My 1986 mk2 cavalier

[McFall1984]

Good man. Least you have good motivation to get them done

Only 2 I need to do
And the lorry

Rest is going once all sorted

 

[McFall1984]

Was bored today

Love inside of this
So old but so clean

 

[carmad.]

is that mounted ?? looks a lot to the right ??

 

[McFall1984]

is that mounted ?? looks a lot to the right ??

No no. Just sat in on top of a block of wood. Still has auto torque converter an all still attached

Hopefully tomorrow it’ll be sitting a lot better

 

[Ben P]

 

[McFall1984]

Not been at my shed much bar cleaning up an fixing other cars

Exhaust manifold fitted

Twin Weber manifold fitted

Clutch kit then fitted

Then the box ( F16 ) was fitted

Then engine fitted

Then test fitted the webers

Tomorrow I'm hoping my gaskets, filter king an fuel regulator, trumpets, and a few fuel fixings land to work to I can try start it up

Ordered a new radiator through work also

All being well, if I can walk after training tomorrow evening I'll get out and see if I can get a few more jobs done

 

[McFall1984]

Today my parts landed to work an took some 8mm fuel hose home to see if this thing will run

 

[carmad.]

i like your 4 branch

 

[McFall1984]

i like your 4 branch

Bought accidentally bought for the gsi astra but turns out it's an 8v manifold

 

[McFall1984]

Got bored this evening
8v out

V6 sitting ready, flywheel bolts to find and were going in

 

[carmad.]

v6 flywheel bolts should be the same as a red top mate

 

[McFall1984]

v6 flywheel bolts should be the same as a red top mate

V6 bolts are torx head, I need flat bolts

 

[carmad.]

yes mate red top ones are flat head same thread should be 8 off them

make sure you lock tight them

 

[McFall1984]

yes mate red top ones are flat head same thread should be 8 off them

make sure you lock tight them

Ordered from autovaux. Should have had these ordered months ago

 

[dddrrift]

jeeez you change your mind like the weather.... pick an engine already lol

 

[Lee]

Are you going to give the bay a wee clean before fitting the v6?

 

[McFall1984]

jeeez you change your mind like the weather.... pick an engine already lol

I've that many engines here I dunno wat to do

Are you going to give the bay a wee clean before fitting the v6?

Yea and paint

 

[56oval]

I take it you dont need me now

 

[McFall1984]

I take it you dont need me now

Not at the minute, doesn't mean it's not going into another car tho

 

[McFall1984]

Bought a new tank as I'm going injection so needed a return and swirl pot, actually bought 8 as it was new old stock. But I have 3 cavaliers so won't go to waste
Flywheel bolts also landed so bolted that on
No running tomorrow after work so should get the box bolted on and hopefully she has nothing planned so I can get the engine sat in

 

[Rigger]

Loving this thread. My parents had a 1988 1600L Cavalier. Was one of the smoothest engines I remember in a car. Got to speed fairly quickly, but did it in a no fuss way.

Did it so well my mum got caught speeding twice

 

[McFall1984]

Timing belt kit finally arrived
3ltr cams an were good to mount this in the bay

 

[McFall1984]

Genuine mk2 calibre spoiler arrived yesterday, that's my calibre kit now complete

 

[McFall1984]

Not sure how many engines have been in this thing from my last update
But I’ve finally made a decision
2.5v6

I need a corsa b V6 driver side engine mount
Astra gte rear box mount and we are sorted

Was at the shed for a bit earlier an after an hour I wrestled the wiring loom inside the car

Then removed the speedo clocks

This left a wee hole

But will be replaced with these

Engine sitting ready with an f20 built into a f16 casing

 

[McFall1984]

So at the weekend I cleaned the shed up, a large chunk of it anyway an put all my floor tools back in their boxes an trays

Then I had a wee chat with my gearbox, I asked it nicely to jump onto the engine

Then I asked it nicely to jump in there

It wasn't happening, more manual labour

Bit of a wrestling match but it's in

Wanted to see how it looked with the Calibre bumper