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

[LongLiveTheNova]

That engine bay looks awesome, its amazing what some polished bits and clean/paint can do, top work.

[rc]

That engine bay looks awesome, its amazing what some polished bits and clean/paint can do, top work.

and a bloody lot of hard work n thought lmao

[Joe's GSI]

looking wicked matey likethe new position for the coil, how is it mounted, is it the cable tie?
liking this more and more every day i see your progress. keep up the gd work

[rc]

looking wicked matey likethe new position for the coil, how is it mounted, is it the cable tie?
liking this more and more every day i see your progress. keep up the gd work

no cable ties, its a bracket off the gearbox





all professional here mate

[Joe's GSI]

ok mate thought you would'nt of used a cable tie just from the first pics i see the cable tie and thought that. cheers for the other pics.

[rc]

one other thing that really ****ed me off with every single LET engine id seen in the danglein un-uniform breather hose to the turbo



so i put a double ended bolt on the cambelt cover fixing point and attached a p-clip to it, nice and secure and lots neater,



gettin there slowly lol

[Brian Stirrup]

Wow, this thread gets better and better. It makes my engine bay look a complete mess.... and i'm often told my bay is one of the cleaner ones.... lmao

[rc]

Wow, this thread gets better and better. It makes my engine bay look a complete mess.... and i'm often told my bay is one of the cleaner ones.... lmao

lmao thanks mate, still loads to come as yet!


just done some date checking and i'm not gonna be able to go to billing, on holiday from 1st to 8th July! oh dear oh dear oh dear!

[Drizz]

Best you get up Copdock one Thursday night so we can have a better look!

[Northampton VAU]

just done some date checking and i'm not gonna be able to go to billing, on holiday from 1st to 8th July! oh dear oh dear oh dear!

i honestly dont mind taking it for you mate, would be a shame for it not to appear there...
i wont charge you much either? the offer is there <<lmao

[astra16V2004]

well said ben!!! id take it for him aswell.lol and very very nice progress there.i thought my bay was tidy but yours makes mine look a complete mess!!!!

[2.2DTIdarryl]

mate the whole thing looks amazin man. shame about those brake discs. they would of looked sh*t hot

[Dave Dempsey]

Some very nice neat touchs there, currently stealing a few ideas for mine :P

[rc]

got the regal big boy top had through the post today





massive compared to the old one, gonna have to get some bigger pipe work or a reduser or something!

[Adam]

grind it out to 60mm

[rc]

yep will be dont u worry

[Spinbitch]

Looking mint fella, that bay is stunning!

Chris

[rc]

couldnt leave it at 50mm for long, got the speedy sander out again

before 51mm



after 60mm exactly





here it is next to the ported origional, didnt realise how massive it would be!




going to have to get a reducer to take it down to size!

[Steve!]

surely it makes no odds how big the top hat is, being as you have forced air going in!

[rc]

its the big step that i was more worried about, nice slope now!

did the same with the turbo inlet, to get rid of the step

[Steve!]

I see!

[Rs1]

I dont get it.....get a large top hat only to run a reducer??
You've come this far, get some big pipes on it

[Steve!]

They would be huge pipes.

[Rs1]

They would be huge pipes.

They be the correct size for the top hatlmao

[Adam]

im running 3inch boostpipes to a 3 inch tophat as from next wednesday and my mate is already running 3inch