board coolant gauge, but looks different.

[Ads]

That's cool, I didn't know you could get water temperature instead of oil pressure. Seems a bit pointless though as you have the on-board coolant gauge, but looks different.

the reason I put the water temp gauge in as I was having trouble with the standard one giving false readings, ive had this one in the cav for a while in a different facia and I know I can trust the readings, Ads

[Cavalier342]

Fair play, I see.. I guess it's the same with me and the volt gauge, i.e. the light comes on if there is a problem with charging on normal clocks, but it's nice to see what the alternator is doing during normal operations. As for the oil one, I need to get a special sender unit for my engine, but at the moment it's disconnected.

[Ads]

I wired up and fitted the standard gauge facia I made up with my own aftermarket water/temp and oil/press gauges in.





I think there look ok. whats other people think

[Cavalier342]

Looks tidy to me, not sure about the carbon fiber ashtray but I guess it's down to personal choice

[Ads]

Looks tidy to me, not sure about the carbon fiber ashtray but I guess it's down to personal choice

that was in when I bought the cav about 8yrs ago, I don't really like it myself, but never got around to changing it, proberbly a job for the future, Ads

[Ads]

re taxed the cav today, its the first time in the eight years that I have owned it , it has been taxed all the year round. Ads

[TurboDan]

Gauges look cool. I definately agree with the ashtray though.