JDM Dc2
Thought some of you may be interested so thought i'd start a project thread..
Went to the Tatton Park Classic car show hungover one sunday, i've had a thought about buying a Cavalier GSi and building my own kinda BTCC rep but not with all the graphics and sponsors, but they're very hard to come by and tbh the more i thought about it i didn't want a project from a totally standard car like my XR2 was (bar the suspension it came on). So anyways i was looking forward to seeing some Cavaliers and having a nosey underneath one in person for suspension ideas as there's nothing off the shelf for them really that's track worthy, whilst i've been researching them and looking out for them for sale i've been searching for Novas too as theyre obviously lighter then a cavalier, parts are easier to come by (i thought, will get to that another day)... so at the show i spot this nova, and with the bonnet up i didn't really take much notice until i noticed the For Sale sign in the window i instantly got chatting to the owner and the following night i went to pick it up aha...
So abit of info the car's only on 52000 miles, both previous owners have been mature, the one before last had the engine rebuilt and fitted with the mods, the previous owner i bought it off only used it on weekends for 6 months of the year for his 9yr ownership. The car isn't as mint as i first thought but it's a lot of car for the money and its 27years old so nthings perfect mint that's that old haha...
spec -
C20xe
Coscast (cosworth designed) head
Jenvey DTH 45mm Throttle Bodies
DTA management
Kent Cams and Verniers
ARP rod bolts
Ashley manifold
Sportex exhaust
GSI fuel tank
Cortney Motorsport Driveshafts
Some Samco hoses
GSi Radiator
Oil cooler
Seam welded engine bay
Solid top mounts
Mk3 Astra Fanblade wheels
Cavalier v6 front brakes
Raceland coilovers
Full GSi interior including clocks and dash
Home, first thing i did was remove the mud guards and parcel shelf -
OMP wheel out of my integra fitted with OMP boss -
Fully low on the rear and the front to match -
new fan -
Oil cooler bolted in and rad postioned properly as they both weren't ideal -
New brake goodies -
Random pic tidying whilst tidying the wiring (chopping out bullet connectors and soldering) -
covered up stop it fading or getting wet aha -
loads of parts on order/waiting to go on, getting the map checked next sunday at EFI Parts, more soon
Went to the Tatton Park Classic car show hungover one sunday, i've had a thought about buying a Cavalier GSi and building my own kinda BTCC rep but not with all the graphics and sponsors, but they're very hard to come by and tbh the more i thought about it i didn't want a project from a totally standard car like my XR2 was (bar the suspension it came on). So anyways i was looking forward to seeing some Cavaliers and having a nosey underneath one in person for suspension ideas as there's nothing off the shelf for them really that's track worthy, whilst i've been researching them and looking out for them for sale i've been searching for Novas too as theyre obviously lighter then a cavalier, parts are easier to come by (i thought, will get to that another day)... so at the show i spot this nova, and with the bonnet up i didn't really take much notice until i noticed the For Sale sign in the window i instantly got chatting to the owner and the following night i went to pick it up aha...
So abit of info the car's only on 52000 miles, both previous owners have been mature, the one before last had the engine rebuilt and fitted with the mods, the previous owner i bought it off only used it on weekends for 6 months of the year for his 9yr ownership. The car isn't as mint as i first thought but it's a lot of car for the money and its 27years old so nthings perfect mint that's that old haha...
spec -
C20xe
Coscast (cosworth designed) head
Jenvey DTH 45mm Throttle Bodies
DTA management
Kent Cams and Verniers
ARP rod bolts
Ashley manifold
Sportex exhaust
GSI fuel tank
Cortney Motorsport Driveshafts
Some Samco hoses
GSi Radiator
Oil cooler
Seam welded engine bay
Solid top mounts
Mk3 Astra Fanblade wheels
Cavalier v6 front brakes
Raceland coilovers
Full GSi interior including clocks and dash
Home, first thing i did was remove the mud guards and parcel shelf -
OMP wheel out of my integra fitted with OMP boss -
Fully low on the rear and the front to match -
new fan -
Oil cooler bolted in and rad postioned properly as they both weren't ideal -
New brake goodies -
Random pic tidying whilst tidying the wiring (chopping out bullet connectors and soldering) -
covered up stop it fading or getting wet aha -
loads of parts on order/waiting to go on, getting the map checked next sunday at EFI Parts, more soon
