my new mk3 astra gsi...... turbo ;)

[rc]

That wiring is realy letting my engine bay down, this thread has given me some ideas now.

yea had already done the left hand side a few months ago earlier in the thread

before



after

[Benn]

ah thats the kinda stuff i like...

[MarkW]

Ronnie, I've just sat and read this entire thread through, mate, you're a star.

See you at PV, keep an eye on the Eastern pages.

[Brian Stirrup]

Mark, you sad git, aint you got anything better to do..... lmao

I will post some shocking pics of my wiring nightmare tomorrow.

[Spinbitch]

Mark, you sad git, aint you got anything better to do.....

lmaolmao Only comb his ginger locks!

[MarkW]

Pah, jealousy will get you nowhere.

[Spinbitch]

Its true i am in awe of your gingery goodness.

[Drizz]

Nice one Ron. Best you get to some meets once its done lol

[Dave Dempsey]

Just read this thread through for the first time, lovely car, really like this one.

[MarkW]

Its true i am in awe of your gingery goodness.

[DarrenH]

unless you have an induction hose that tapers down internally (standard one or samco silicon), i strongly recommend porting the turbo inlet exactly the same as you have the top hat

you can take if off the turbo with just 6 allen bolts, careful with the gasket. help it off with a stanley blade

[rc]

unless you have an induction hose that tapers down internally (standard one or samco silicon), i strongly recommend porting the turbo inlet exactly the same as you have the top hat

you can take if off the turbo with just 6 allen bolts, careful with the gasket. help it off with a stanley blade

yea was gonna do the turbo inlet aswell as i have the turbo off! but looked in the hose and it has a step down to it in the silicon pipe anyway!

[DarrenH]

tip top, no need then

p.s check out my diary thread about uprated turbo top hat. i think it could be well worth it on your engine as you are running much more boost than me

also if you fancy a bit more bling in the bay, theres a company on ebay called promotasport fabrication that sell polished alloy coolant header tanks and power steering resevoir for the mk3 astra.

[rc]

ok cheers mate will check it out


also got my spark plug cover painted today happened to have a metallic black mondeo bein painted at my work, so stuck it in with that

still waiting to hear from the gearbox

[rc]

ordered a big boy air filter



dimentions

Base width - 160mm

Top width - 120mm

Filter element height - 135mm

nice big boy

[Adam]

i have that too its awesome sound on slapping the pedal

[rc]

ordered a load of blue silicone hoses fro the engine bay too, turbo coolant hoses, long breather hose fron the rocker cover to turbo inlet, stumpy breather hose on the front, and radiator top hoses! so now will have a full set of blues

as i only got a bit of a mix and match at the mo



will be gettin some blue silicon boost hoses next week too

[Adam]

unless you have an induction hose that tapers down internally (standard one or samco silicon), i strongly recommend porting the turbo inlet exactly the same as you have the top hat

you can take if off the turbo with just 6 allen bolts, careful with the gasket. help it off with a stanley blade

Turbo tom off here did this to his kkk16 housing

[rc]

got spark plug cover painted ford panther black!

just a quick photo, not the best lol



got a really sparkle in it in the light!

[rc]

still no gearbox

so i got a whole weekend lost of not bein able to do anything!

not too dishartened i gave it a wash lol



and heres a better pic of the plug cover all painted up!

[The Simps]

As much as those wheels are nice you are putting the techno's back on aren't you?

[rc]

As much as those wheels are nice you are putting the techno's back on aren't you?

yea, just referbing the 18s at the mo! 17s look soo tiny on it lmao

[rc]

well as still no gearbox, little done execpt put rear seatbelts in it! dunno why but it neva had any when i got the car, strange! but all seatbelted up in the back now! not worthy of a pic really

[rc]

got the bigger air filter thru the post today



and got the hoses from chris astley



so happy

but still no gearbox

pv looking worse and worse

[DarrenH]

i fricken love roose hoses !

the curly top radiator hose, which car did you order that for ? is it a normal astra gsi kit ? or calibra or something ? that will be my next set to get (got boost hoses, breather hoses and ancillary)