My GSI project

[Count DRAGula]

Well a lil about me:

Im South African, extremely loyal to opel and i love the brand. Im part of our version of the opel forum here www.opelownersclub.co.za then click on the forum, its a lil down at teh mo coz its under maintenance and renovations.

My old car that I miss dearly:

Opel Kadett Cub 1.6 8v GLS (Kaddet E or T-car)
Flat top racing pistons
Cowley Branches
Straight through Free Flow exhaust
mild sound system
Kick ass rims
Extremely quick for a 1.6 8v

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Then this happened recently unfortuanatly..my brakes didnt work when they had too:

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I really felt like crying, my babies dead!!!

Iv got this currently:

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But all is not lost!! I have my lil project to keep me busy and make life bearable!! :

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Well here the Sidies with manifold....perfectly jetted and tuned :

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But iv also sourced sum FI goodies for a kwik swop back to stock for long trips :

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But also in the mean time...been collectin a lil bit o sound...its in the Fox now...but will go into the kadett when shes finished :

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[astravanmk2]

Man that Kadett needs to be shown some love I look forward to seeing it progress

[Count DRAGula]

True...but I literally got the whole car minus ECU for literally let than R5k. Which wud be 353 odd pounds if u convert it. The body has almost no damage, the worst wud be to replace the bonnet.

Its got a 1.8 8v GSI Fuel Injected engine..which im reboring to 2.0 and looking for a 16v head. Iv got sidedraghts (40s) and im lightening the body quite a bit.

[mking]

looks like you've got your work cut out there mate. you thinking of keeping it the same colour?

[Ian T]

Keep us posted, it'll be interesting to see how you get this one fettled up, I'm not sure I've seen a project start from such modest beginnings before. :)

Ian.

[Count DRAGula]

Oh hell yeah!! Iv always wanted three things in a car: 1 - it must be a 2 door; 2 - it must be black; 3 - it must be convertible....oh well 2 outa 3 aint bad.

Im taking my time with it. Its not gona be a speed machine but I want it to be a show car with plenty of grunt....Im looking at a min of 150kw+-

[Count DRAGula]

Im actually lucky in the sense that I got a brand new pair of elec window arms with, lots of brand new suspension spares and odds n ends. She looks worse than she is becoz shes dirty.

[Sipo]

Certainly a lof of work to do! Good luck with her buddy!

[alex]

Thats quite some project! But if it is a solid car it will be worthit and once its cledaned up I am sure it will be great. Keep us posted with any updates!

[Count DRAGula]

I was lucky enough to find a scrapyard this weekend with a lightly smashed GSI like mine...it still had the GSI rear lights ( which are extremely RARE and HARD TO FIND here) both in perfect condition, I bought the right hand side one...which I needed, im going back for the left side one soon as a spare, and its got the original Rear bumper ( which is almost just as rare )...all it needs is to be sprayed black. Luckily for me aswell is these parts are cheapish so iv scored big time!! :bananajump: :Banane47: :Banane44: :thumbsup:

[mick g]

Well done dude, do you get your cars rusting away like we do?

[Count DRAGula]

Yes we do...but its worse at the coast. When u buy a brand new car outa the box at the coast, they extend ur warranty and anti-rust protection warranties.

The reason why my GSI is rusted is coz its been standing for +- 9 years before I found and bought her.

[Count DRAGula]

the body has like 2% of light rust on it...its just the bonnet that makes her look bad. Planning on getting a badboy bonnet as a replacement...but itll be modified slightly. Need new lights all round and bumpers..the rest is just dirty but in good condition

[Count DRAGula]

Saving up for a Vauxhall 2.0 16v engine now.... got the G-box and C.Vs and all.

[red top lee]

how much do the c20xe sell for over there?or even the c20let?

lee

[Count DRAGula]

On average....from R5500 to R11000. Thats bout 406 pounds to 812 pounds, more or less.

The turbo engines start form R15 000 upwards....like 1108 pounds and more.

And most of em are second hand...so u prob gotta overhaul them for piece of mind

[Dale]

around the same price then!

[Count DRAGula]

Seriously? Id think they were cheaper there....not shipping or anything like that