Vauxhall Cavalier 'Track' Car

[djgritt]

Here is my Vauxhall Cavalier Project

It used to be my daily car, until i completed my apprenticeship and got the new job, and company car...

So a couple of pics of when i got it, and then how i got it and left it for a year

Bought like;




Got fed up of the Snowplough very quickly, so turned it into a Cavalier Turbo Replica, and loved it that way;










Then, once the company car was acquired, i decided to turn it into a Track Styled car;















This was where i left it, until recently, decided to get it ready for this years show season, so have almost finished Trim Stripping/Interior Painting, new Seats/Harnesses;












Now i just have some Mechanical issues to deal with, then re-insure/tax...

Cheers for looking

[UncleRic]

Have I seen this elsewhere.. possibly on another car related site..?

Which engine you got in there?

Looks like you're having fun with it.

[djgritt]

Originally Posted by UncleRic

Have I seen this elsewhere.. possibly on another car related site..?

Which engine you got in there?

Looks like you're having fun with it.

You possibly have seen it elsewhere - its on a lot of the Vauxhall Forums, and a couple of Generic ones (i think)

It's sporting the Low Output 2.0 16v (X20XEV) - RR'd at a shade under 140bhp with 150lb/ft - it's enough

I am having fun with it, will be good to get it back on the road - havent used it since just before christmas

[youngsyd]

I love cavvies.

I had a 2.0 xev SRI....nice car.

But then i did work at a Vauxhall dealer.....

[UncleRic]

Originally Posted by djgritt

It's sporting the Low Output 2.0 16v (X20XEV) - RR'd at a shade under 140bhp with 150lb/ft - it's enough

Power isn't always everything anyway, a well sorted track car can be much more fun than a tyre shreding bruiser.

[Decron]

In the photo of you going into Quarry at Coomb, there is a green Vectra behind you on the outside of the track.

That's one of the guys who works for me in his SXI!

[Lummox]

I always liked Cav's my old one I think was the same colour.

[djgritt]

mmmm V6 - that was somethign i was considering doing to mine this year, but migth wait til winter...

Were you a Cavweb user per chance?

[djgritt]

In the photo of you going into Quarry at Coomb, there is a green Vectra behind you on the outside of the track.

That's one of the guys who works for me in his SXI!

This pic?






If so, that Vectra is a Black GSi - it was the Guy who i bought the Cage froms Car at the time...

[Lummox]

Originally Posted by djgritt

mmmm V6 - that was somethign i was considering doing to mine this year, but migth wait til winter...

Were you a Cavweb user per chance?

Might have been a long time ago, not much of a poster back then though.

I worked for MSD at the time buidling the Vectra GSi's so need less to say a set of 3.0 cams etc found their way into the engine

[djgritt]

Originally Posted by Lummox

Might have been a long time ago, not much of a poster back then though.

I worked for MSD at the time buidling the Vectra GSi's so need less to say a set of 3.0 cams etc found their way into the engine

Awesome

Everyone keeps blabbing on about whamming an LET into it, to go with the looks, but that would be too much to go wrong IMO, a V6 would be much better - solid and reliable, with one of the best soundtracks available...

Heck of a lot cheaper too, and my F20 box would make it damn fun

[Decron]

Originally Posted by djgritt

This pic?






If so, that Vectra is a Black GSi - it was the Guy who i bought the Cage froms Car at the time...

I stand corrected then although to me it looks green! The lad in question has a green SXI V plater done up to look like a GTS. He was definately at that track day.

Been looking round for piccys of my Cav SRI (Which I loved dearly) but they all seem to have vanished. All I have left now is one picture of my first major project which I finished in 1996

[Lummox]

Originally Posted by djgritt

Awesome

Everyone keeps blabbing on about whamming an LET into it, to go with the looks, but that would be too much to go wrong IMO, a V6 would be much better - solid and reliable, with one of the best soundtracks available...

Heck of a lot cheaper too, and my F20 box would make it damn fun

Thing is the V6 isnt any rocket, lazy to rev its a cruiser rather than a sprinter. F20 would help with this though. Mind you if you go the same route as my mate Pete ....



That was a LET turbo but after it dying for the second time he went for something a little different.

[cheezemonkhai]

The green cav is a few cars back on the corner as opposed to the black one directly behind him?

[djgritt]

Originally Posted by Lummox

Thing is the V6 isnt any rocket, lazy to rev its a cruiser rather than a sprinter. F20 would help with this though. Mind you if you go the same route as my mate Pete ....



That was a LET turbo but after it dying for the second time he went for something a little different.

I've seen that a few times now - its smart - still running the 4x4 gear IIRC?

[djgritt]

Originally Posted by cheezemonkhai

The green cav is a few cars back on the corner as opposed to the black one directly behind him?

Yep, thats a Mate's V6 stripped out Hatchback - And it's not a V-Reg Vectra SXi

[Lummox]

Yeah Petes car is still 4x4.

[Decron]

Originally Posted by cheezemonkhai

The green cav is a few cars back on the corner as opposed to the black one directly behind him?

Yeah but I thought the Vectra on the outside was green and it was my mates. He was at the meet with the club.

[djgritt]

Originally Posted by Decron

Yeah but I thought the Vectra on the outside was green and it was my mates. He was at the meet with the club.

Which club? Might have a pic...

[Decron]

Originally Posted by djgritt

Which club? Might have a pic...

vauxhall sports car club

Eurofest sept 8th 07