Snowy Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 What ever you do you need to use a fuel pressure regulator. You cannot just run an electric pump directly to your carbs. Unless of course you have found one specificly designed this way. Not sure i have seen any like that. If you want to use a switch on your dash then that's fine. Again it's a personal thing. I would have run it through a relay off the ignition switch ( or any switched live suitable). Even if you do this you can still mount a switch in line so you have an imobiliser. To be really safe use this as an example: Wire the pump directly to the starter solinoid. So when cranking the pump has power. Then fit a relay that is turned on by a switch, such as an oil pressure switch. One that moves from normally open circuit to closed circuit. You can buy these from any decent motor factors. This then supplies power to the pump once the engine has oil pressure. This is a fail safe pump. If the engine stops so does the fuel pump. This is just an example. But hope you get the idea. Speak to bogg brothers and see what they recommend for your carbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuviteer Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Think he intends to use the SAME fuel pump that comes off the bike that the carbs are off. Correct me if I'm wrong !!!!! However, the pressure might not be correct for the engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacksun Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Cheers for the info. It makes a bit more sense now. Im sure it will become clear when i get into it. I have more of an idea now. I did mean the bike pump which runs at a constant 3psi apparently. Didnt really think i would need a regulator as well as the pump but i suppose it wouldnt do any harm just another failsafe. I think i have a variable one from my old gte. Will have to look. An inline switch will work just fine for me. Better safe than sorry. Knowing me i might leave it on when i turn the car off and knacker my battery or blow the car up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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blacksun Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Cheers for the info. Sorry for hijacking your thread. Great work on the car should be better than new when youve finished, really impressed at the quality of work on here. Just wish i could weld. Thanks for all the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavtastic Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Great work Snowy on my old Cavalier Snowy. Love to see a sleeper in Saloon mode. Are you going to take it to Billing this year so we can see her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 Cars being stripped again to deal with all the rot. Been removing the underseal this afternoon. Lovely job. This is why it's worth doing if you want to keeo your car. The underseal looked good but was hiding this... The GTE engine is out and i'm trying to decide what to put in. I would love to find a complete 2.0SEH but they seem to be going for silly money at the moment. I have a 1.8E from a mk1 astra GTE that might go in. What do people think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantamike Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 book a holiday to holland and find SEH and C20NE's as cheap as chips(oh dear I'm starting to sound like that bloke from bargain hunt) but a 1.8E is no slow engine for an 1800 put combine 1.8 head with an SEH engine and it will be even better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 book a holiday to holland and find SEH and C20NE's as cheap as chips(oh dear I'm starting to sound like that bloke from bargain hunt) but a 1.8E is no slow engine for an 1800 put combine 1.8 head with an SEH engine and it will be even better the NE is easy to find, it's an SE or SEH i'm after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted March 20, 2009 Author Share Posted March 20, 2009 Been carrying on with the underseal removal today. Done front jacking point back to rear wheel arch. Bit akward here.. For those who wonder why do this. This underseal here looked good, no breaks in it. But it comes off in big pieces because it's not attached very well. You can just see the orange dots from the corrision starting on the steel above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymanc Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 the NE is easy to find, it's an SE or SEH i'm after. is this the one http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MK2-Astra-Cavalier-S...A1%7C240%3A1318 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vauxsenb Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Re;"Been carrying on with the underseal removal today. Done front jacking point back to rear wheel arch".and; "For those who wonder why do this." Didnt wonder why so much, as How you do/did it . . . . thinners/heat gun + scraper/scourer type disc/ or what??? Cheers, Colin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 is this the one http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MK2-Astra-Cavalier-S...A1%7C240%3A1318 Sorry no, i'm after a 2.0L SEH from a cavalier or a 2.0L SE from a carlton. I remove the underseal with a 1/2" wood chisel. No heat gun. I find using the heat gun causes it to melt making it more difficult to remove. Once i have the bulk off, that you can see in the pictures posted first, i then use a knotted wire brush in my angle grinder to finish it off. Second lot of pics. If you dont scrape it all off first leaving behind just trace before you attack it with the angle grinder you end up covered in lots of strands of underseal. It's hard work but worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted March 25, 2009 Author Share Posted March 25, 2009 Been making a centre console out of wood, to make a mould for a fibre glass item, for the mk1 cav. I want to be able to move the stereo, heater controls and put a three speed fan switch in it. Also the buttons for the electric windows etc. What do people think of the basic shape and how it looks in the car. Remember it's not finished, just after thoughts. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 Done a bit more to the new centre console? Still after any opinions....or anyone done there own version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiney_norman Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 I quite like that, when finished that'd look a lot better than a radio sticking out of the dash! Did you get that wiring loom OK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 I quite like that, when finished that'd look a lot better than a radio sticking out of the dash! Did you get that wiring loom OK? Yes, sorry i did mean to email. I haven't had it out the box yet. That will be tomorrow when i start converting the mk1 cavs wiring loom to take the OHC instead of the CIH engine. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted April 2, 2009 Author Share Posted April 2, 2009 More underseal being removed today. This looked like good underseal, see what's underneath. If your inner wings are solid and you haven't removed the standard underseal i recommend you do it now!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stradacab Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Liem the centre console, dunno why you don't just cover it in black vinyl and use what you've made, looks good. If you are going to make a mould I'd be interested in a fiberglass console too. How's that for a compliment? Gotta love the dedication in removing cold underseal and wore brusk/grinder combo. Probably the worst job ever and on you back too!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted April 2, 2009 Author Share Posted April 2, 2009 Liem the centre console, dunno why you don't just cover it in black vinyl and use what you've made, looks good. If you are going to make a mould I'd be interested in a fiberglass console too. How's that for a compliment? Gotta love the dedication in removing cold underseal and wore brusk/grinder combo. Probably the worst job ever and on you back too!! Thanks. The reason i want to mould it is so i can use it in my 1.8 coupe. I didn't think anyone else would want one though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 More undersael removed....will this ever end.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 Removed the front subframe today so i can get at the underseal more easily. Also drivers side chassis rail needs attention where the subframe mounts. I cannot remember the last time the lower subframe mounting bolts just undid and came straight out on a manta/mk1 cavalier. That made life easier...... I always recommend removing the stub axle/hub unit and road springs before you remove the subframe. It's easier to do with the support of the shell and it also makes the subframe light enough to just pick up and carry around. Back to removing underseal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 Stripped the subframe.... What methods have people used on their projects to coat the subframe? Any recommendations? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 Feel like i'm getting somewhere now, until i realise that i have the other side to do aswell.... Started finding holes today... Well it's not bad, good job i caught it now... But shiny metal is good.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rutts Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 bloody hell graham, lots of work been done there. not as rotten as some mantas i have seen. will be great when its finished for billing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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