Red Devil - a Kadett 200iS Story

Gordvisr · May 15, 2018

What happened to these cars ?
On the 8 valve, what size injectors did you use ?

I remember seeing the White one.

Gordvisr · Nov 18, 2018

Long time no updates.
Had a bit of a hick-up, dropped inlet and exhaust valve on cylinder #1.
Luckily no damage to bottom end. ( at this stage had done about 3000 km after the conversion ) Sent in the head to investigate and found that the valve cotters were worn:rage:. had it replaced head back on but now i cannot go above 0.4 boost. Still busy with a few things on the car. Done about 10000 km now and so far as reliability goes, good for now. Just need to get the boost back up. Hopefully before the end of the year she will be sorted properly..

EthanJappie · Nov 19, 2018

Super impressed with your build. Hope that you get everything sorted without any major issues or gremlins lurking about.

She's sounds so good in the clips.

Nikhil · Nov 19, 2018

Gordvisr said:
Long time no updates.
Had a bit of a hick-up, dropped inlet and exhaust valve on cylinder #1.
Luckily no damage to bottom end. ( at this stage had done about 3000 km after the conversion ) Sent in the head to investigate and found that the valve cotters were worn:rage:. had it replaced head back on but now i cannot go above 0.4 boost. Still busy with a few things on the car. Done about 10000 km now and so far as reliability goes, good for now. Just need to get the boost back up. Hopefully before the end of the year she will be sorted properly..

Damn bud atleast its sorted and it wasnt Kotters

GoCart · Nov 19, 2018

Nice to see some Opel magic.

My mate at work has a 1.8 16V Astra IRMSCHER, think it's a 2004, almost 400,000km on the clock now, and everything works perfectly, motor unopened. It does use a little oil now. I just love a drive in the old girl, certainly gave me an appreciation for Opel.

Slant · Nov 19, 2018

Also had an Opel 200is, one of my all time favorites. Just saw a TS this weekend at builders. An old lady driving it. Was so tempted to make an offer...

Gordvisr · Nov 19, 2018

Nikhil said:
Gordvisr said:

Long time no updates.
Had a bit of a hick-up, dropped inlet and exhaust valve on cylinder #1.
Luckily no damage to bottom end. ( at this stage had done about 3000 km after the conversion ) Sent in the head to investigate and found that the valve cotters were worn:rage:. had it replaced head back on but now i cannot go above 0.4 boost. Still busy with a few things on the car. Done about 10000 km now and so far as reliability goes, good for now. Just need to get the boost back up. Hopefully before the end of the year she will be sorted properly..

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Damn bud at least its sorted and it wasnt Kotters

it indeed was the Cotters, they came out, valves came loose and broke the rockers.
Where i was lucky though, i heard something went wrong and killed the ignition immediately. Where i was lucky the one valve bent slightly and got pushed back up and stayed there, the stem seal on the other valve also kept it semi closed. Will upload some pics of it

Gordvisr · Nov 20, 2018

Gordvisr · Apr 6, 2019

been a while, having some issues currently, car left me stranded twice due to alternator failure. After some problem solving it looks like my ECU got water.
The car does not want to boost from the 4000 rpm mark. in due time will see if i can find a test mule ECU to see if it still happens and work my way from there.
Had a few long trips with the car she held up nicely, in total have done about 13000km since the built , after the head injury , mechanically car has no issues.

Gordvisr · Aug 8, 2019

so this happened, dug a hole in the street to repair a water leak but did not cover it properly when done and did not add eff. warning. It is in my street, was doing night shift used this road on my way to work and this hole was not there then.

SubLoaded · Aug 9, 2019

:rage:

Nikhil · Aug 9, 2019

Sorry bud that's fucked up! Is that a dirt road?

Gordvisr · Nov 23, 2019

nope it is a normal street, when they were done, left it looking like a dirt road.Assholes.

Gordvisr · Oct 6, 2020

View attachment 7 View attachment 8 View attachment 9 View attachment 1Long time, had rear axle replaced and both lower control arms, still need to do repairs on the bumper and fender, saving up to do a full respray.

Gordvisr · Jan 9, 2021

Had some time on my hands, gearbox on the car was struggling with second for a while now and stated searching for a replacement gearbox, had the bigger flywheel , with button clutch that had to be installed long overdue. Since the beginning i had trouble with the exhaust manifold ( cracking and leaks ) and a replacement on these 8 valve is pretty scarce, when removing the lump, found that it cracked again and luckily found one, unfortunately still need to be modified as the wastegate flange and pipe will mess up the radiator. hopefully during the week i will have the manifold back so i can finish up.

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Gordvisr · Jun 8, 2021

Update time, this time , going to be a bit of a wait but the time has come to send in the car for a semi resto, doing the body and spray painting myself would not have been the problem but other issues had me decided to send in the car to the professionals, as work goes by i will take a few snaps and share them here.

Gordvisr · Jun 19, 2021

Little update

Slow progress , Left front spare is on, the wheel cannot be repaired anymore and not taking any chances, bought a new set of Ray's will add a pic of what it look like.