the golden bullet

[cav_2.0_gli]

hello all,

after having bumped into squig & emma at PV on the weekend, and having saved a cavalier mk3 cdi from the scrapyard on friday, i thought it's high time i log back on, as im finally back in the ownership of cavs again.

here she is.

K-reg Cavalier 2.0 Cdi. 5 door hatch. rembrant silver.
154k on the clocks, manual transmission.
completely standard & very rusty!
named it the golden bullet. duno why, just stuck in my head lol.

heres some pics of here atm:










current modifications since above pics:

EXTERIOR:
lowering springs fitted
scorpion twintail backbox
opel badge on front grille
opc badge on bootlid
flat wiper blades
clear side repeators
various boot window stickers
prefacelift cdi alloy wheels

INTERIOR:
trip computer

ENGINE:

ramair induction kit
splitfire 8mm blue HT leads & uprated plugs


FUTURE PLANS AND MODS:

get it mot'd & tax'd
get the welding done to the boot floor & rear arches
replace the slam panel as its rotten
replace o/s headlight (done now)
replace n/s/r door as its rotten completely
sort out exhaust blow (when i can find where its blowing from, only blows underload up the road, wont blow when being revved up stationary )
get rid of all the rust on the doors/archs etc (which theres plenty of)

EXTERIOR:

prefacelift front & rear bumpers, headlights & rear lights, numberplate panel etc (possibly)
towbar (i need it lol)
headlamp washers
mudflaps (possibly)

INTERIOR:

prefacelift cdi/sri/gsi non airbag steering wheel
replacement cdi or sri seats & doorcards

ENGINE:

18e gasflowed/ported/polished cylinder head
kent camshaft
4 branch manifold/downpipe
gasflowed/ported inlet manifold & throttle body
x20xev red injectors and FPR



not gona do too much to it, as i only bought it as a workhorse as such, and to save it from being crushed.

will update tomorow with more pics once ive got the front legs back on with the lowering springs!

so good to be back with cavs, ask squig & emma, at PV all i wanted to do was go home and fiddle around with the cav lol.

thanks

[Envoy CDX]

Looks like it could be a decent project. What happened to that blue one you had the other week? Other than missing bumpstrips it looked rather tidy.

Nice to see you posting back again too.

[cav_2.0_gli]

Looks like it could be a decent project. What happened to that blue one you had the other week? Other than missing bumpstrips it looked rather tidy.

Nice to see you posting back again too.

she's be great when its all done. still got the 33k blue cav, that's sitting in dry storeage, where it shall remain for the time being, as i never plan on selling that one.

nice to be back! just trouble is whenever i sell the car i own, i tend to stop posting on the site unless i still own the same car if you know what i mean.

[cav_2.0_gli]

been busy again working on the cav.

she's now lowered, scorpion backbox and few other bits on it now:

in the middle of lowering the old girl:




its abit lower than i thought it would end up lol:







few stickers ive put on it, as they seemed appropriate:







she's getting welded up tomorow, then after that i'l be fitting my towbar, and continuing to modify the old beaut.

[Gaz]

welcome back dave

[Cavalier342]

Mate I love those stickers Scrappage scheme survivor, that is a very true Cavalier statement. Good job there That is looking quite low too.
Andrei.

[cav_2.0_gli]

Mate I love those stickers Scrappage scheme survivor, that is a very true Cavalier statement.

it seemed appropriate seeing as i bought it from a scrapyard where it was about to crushed.

[cav_2.0_gli]

just took the rear bumper off to prep it ready for welding tomorow.

my god its a damm site rustier than i first thought. the rear chassis is completely rotten, as is the boot floors.

[iangsi]

That's the trouble with old vauxhall's look OK on top rusty as a nail underneath

[Squig]

Wow that's really really rusty!

Glad to see you back mate... so what's the plan now you know the extent of the rust?

[cav_2.0_gli]

Wow that's really really rusty!

Glad to see you back mate... so what's the plan now you know the extent of the rust?

its a damm site rustier then i first thought

never mind though, a good mate of mine has spent 5 hours yesterday starting to weld it up (as theres much more than pictured that needs doing, and he'l be finishing it off tomorow.

spare wheel well, rear arch, rear inner arch, top of boot floors etc have been welded, just needs to put plates under boot floors, o/s/r inner arch, and along the hole rear chassis bit. i think.

then loads of rust treatment and underseal!!!

[TurboDan]

Wow thats rusty! I think theres the reason it was at the scrap yard

Your a brave man for carrying on with that

[cav_2.0_gli]

Wow thats rusty! I think theres the reason it was at the scrap yard

Your a brave man for carrying on with that

i never put a healthy cav down


brave, i think mental is more the right word. still it'l be worth it in the end.

picked up aload of parts for it today, really chuffed with what i got.

got myself:

kent ast14 cam, with sports alloy pulley
preface sri front bumper
pair of headlamp washers
powerflow oval backbox
pair of preface indicators
preface grille
4way e/w switches (mines nackered)
pair of new rear shocks
panel in between headlights & bumper
and various other bits.

[Nova_Tek]

Nice project, the plans sound good. Would be interesting to see the power gain for the mods you're doing. A bit rusty considering it's age but as said before... Cav's are rustier underneath most of the time. In saying that, your one seems worse than my dad's early SRi

Love the carpet, would really like to have one like that in my dads Cav (as you've guessed... I'm after one )

What springs you lowered it on?

[cav_2.0_gli]

Nice project, the plans sound good. Would be interesting to see the power gain for the mods you're doing. A bit rusty considering it's age but as said before... Cav's are rustier underneath most of the time. In saying that, your one seems worse than my dad's early SRi

Love the carpet, would really like to have one like that in my dads Cav (as you've guessed... I'm after one )

What springs you lowered it on?

thanks!

erm ive lowered it on astra mk3 lowering springs, havent a clue whether its a 40 or 60mm drop on the astra, but its deffo dropped the cav atleast 60mm!

[Nova_Tek]

Cool, just asking as it ha da good stance. how does it drive with the new springs?

Brother lowered his facelift 16v SRi on 35mm H&R springs. Actually rides as comfortable if not more now (handles miles better though. Mind you he got new shocks all round.

[cav_2.0_gli]

Cool, just asking as it ha da good stance. how does it drive with the new springs?

Brother lowered his facelift 16v SRi on 35mm H&R springs. Actually rides as comfortable if not more now (handles miles better though. Mind you he got new shocks all round.

tbh as shes got no mot/tax atm, i havent really took it for a run properly, but seems alot less bouncy then the original suspension!

[Envoy CDX]

Alot of rot, any pics of the progress welds?

[Squig]

yeah, pictures mate, pictures!

[cav_2.0_gli]

as requested, welding pics.

i swear this cav was parked every night backwards into a pond.

my mate who's doing the welding has spent 2 days solid on it now, and still needs to come back again tomorow to finish it off!











then tuesday is spent rust treating, undersealing and painting the old beast.

[Rage]

looks like you have a good welder there nice to see that a little rust hasn't killed off another cav hopefully see you about in it as i'm only just down the road in st ives cambridge and i drop into bedford every so often. keep up the good work

[Nova_Tek]

Nice to see some welding, it really was a rusty thing. Just makes our cav project look that bit easier now

Good Job, some people after seeing that would run a mile

[cav_2.0_gli]

Nice to see some welding, it really was a rusty thing. Just makes our cav project look that bit easier now

Good Job, some people after seeing that would run a mile

i will admit, once i started poking and my screw driver didnt stop going through to the other side for some time, i did nearly scrap it.

but thankfully ive got a good mate who does welding for a living (hates welding cars though lol) and he kindly charges me naff all, else this would have been scrapped.

will update with more pics next few days once ive finished undersealing/rust treating it, and my mate has finished welding it.

[Envoy CDX]

Did he weld that lower arch panel bit on with the door closed?

Also - did you give those rear chassis legs a good going over before plating up/

[cav_2.0_gli]

Did he weld that lower arch panel bit on with the door closed?

Also - did you give those rear chassis legs a good going over before plating up/

no the door was open when he welded the lower arch bit on, why?

i checked the rear chassis legs, and just removed the rust, i let my mate take care of it, he just cut the rot out and welded a hole plate over it. the towbar will be covering this up anyway.