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

[rc]

yea am still goin, the girl who i was takin has got a 53plate fiesta so i will be drivin that up there instead! not gonna have quite as many races in the little 1.4 tho lol

[Joe's GSI]

ita a shame your cars not going to be there mate would of liked to of seen it, i was thinking about putting my grill in the body shop to get it resprayed and that but knew it would'nt be ready for pv so left it for now but would of been nice to of had it looking better. probably see and speak to you at pv then mate.

[rc]

yea i took the gear box out n sent it off nearly a month ago tho! everythings ready to go back in, all ready new or painted, but waiting for the box, am proper gutted, got everythin lookin perfect aswel!

[Joe's GSI]

at least your be ready for another show or meet and you will know that everything is a ok.
but i've found theres is always jobs to be done on your own car the list gets bigger every week.

[Drizz]

Rob, save yourself for Billing. Will be an awesome weekend!

[rc]

i'd taken these couple of days off to put the astra back together n mot it, if i had a gearbox, ready for p.v! but with no gearbox (even now!) and two days with nothing to do i just did a bit of tinkering!

carried on with the idea of having just one wire to the battery instead of the usual birds nest hanging off the terminals, and got it pretty much done now!







the three smaller wires coming off the block are for the starter/charger circuit on the left, the centre ones fot the amps, and the right 1 goes to the rest of the car's loom, seen earlier

[Spinbitch]

Thats very neat work, the loom is one of the first things going back into my astra now. May well be looking back over your thread as i'd like to tidy my connections up aswell. Also looking at Optima Yello Top batteries as there ment to be the dogs danglies.
Top work.

Chris

[rc]

just got back from p.v! astra still sitting gearboxless in the driveway!

but to cheer my self up i brought this while i was there





a new sexual air flow meter to turbo pipe

[Brian Stirrup]

I've got one like that... they are very sexy,

[rc]

with my new induction pipe i found a problem!



in my origional pipe it had a step in the hose so there wasnt a step in the intake flow of air!



how ever the new one did not



so i got the sander out i used to chomp away at the top hat



and got the turbo inlet pipe from this





to this





much better

[The Simps]

Ah good skills! ala Oddball.

I bought one of them Promotasport intake last year but wouldn't fit the nova. But the heatshields are awesome too, they cover the actuator up aswell.

[rc]

ha ha yea may of had some insperation from oddball's work

[rc]

got the proper manifolds bolts today!

[rc]

just won another purchase on ebay a xe inlet cam and vernier pully will be waiting patiently at my letter box every mornin now lol


bigging on a regal enlarged top hat too at the mo


just brought a electric sun roof motor for the astra too, buy buy buy at the mo, must be all the money im savin on petrol!



gonna investigate fitting it tomorrow night probs, see wat it needs!

[nuss]

Mate you have one nice looking astra, waiting to see the finished results

[Adam]

how much did u win the vernier and xe inlet for? coming along nice and good work on the bore out of turbo housing

[rc]

just ordered the correct roof facia from vauxhall today for the astra as aparently the cav elrctric sunroof facia one doesnt fit perfectly, and following romours i herd, it was only 6.80 plus vat, should be here tomorrow! happy!

and.......................

finally....................

got the gearbox fone call today, its ready for collection

over a month later, and after p.v is over! >

the price, well, its ALOT!!!
not gonna say exact figure, but it was just over 3/4 of a grand!!!!

[rc]

how much did u win the vernier and xe inlet for?

ebay no. 250123336292

[Joe's GSI]

what did you get fixed on the gearbox?

[Rick Draper]

not gonna say exact figure, but it was just over 3/4 of a grand!!!!

You are lucky, i have just spent more than that on a clutch and flywheel setup! lmao

[Mark_F]

not gonna say exact figure, but it was just over 3/4 of a grand!!!!

What was it you had done? Had my F28 rebuilt to the tune of £790 so price sounds about right providing you've had the works.

[vxlgsi]

Great work on this motor, love it

[rc]

had new 1st 2nd 3rd and 5th syncro rings done! 730quid! gettin a full itemised recipt sent through he post of exactly wats been done!

[fras]

hi mate just wondering do you still have the mahoosive brake setup??


iff you do, would you want to sell them mate, unless your gunna try and fit them again??
they would look ace like. good news about the gearbox cant wait to se this finished
fraser

[rc]

hi mate just wondering do you still have the mahoosive brake setup??

na sorry mate sold them a few months back for 500quid, they're on a sierra cossie 4x4 now, or goin on anyway, glad i did sell them in a way as they've payed for most of the gearbox, plus i only paid 300 for them! would of loved to of got them on!