| Astra Dan's Mk3
History:
KerFEW started life in 1993 as a company car, mainly spending it's life on the motorway. The first owner liked it so much he bought it from the company and kept it until it was six years old. He then passed it to a friend, who then gave it to his wife, then I bought it at the grand old age of 9 and a half, for £900 in November 2002 with 138k nicely documented miles.
I was nervous yet excited. It was my first foray into large (ish) cc engines and injection. I was used to good old carbs and non-assisted steering.
For the first 6 months, this car turned out to be the most unreliable I'd ever owned. First time I drove it (a friend drove it home after buying it) the alternator failed. Then the ECU light informed me the lambda sensor had failed. Then the heater matrix sprung a leak. Finally the headgasket blew between pot 4 and a water channel. Since fixing this, the car has been flawless and was rolling roaded in 2003 at 115BHP and 125Ft/Lbs, dead on factory. Now on over 163k miles and runs as new, returning about 30MPG around town.
Body:
1993 5 door Mk3 Astra CD 2.0i.
Spectral Blue metallic.
Colour coded bumpers and mirrors.
GSi rear lights, facelift boot panel and lip spoiler.
Smoked side repeaters with Silvertec bulbs.
Mk2 Astra SRi dual tone horn.
MIG endorsing number plates.
Facelift rear bumper.
Engine:
C20NE, 9.2:1 compression, Bosch Motonic 1.5 Closed-Loop Injection with pair firing and over-run cut-off.
Courtenay Sport Panel Filter.
Interior:
Complete black interior and dash from a 1996 'Artic' special edition.
GSi front and rear seats.
GSi fuel computer (reprogrammed for C20NE).
Vauxhall velour mat set.
Electric sunroof, mirrors and front windows.
ICE and Security:
Kenwood MP3/ CD player with interface to MFD. Standard speakers.
Standard central dead-locking and immobiliser.
Vauxhall remote locking kit.
Suspension:
Lowered 40mm on Pi springs with Bilstein shocks all round.
Poly bushes in front wishbones.
GSi extra rear anti-roll bar.
Wheels:
Mk3 Cavalier 6 Spoke 15" alloys.
Brakes:
288mm 'V6' vented discs and matching calipers up front.
2.0 Cavalier rear discs and hubs with Vectra B calipers and pads on the rear.
Standard 3 channel ABS.
Exhaust:
Peco Powermaster mild steel back box, twin sqaured oval chromed exits.
GM centre sections and cat.
The Future:
Complete Waxoil treatment.
Rear headrests.
New front bumper.
Cruise control. | 
