1984 Vauxhall Carlton 1.8 -> 1.7 TD

[Colonelk]

Hi guys, probably time to do a thread about this.....



1984 Vauxhall Carlton 1.8 (G?)L

Bum basic. No engine. Fairly rust free. The sill needs a little love, and the battery tray is a bit crusty but otherwise its ok.
The strut tops have had an ugly repair in the past, but it looks solid so it'll do.

Some more pics......


The future.


Now, these isuzu 1.7s have a central sump on the cavaliers, half made of cast ally, and half pressed steel.... no good for the cross member, no good for remaking. Luckily they were made of fully pressed steel on the combo vans, and have a good rep for rotting out..... which means plenty in the aftermarket super cheap. SO I bought a new one to hack up.


Trial fitting the engine in place, it sits pleasingly far back.

Unfortunately, that makes making a sump a bit tricky!


Measure


Choppy chop (and remake pickup)


Find some steel. Yugo roof should do.


Start welding up


Well.... it might work!


Hmmmmm found this laying around, says Iveco. Probably do.


LIKE A GLOVE!


Battery tray wont be any use....lets pull it out. Literally.



Silly gearlever

So yeah, I should probably mention the Supra CT26 turbo and Eaton m45 I have to go on as well.

This is a bit of fun experiment really. The Isuzus have a rep for strength. I'm going to see if thats well founded

Project aims. 50mpg and 200bhp.

May prove to be a fools errand, but hey, this is meant to be just a learning experience for me.

[bstardchild]

Checks favorite thread tick boxes

Opel Vauxhall content - Check
Welding required - Check (kinda obviously goes with ^ above)
Transplant Element - Check
Future plans of a daft nature involving more powerz - Check
RWD content - Check
Silly Stuff - Check
Runs on petrol not oil - Not Checked

Oh well nearly all boxes checked so please pass go and collect your £200

[Mark]

I like this.

[AtomicRooster]

Very cool thread, bookmarked this! Love an underdog.

[qwerty]

ERM well this is going to be rather brilliant!

[Steve]

Finally!!

This can only end awesome..you know it...I know it....hell everyone knows it!

Have you worked out how you are gonna be mounting/piping up the supercharger yet? That's the one thing both me and Si can't quite decide on so perhaps we need a group discussion....

[nofrills]

bookmarked, this sounds crazy and i wanna see more lol

[Xenocide]

Pass the popcorn

[Colonelk]

Thanks guys, I hope not to disappoint.

You can all place bets now on likely first engine failure..... I'm listing them in order of likelyhood.

1. Head Gasket
2. Melted Piston / burnt valves
3. Clutch kerplosion (they are TINY as stock.... I have a plan but that may lead to...)
4. Gearbox kerplosion (also have a plan)
5. Rod out the side of the block
6. Cracked head (ok may be more likely than that)


Steve..... initial mockup suggests s/c low down below where the alternator normally sits, and turbo facing back to front so that it can breathe in from the other side of the firewall for nice cold air and fire the boost straight into the inlet of the s/c (on the back of it). Only problem with that is working out a sensible exhaust root. Its still TBD. I just want to get the mounts made before I make the s/c mount. This reminds me I need to order an exhaust mani flange.

The thing that will slow this one down are that I have 1 day a week to work on it, and cashflow. I'm trying to keep it on a low budget and I don't think any individual thing has cost me more than £100 with the exception of the car and that was £170.

This ones staying china blue, but may have some fun colour coding if I get time.

[micrat]

Love this, and I'm sure it will be suitably awesome - will make a good combo with the blue monza!

Must get to TAB again once mine's finished - happy to help

[recarouk]

my dad had an 84 carlton in royal blue when i was a kid, such a soft spot for these so ill be watching with great interest

[Robinxr4i]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is all.

[EmDee]

This can only end in tears.

Of joy.

Much love fo this BroDawg, can't wait to see a plume of black smoke pouring from the wing and mixing with the white from the rear tyres. Gonna be ***king MAGNIFICENT.

[Dez]

watching too. might even do something with the isuzu/carlton box ive had waiting for two years now!

do you happen to know what 'veco that intercooler is off? it looks cock on for something ive got in the works.....

[omega]

what gearbox does this use?

[penski]

Ohhhhh, yes.



*n

[Rich]

Haz bookmarked.

[grifterkid]

This thread appears to have all the ingredients for a 10 out of 10 automotive stew and I'm looking forward to seeing it all come together!

MORE...!!!!!!!!

[craig1010cc]

This does have all the signs of being an awesome project

Is the plans that this will replace the scavalier for daily duties??

What are you doing gearing wise, I would have thought that a 1.8 petrol box and diff would be a bit low for teh TD lump?

[darrenh]

this is now a straight up bookmark-off with the monzadore