Hey all..
I have been a GTE fan for so long I'm not sure where to start..
Back in 1990 or so a friend by the name of Rod Browning built a rally car that everyone laughed at.. well till he beat most o them. The car was a Holden Camira JE.. now this is as close as you can get to a Cavalier without the badges.
Rod knowing this built the Camira with all the data he could get from Harry Hockly and others on the Astra GTE rally car and a few bits like Quiafe F16 box etc.
I then bought the car and ran very succesfully for ages.
In 1995 GM Europe setup Daewoo and gave them the Mk2 Astra to start off with and in Australia sold them as a 15i. I and a few other contacted Daewoo and told them I had all the running gear and would like a body and minor support to run in the F2 champs.. but they refused and all was lost.
Last year I picked up a 15i for a few thousand and still having the Camira I am slowly bolting them together to make my very own GTE replica.
This will be a rally car for Classic Rallying pre 1985..
Current specs:
8v 2.0lt
10.5:1 compression
Mild Cam + vernier wheel
Std Mainifilds.. (inlet and exhaust port matched)
Balanced botom end
light flywheel (0.7kg off original weight)
Link Engine Management (fully programable)
Std F16 box fitted at Present 3.94 f/drive
Last time on dyno I had fuel pump die but not before 110hp at the wheels
Bilstein Shocks front and rear with King Springs 300pound front and 400pound rear (aprox 200pound at wheel) for tarmac setup..
Dirt setup I change the front to 200pound.
Front adjustable with solid tops
Peugeo 405 288mm front discs with Holden Commodore Caliper single piston (pug discs redrilled)
Holden Astra 265mm rear discs single piston with hand brake
Honda Prelude 1" master cylinder and booster
Wilwood bias valve
Hydraulic Hand Bake
Electric Power Steering from Holden Astra (same as the Vauxhall Astra)