1985 Series 2 CX GTi Turbo (no.2)
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 6:57 pm
I have 2 of these; same model, same year, same spec - this is the second CX I aquired, but the first I actually bought (the first I inherited from my dad).
It has some 'interest' value in that it's the earliest Series 2 (facelift) CX known in the country by quite some way (and that was 20 years ago, when they were still plentiful). The build date of the car is from when they were still building the series 1 CXs (pre-facelift). I bought it because my first CX went off the road awaiting restoration (which it still is, 17 years later
) think it cost me about £550 complete with tax and MOT. Drivers door was either badly rusty or stoved in (I forget which) passenger door lock was broken where some rhubarb had screwdrivered it (still is) bonnet was rusty on one edge and I think it had crappy cheaper Avon's on instead of the proper (expensive) Michelin's (£110 versus £185 at the time). It had also had a smack up the passenger side arse as well I think, because I reckon I can see where a replacement rear quarter panel has been cut in around.
It had suspect charging under the previous owner if I remember correctly, which was why he had added in an LED voltage display system. It looked cool, so I kept that drivers door was replaced with another off a red car, with a cheap blow over job to make it look presentable, sorted out the interior etc and then had plenty more 'fun' with it while I drove it through my last year of Uni and into my first job (yes, I ran a thirsty, maintenance hungry 2.5 turbo executive saloon during a year and a half of uni 
)
Ok, so enough of the
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It has the wrong grille and the wrong headlights for a series 2 car (should be a slatted colour coded grille rather than a black cheese-grater style and should have the horrendously expensive twin-optic headlights instead of the ordinary single optic). Whether that's 'as built' because it was built early, or whether they were fitted later I don't know.
a fact crept back again!
The lump
2.5l push rod petrol turbocharged, Bosch J-Jetronic fuel injection, AEI electronic igntion.
Air horns, the AEI ECU and some of the wiring looms I had to replace due to age/copper corrosion
The inlet hose had a habit of popping off the turbo on this one, exactly like it has done here all by itself!!!
Another one that hasn't been on the road for 10 years
Black interiors, in a dark garage, on a dark day, don't photograph well But it is sooooo nice and comfy and cossetting and luxurious feeling in there. A lovely place to be 
So we try and start it...
Not quite the dash of a lude, but still lots of nice digital displays
and a trip computer! 
(I was genuinely amazed I remembered the code to set it up, it just suddenly came to me - you'll notice the display goes from Opt= to showing the clock)
Annoyingly, it was unsuccesful. Half an hour of trying later and I gave up. It has classic symptoms of 'big blue' failure (think: main relay in lude terms) but I have 3 of them and swapping them about didn't help
. Maybe it just needs more fuel, it still says the tank is empty, even though I chucked a gallon in it? Or maybe the stuff in the lines has gone off... I dunno, but I ran out of light to investigate further, so I'll go back again maybe next weekend and have another poke about.
So after all that drokking about trying to start it, at least I'd manage to achieve pumping the front suspension up with the starter motor
And no leaks yet!
(let's see what the back brings... )
It has some 'interest' value in that it's the earliest Series 2 (facelift) CX known in the country by quite some way (and that was 20 years ago, when they were still plentiful). The build date of the car is from when they were still building the series 1 CXs (pre-facelift). I bought it because my first CX went off the road awaiting restoration (which it still is, 17 years later
) think it cost me about £550 complete with tax and MOT. Drivers door was either badly rusty or stoved in (I forget which) passenger door lock was broken where some rhubarb had screwdrivered it (still is) bonnet was rusty on one edge and I think it had crappy cheaper Avon's on instead of the proper (expensive) Michelin's (£110 versus £185 at the time). It had also had a smack up the passenger side arse as well I think, because I reckon I can see where a replacement rear quarter panel has been cut in around.It had suspect charging under the previous owner if I remember correctly, which was why he had added in an LED voltage display system. It looked cool, so I kept that
drivers door was replaced with another off a red car, with a cheap blow over job to make it look presentable, sorted out the interior etc and then had plenty more 'fun' with it while I drove it through my last year of Uni and into my first job (yes, I ran a thirsty, maintenance hungry 2.5 turbo executive saloon during a year and a half of uni )Ok, so enough of the
facts onto the pics;[/URL]It has the wrong grille and the wrong headlights for a series 2 car (should be a slatted colour coded grille rather than a black cheese-grater style and should have the horrendously expensive twin-optic headlights instead of the ordinary single optic). Whether that's 'as built' because it was built early, or whether they were fitted later I don't know.
a fact crept back again!The lump
2.5l push rod petrol turbocharged, Bosch J-Jetronic fuel injection, AEI electronic igntion.
Air horns, the AEI ECU and some of the wiring looms I had to replace due to age/copper corrosion
The inlet hose had a habit of popping off the turbo on this one, exactly like it has done here all by itself!!!
Another one that hasn't been on the road for 10 years
Black interiors, in a dark garage, on a dark day, don't photograph well
But it is sooooo nice and comfy and cossetting and luxurious feeling in there. A lovely place to be So we try and start it...
Not quite the dash of a lude, but still lots of nice digital displays
and a trip computer! (I was genuinely amazed I remembered the code to set it up, it just suddenly came to me - you'll notice the display goes from Opt= to showing the clock)Annoyingly, it was unsuccesful. Half an hour of trying later and I gave up. It has classic symptoms of 'big blue' failure (think: main relay in lude terms) but I have 3 of them and swapping them about didn't help
. Maybe it just needs more fuel, it still says the tank is empty, even though I chucked a gallon in it? Or maybe the stuff in the lines has gone off... I dunno, but I ran out of light to investigate further, so I'll go back again maybe next weekend and have another poke about.So after all that drokking about trying to start it, at least I'd manage to achieve pumping the front suspension up with the starter motor
And no leaks yet!
(let's see what the back brings... )
I meant to go and play with all my CXs Turbo's over christmas, but ended up doing nothing with any of them! 
) I went and had another play with this one today.
They certainly don't always... 
