cavalier turbo's

[Welsh Dan]

Does anyone know the percentage split if the transfer box is working i.e

40%front
60%rear

?

I thought it was FWD only until you start losing traction/certain load levels/whatever, then it feeds 30% to the back.

[Matt GTE]

The main problem with the 4x4 is people not looking after them properly... tyres need to be replaced as a set of 4 and also need to be rotated on a regular basis as the fronts wear quicker resulting in different rolling diameters which causes the transfer box to overheat and fail. Excessive lowering or lowering without correcting the camber has the same effect.

The power split is variable as the transfer box is a viscous coupling and iirc rear wheel drive disengages under braking. I've not owned one myself (only a 2wd GSi with a LET/F28 transplant) but know plenty of people who have or still do, all of them used as daily drives all year round.

You're probably looking at ?3k plus for a nice one, really good ones are nearer to ?4k and I know somebody who recently sold his for ?5.5k and that wasn't mint. There aren't many about as the vast majority have been broken for their engines so the good ones that are left are holding their money and more likely to increase in value than decrease as they're becoming sought after.

Get yourself onto CTOR (Cavalier Turbo Owners' Register) http://www.cavalierturbo.com/, there are a lot of people who know these cars inside out over there.