HEY ALL,
I THOUGHT THAT SOME OF YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN MY CAV. SO HERE IT IS.
BACKGROUND INFO: bought for £27 off of evilbay in march 2005. 88,000 miles on the clock. was a standard 2.0i 8v gli when i bought it. the interior was absolutely spotless, with no wear, fag burns, marks no nothing! looked like it had just left the factory! all electrics/brakes/engine gearbox etc etc worked as they should. engine is faultless. starts 1st time everytime, and has plently of power! when i bought it, it needed 3 tyres (was gona fit alloys anyway), a cv boot (£30 fitted), 1 headlight+indicator+rear light (£free of a mate), drivers arch welded (bout £100) and rear pads. since then rust has got worse, so i replaced the entire arch on the drivers side, and did the same on the pass side, even though it was only the bottom bit near the sill that had started to go, but i thought sod it, while its here have it done, as it'l end up back here again in a years time!
list of mods so far:
EXTERIOR:
1) 17 inch 5 spoke kahn rsr alloys alloys, with low profile tyres
2) cav gsi front bumper 'bigmouthed' & meshed out
3) cav gsi front grill, meshed, with alloy airtake filter
4) 'badboi' headlamp eye brows
5) smoked front indicators
6) cav sri rear bumper
7) cav sri rear lip spoiler with irmscher & opel badging
8) cav sri side skirts
9) alloy window wipers all round
10) vectra colour coded door handles
11) bump strips n badges removed on doors/boot/wings
12) oval side repeaters
13) wing mirrors colour coded
14) lexus style rear lights
15) square front number plate, with fancy writing on front n back plates
16) powerflow oval loud backbox
17) towbar with twin electrics
18) alloy fuel filler flap
19) vectra style rear spoiler with brake light in it
ENGINE:
1) gasflowed/ported/drilled 18e head
2) kent ast17 cam
3) piper vernier pulley
4) really low compression pistons
5) gasflowed, polished and enlarged throttle body and inlet manifold
6) bosch super4 performance spark plugs and leads
7) k&n sports airfilter
8) borath rohr alloy air intake pipe, from k&n to throttle body
9) alloy air intake pipe from grill to K&N
10) sportex 4-2-1 racing downpipe and manifold
11) new: dizzy, rotary arm, leads, plugs, cambelt, all gaskets (head, sump, valve stem etc), oil, oil filter, water pump, oil pump, clutch, headbolts, big end bearings,
12) 3inch straight thru exhaust system from middle box back
13) alloy strut brace
14) alloy oil filler cap
15) superchip for airflow meter
16) 'race mode' switch, to increase power, fueling and spark.
17) engine start button
18) complete engine rebuilt and painted red
19) garrett t3 turbocharger and all bits.
INTERIOR:
1) cav turbo bucket style leather heated seats
2) alloy gearknob, pedals, handbrake, tax holder, door pins, gearshift surround,
3) 1/2 dash sprayed silver
4) 1/2 alloy, 1/2 leather racing steering wheel and boss
5) all dash switchs n heater panel changed to blue n red led bulbs
6) 6 blue interior neons
7) wood trim on doorcards
8) irmscher badging on dash n doorcards
9) 'gsi16v' shoulder pads
10) alloy boot and bonnet lifters
11) electric engine start button
12) 'race mode' button
13) vectra centre consol armrest
14) astra gte digital lcd speedometer
ICE & SECURITY:
1) jbl front door speakers
2) jbl rear speakers
3) original front tweeters
4) 15inch sub in box, with 500watt amplifer
5) 10 disc multichanger
6) 2 6x9 goodman speakers
7) 2 blaupunkt speakers
8) sony headunit
9) de-locked all doors
10) remote central locking & alarm system
11) door deadlockers
12) engine immobilser
13) window breakage and movement sensors
BRAKES:
1) uprated, grooved & drilled brake discs all round
2) uprated, greenstuff brake pads all round
3) all 4 brake calipers painted red.
CONVERSIONS:
1) electric sunroof
2) trip computer & switch
3) front fog lights
4) headlamp washers
5) heated front seats
REPAIRS (FOR MOT ETC):
1) brand new rear archs & sills plus few other bits welded up
2) brand new pass side wing
3) drivers cv boot
4) discs n pads all round (was gona change them anyway to uprated one)
5) 1 headlight, indicator & rear light
6) panel below drivers rear light had bump filled in and sprayed
7) 3 new tyres
MODS AWAITING FITTING:
1) alpine headunit, with motorised 6.5inch tv monitor that flips out
2) 2 7inch tv screens built into sunvisors
3) 2 9inch tv screens built into the back of leather headrests
4) dvd player, and tv tuner
FUTURE MODIFYCATIONS:
1) lexmaul ram air system, replacing the throttle body & injector manifolds etc
2) anti lock brakes conversion (if possible)
3) airconditioning conversion (if possible)
4) traction control conversion (if possible)
5) heated rear seats conversion
6) rear electric windows conversion
7) kerb lights on all 4 door cards conversion
8) rear map reading lights conversion
9) cruise control conversion (if possible)
10) 2.5 v6 200bhp engine and gearbox, then modify it
11) 30-40mm lowering springs and uprated shocks all round.
and what ever else takes my fancy
PICTURES:
FRONT:
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BACK:
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SIDE:
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ENGINE:
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(just before i removed the engine for a rebuild, its currently out the car still, pics will be added once its been fitted again)
INTERIOR:
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what u lot think?
