smithyturbo

any know what thay are worth plz let me know its 300bhp lookes clean
4x4 works evo5 chip,full stainless,front mount,xe inlet with vernier,vxr injectors,fuel reg loads off history

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A good clean example with history can fetch strong money.

What is the spec? Bodywork? Colour? 4x4 still working? Etc etc

You can find a run down one for around £1000 if you look, they are like a scoob tho, worth more in parts unless its been looked after.

Why do you ask? Have you got one or buying one?

stevebt

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Ask on migweb, I had one running around 270bhp but they can have lots of problems if its on standard intercooler and if the tyre depth is more than 3mm out over all yres it can wreck the transfer box. Its a bit like how long is a piece of string to ask what price a car is worth paying purely on your words.

smithyturbo

i can swap my 2 subaru 4 1 iv got a 2002 impreza gx wrx and a 300bhp wagon vf 28 turbo 440s plus more

riiidaa

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bad deal surely

smithyturbo

if any wont 2 buy any of my subaru's just ask

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You must really want that car to do a deal like that, you can call that 3k minimum dependant on your cars so the car should be in the better maintained category for that money with some kind of background and paperwork to match, we gave 2k for a 370bhp cav turbo that had loads of receipts, tubular headers, big turbo ( can't think what it was now think it may have been a gt30 ) injectors, uprated internals, in black, car was straight and looked decent, could have done with a little tidying up but we gave 2k for it, and that thing was effin rampant when you got it going, getting the power down was a right nightmare, it would happily spin the wheels through 4th in the damp, but thrilling you just had to hold on and pray

Is the car advertised anywhere?

smithyturbo

just looking 4 some thing what iv not had yet would like sti or subaru type r

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They are 2 totally different cars to drive, even when the 4x4 is actually working on the cav I will always have a soft spot for a good clean cav turbo, my previous background is vauxhalls with a few other in between and have always liked the cavs, I've had a few over the years, find a decent one and hold on to it and I reckon in a few years they will climb in value as a good one is becoming harder and harder to find

Turbodanc

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Ask away, i know pretty much everything you could want to know about them. I've had 4 cav turbos in the past and just sold my pride and joy to buy my impreza. This was it, its in this months Total vauxhall magazine:

Vauxhall Cavalier Turbo 4x4 with One off Z20LET engine conversion
160,000 miles on the shell and 100,000 on the engine.
I have a big box FULL of reciepts for work and parts.
6 Months MOT and tax till end of december

Fully working locked 4x4 system
6 Speed gearbox
MINT interior
Bodywork is in very good condition
Alloys are MINT with good yokohoma tyres.

Mods:
Zlet
Vectra Armrest
MK3 Astra MFD
Vectra Steering wheel with working radio buttons
CDR500 Radio
Parrot Handsfree kit in ashtray
USB socket in ashtray
Vectra Doorhandles
Vectra Remote central locking
Intermittent wiper stalk

ALL New bushes everywhere on the car, new wheel bearings front and back.
Adjustable Koni suspension
Vectra GSi 308mm Front brakes
Astra VXR 278mm rear discs and calipers fitted with custom brackets
Uprated fuel pump.
New fuel lines
Underneath has been restored and fully undersealed
Full scorpion stainless exhaust
Scorpion Precat de-cat pipe with custom Exhaust flexi joiner pipe
TX Autosport Tophat and power pipe
VXR Map sensor pipe
Red ASH silicone hoses under the bonnet
Frontera intercooler
VXR Turbo covered 20,000 miles
Standard Engine management including fly-by-wire accelerator pedal.


Heres a few pics:












I just copied over the forsale add from the cav site i'm admin on.

I got £3600 for that cav. Its one of the best left.

smithyturbo

i like my vauxhalls aswel still i got a subaru

Turbodanc

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Theres no need to worry about the 4x4 now, you can buy a "Locking ring" kit for £100 which you fit yourself to the transfer box. This does away with the hydraulics on the 4x4 so its now locked permenant 4x4 and can't really break. Theres people using this kit with over 500bhp and having no problems launching them etc...

But as you said they are totally differant cars, the 4x4 on the cav is totally differant to the impreza. Still love cavs though and probably will end up with another one one day.

smithyturbo

what do u think cav turbo are worth?

smithyturbo

iv never had a cav turbo and iv owned about 6 subaru still got 2 dont know if it time 2 change 4 a bit or not any 1????

dpb

Nothing, to me I'm afraid

smithyturbo

cav is a c20let 1

BOB.T

Get some Konis on it.

Turbodanc

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Only you can answer that one really. These days there worth what people want to pay for them. I had mine up for £4k which is top money for one these days, i haven't seen one sell for more than mine did for a long time now.

If your gonna buy a £1300-£1600 one then expect to spend another grand making right. Spend £2000-£3000 and you should get a nice one for that.

smithyturbo

is there any thing 2 look out 4 on them??? bad bits?

Turbodanc

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Plenty!

Rust being the main one, rear arches, rear panel, front inner arches, rear spring seats/chassis legs, above windscreen and above rear screen.

F28 6 speed gearbox, If anyof them say it doesnt crunch into any gear i would be my life there lying unless its had a very expensive rebuild.

Join upto Cavmk3.com and CTOC.com

the shreksta

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rust,my cav rotted around the rear struts badly........and that was 10+ years ago,rear arches go aswell as the top of the windscreen.rusted power steering pipes,porous head problems,transfer box problems,standard c20let pistons are not brilliant,parts are hard to find (20 year old car),fuel senders can rot badly and you cant buy them new anymore-they sit on top of the tank and moisture destroys them.

join up on migweb and use autovaux for parts-they give forum member discounts

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That is a lovely example the last time I seriously looked at one they where around the 4-5k marker, I would have expected yours to fetch 4k so not far from there anyway serious cool cars for me they are, my dad always had fast vauxhalls for their day turbos, gsi's, Carlton gsi's etc so that's where my appreciation of them stems from, he always comments if he see's a nice one to this day and he's now in an xfr bet it was hard to see that car drive away

Turbodanc

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Yeah it was a sad day! Was time to move on though, had that one for 4 years which is allot for me lol.

RA Dunk

Dear God...

Do you know 'txt spk' is against forum policy?

Turbodanc

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RobsyUK

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Sadly a really good one will be hard to get more then £3k for it.
The one above I like the look but hate the zlet and horrid steering wheel. Should have kept it standard in my opinion.

I loved mine and that was worth every penny of £3k plus with the 2 owner history immaculate with sensible mods pushing it to 282bhp on phase 2.5 chips

With only a handful left you wold have thought they would be worth more but I guess it's because they are part of the cavalier family they arnt.

I would love another but finding a low mileage with only a few owners is becoming impossible.

A peice of me died when mine (m499jec) was stolen...

Worlasshasansti

Turbodanc... Can't believe you only got 3600 for that! It's stunning mate, are you dan c from mk3cav owners club per chance?

I've been into vauxhalls for years had loads of the sportier models, sri's, gsi's etc I was looking for a clean cav gsi but couldn't find a nice clean car anywhere in the country for under 3k even the *****ers were fetching over 2k, I then started to look for a mk3 Astra to drop a Saab turbo lump into but again struggled to find a decent shell, then ended up with the STI thank god lol.

Decent C20LET are still fetching nigh on a grand so I would expect to pay around the 3k mark for any half decent cav turbo now.

Mick

Turbodanc

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Yeah thats me (turbodan on there).

When i say i only got £3600, i should of said i took that price, i advertised it over christmas which was probably the worst time to sell a car especially one like that so i reckon if i had held onto it for longer then i may have got nearer 4k for it. It sold on new years day so got pretty lucky really.

Ant

stevebt

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Loverly looking cav there, the only thing that pi55es me off with the cav/calibra turbo is the shocking 1st gear. If it had a 1st gear like an impreza it would be amazing