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But a mk3 Cavalier saloon.

It was mine many moons ago and a total minter, but in a moment of madness i sold it to my sister for next to nothing.:furious:

Anyway, during her ownership it was totally ****ed, seized the engine due to her lad running it without coolant. It had a leak and instead of getting it fixed, just ran it, cut out, waited till it cooled, started it again till it cut out.

Anyhoo, its now been sat for about 2 years and pretty soon its coming home, my baby is coming home!

It HAD.....
17's, lowered 60mm, GSI bumpers, morrette quad headlight conversion, tinted windows, FSE power boost valve, drilled and grooved disks with greenstuff pads all round. Sounds chavvy but it was Very nicley done.

NOW it has....
odd 17's, lowered 60mm, no lights or grille, pretty much nothing left of any value, just sentimental!!

PLANS!!!:smoking:

Engine - Heres where the probs begin... I would like reliability, power and awesome sound, BUT being a Vauxhall it can only be one of the above LOL.

Im thinking sticking with the 2.0 8v engine thats in it (new one tho obviously) for ultra reliability! and it'll be easiest for engine swap.

Want a c20let mmmmm turbo power:evil3:, but engines are ultra expensive now and a shedload of work to get it fitted, new wiring loom etc...

BUT I know the v6 like th back of my hand, so might go 2.5 or 3.0 v6.

THEN theres the gearbox....6speed anyone?
:whip:

Styling - gonna keep this looking like a sleeper :angel:
Might see if i can stretch to morrettes again and get the windows re-tinted.


Thoughts??

I wanted a mk3 GSI for so long.
I'd just want it to look like a clean GSI lowered a bit with a nice set of wheels. Job done.

3.0 V6 sounds like a tremendous idea though.

Yeah, the gsi is simply an awesome machine!! THE best Vx imo!!

Project cav ftw

yeah, hopefully someone will take the cally and scort off my hands and then i will get the cav back!!

Used to hanker after a Cav GSi 2000 when they were brand new. I always thought the bodykit was rather nicely done and gave it the BTCC look of the time ala John Cleland



...in fact, almost got a VX as my first car...a 1.3 Nova SR. Nice wee red one, E or an F plate if memory serves. However, it was my Dad buying for himself with view of giving me it at some point and he thought it impractical. Ended up with a 1.6 non-injection Orion, which I crashed a few months later

its coming home in the next couple of weeks!!!!!

stuarty said:

its coming home in the next couple of weeks!!!!!

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Superb mate

Can't wait to see this finally happen!

Great news, was reading back to the first post there, sounds like an awesome project!!!!!

just going for the 2.0 8 valver, and get it looking mint for now, theres a credit crunch ya know!!! LOL

then once work picks up again, might look at investing in a bigger engine

the 2.0 8v's an under-rated engine

115bhp standard, good torque, it's mega reliable, takes huge mileage easy, and doesnt have a zillon and 3 sensors to go wrong like later vx engines fitted to callys and vecs, ala 2.0 ecotec!

Good to hear your finally getting it

stuarty said:

just going for the 2.0 8 valver, and get it looking mint for now, theres a credit crunch ya know!!! LOL

then once work picks up again, might look at investing in a bigger engine

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You could always go for a smaller but more powerful engine?

Like a Fiat diesel!

Its home

Felt ill today so couldnt go into work:thinking:

so hired a trailer and went to Forres and picked her up.
pics ina mo

stuarty said:

Its home

Felt ill today so couldnt go into work:thinking:

so hired a trailer and went to Forres and picked her up.
pics ina mo

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Who'd have thought eh...food poisoning from a BBQ! :nutter:

Honest....i was ill

Those alloys actually kinda suit it, from a distance could almost look OEM Good base for a project for sure

looks tidier than i expected it to tbh! the wheels really suit it too