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

[Benn]

looks good dude,

[rc]

polished the rocker cover and cambelt cover up today as it was startin to dull off a bit,



and a nice bit of polishind later! bling bling!



put the sump back on today, and the rocker cover on properly,

and decided i didnt like the dipstick and breather tube on the front red, so i took all the paint off and did it silver instead!



all back together proply now, just awaiting the gearbox back in the next couple of days!

[The Simps]

Hope you get the gearbox back in time mate. Would be good to see it at PV.

[Brian Stirrup]

Looks great, its a shame they dont stay that way for long.

[Brian Stirrup]

Those nuts on the manifold studs are not the ones you are gonna use are they? They should be LET Washers and nuts.

[rc]

hmmmm not sure, they're the ones that came off??

[The Simps]

You can use those type mate but ideally you should use the propper LET ones like these...




They aren't cheap tho and can be hard to get hold of. In the least I would refit some new ones of the type you have (XE type) as they're are copper so cut into the thread.

[rc]

hmmm i see, will have to do some investigating! never knew any different!

[bolton]

the nuts/studs that simps is on about, they aint cheap! ive have just bought a set from autovaux £40!!!

[rc]

40quid???

wats wrong with just using normal bolts then?

[Brian Stirrup]

The manifold gets extremely hot and normal nuts aint up to the heat apparently.

The right ones are expensive, even the washers are aver £1 each but they are used for a reason so I ended up buying a set to be safe.

[The Simps]

They ain't cheap no but they also look nicer! lol

[Drizz]

Yes they are needed to be honest Ronnie

[rc]

phoned up vaux today and got me gearbox oil, ready for when the box comes back! and ordered the magic manifold bolts! came to 1.55 each plus vat which will be bout 25quid all in, not as bad as i was expectin!

[Drizz]

Did you get the washers too?

[Brian Stirrup]

The washers are over £1 each

[A2!]

IIRC the washers cost more than the nuts lol. £1.75 a washer and £1.50 for a nut or around that mate. I just bought a set for mine not cheap

[Barber]

really liking the progress made with the astra

[dan-j]

lmfao! cannot see why you need the allen type nuts! no one with an after market manifold runs them, and they have no problems! and you have also said your let already had these std nut type ones on so there fine, as youve obviously managed to undo them! which is more than can be said for the allen type ones after a few mileslmao waste of money imo!

[Drizz]

Well theyre there for a reason chap. Vaux didnt spend a fortune developing them for nothing!

[rc]

yea that was for the bolts n washers!

rang up the gearbox bloke to pick my gearbox up today, but got the disapointing reply that aparently the bits still hadnt turned up from regal, so after over 3 weeks the 'box still isnt done! which ultimatly means the astra wont be makin it to PV! am proper gutted to the max! wish i just left the dam thing in and traveled up on the 5 remaining gears!

[Northampton VAU]

well that just sucks rc, not that i'm going to pv or anything but i can totally see why you'd be gutted. do you think the parts genuinely havent arrived or is he taking you for a ride??

if they havent arrived then get on to regal, tell them they're takin the p*$$!

[Benn]

but got the disapointing reply that aparently the bits still hadnt turned up from regal, !

says it all dude,

[Spinbitch]

Thats gay dude, was looking forward to seeing it this weekend.

Chris.

[The Simps]

That propper sucks mate!

You still gonna come anyway? I'm sure there's space in someones car from down your way. Shame to miss out all together.