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New member alert! Another North Westener calls!

Postby cavmad on Sat Dec 23, 2006 5:57 pm

What ho peeps, long term Vauxhall owner and enthusiast here, just bought my first 4x4. Frontera Sport fresh off the `bay at a very cheap price. Taxed and tested it`s been very well used and it shows but the drive back (20 ish miles) and a quick blast round the lanes 1/2 hour ago and I think it`s looking good for the money.
Got a whole load of q`s to ask (don`t even know which thing to select on the tansfer box!) but I`ll come to them another time.
Meanwhile like the look of the site and plan to attend a north western meeting and a bit of off-roading somewhere, as I`m based in west Cheshire.
Season`s greeting to you all by the way and all the best.
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Postby mountaingoat on Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:00 pm

Wwlcome to the forum cavmad :welcome:

Glad you like your fronty will give you hours of fun (Just dont give it to the wife or you will never get it back)

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Postby fuzion on Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:02 pm

Welcome to the forum :wave:

You will find it a friendly place, with lots of good advice and technical expertise 8)
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Postby john (smifffy) on Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:02 pm

cavmad
welcome to the forum hope you enjoy your fronty
cheers
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Postby cavmad on Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:06 pm

Thanks matey, no worries on that score as she can`t drive. I kind of get the feeling she won`t like it anyway but that`s probably a good thing-don`t want her to think I`m looking after her, lol.
The kids are very impressed though, a quick blast up some lanes and some very gentle off roading had us all laughing like drains :lol:
One of the big attractions of the Frontera to me is that this one has the 2.0 8V engine which (imho) is one of the best 8 valve engines ever made. I`m really tempted to buy my Calibra back off the insurance company (got hit a couple of weeks back and it`s been written off) and see if I could persuade someone to fit the red top engine into the Fronty!
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Postby Drift on Sat Dec 23, 2006 7:29 pm

Hi Cavmad and welcome to the forum.
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Postby Reeco on Sat Dec 23, 2006 7:31 pm

Hi Mate and Welcome. ATB. Reeco :wink:
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Postby sollihull on Sat Dec 23, 2006 8:00 pm

oi oi Cavmad

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Postby Guest on Sat Dec 23, 2006 8:24 pm

Hi
if you are into it
do it
the red top will fit straight in
get the ecu too and you will have a crackin tool there
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Postby Ryan on Sat Dec 23, 2006 11:53 pm

cavmad wrote:Thanks matey, no worries on that score as she can`t drive. I kind of get the feeling she won`t like it anyway but that`s probably a good thing-don`t want her to think I`m looking after her, lol.
The kids are very impressed though, a quick blast up some lanes and some very gentle off roading had us all laughing like drains :lol:
One of the big attractions of the Frontera to me is that this one has the 2.0 8V engine which (imho) is one of the best 8 valve engines ever made. I`m really tempted to buy my Calibra back off the insurance company (got hit a couple of weeks back and it`s been written off) and see if I could persuade someone to fit the red top engine into the Fronty!


Hi cavmad welcome to the forum

I've put a c20xe into my sport, can tell you anything you need to know.
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Postby cavmad on Sun Dec 24, 2006 3:19 pm

Thanks once again, I`ll see how much I have to pay to get the car back off the insurance and take it from there.
Incidentally what BHP are the eight valve engines in the Sport please? Is it the 130 motor or the 118?
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Postby Red Oktober on Sun Dec 24, 2006 3:28 pm

think it's the 118
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Postby cavmad on Sun Dec 24, 2006 3:44 pm

Cheers Carl, sounds like the fantastic 130 motor from a Cavalier SRi would be a good way to obtain a little more power if wanted?
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Postby I Live For FOG on Sun Dec 24, 2006 5:26 pm

6 cylinder 24v senator will fit a 2.4 or 2.3 more power
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Postby Brock on Sun Dec 24, 2006 8:28 pm

Welcome to the forum mate. 8)
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