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

[CraigGreen]

Nothing like using a mobile phone on a garage forecourt.... (1st 3 pics)

Nice car though. Worth taking care of.

[foreverwhite]

ive seen this car with the rear bumper where the rear seats should be.

awful accident. glad to see it back on the road though.

[vxlgsi]

ive seen this car with the rear bumper where the rear seats should be.

awful accident. glad to see it back on the road though.

[lewism1987]

Nothing like using a mobile phone on a garage forecourt.... (1st 3 pics)

Uh yeah nothing like what? it doesn't cause any problems.

[mk3 turbo]

ive seen this car with the rear bumper where the rear seats should be.

awful accident. glad to see it back on the road though.

are you sure about this as there is definatly no signs of impact plus the car was built back in 2001 it still has same exhaust,bumper and paint job from then.

[spanishfly]

I miss mine, now!

[rc]

ive seen this car with the rear bumper where the rear seats should be.

awful accident. glad to see it back on the road though.

na, had a proper look round it mate and all boot floor,rear chassis legs, rear pannel etc all look origional! has had new rear arches and new sills at some point, but all well done! must of been another mk3 your thinking about!

[rc]

and i am gonna continue going down southend for many years yet

[rc]

heres some more pics!









and the other thing i wanted to do is mount the intercooler properly as it was ever so slightly wonky!

here is was to start with





took out all the old fan wires and made up new fan looms



made up brackets to mount the intercooler and fixed all the looms in place! nice and neat!



and heres the level intercooler!



i was prop the only person that noticed it but it really bugged me lmao

[Steve!]

ha,,



The little rad thing looks like it needs replacing soon.

and the long pipe thing is now hidden behind the cooler!

[vxlgsi]

how much was the car matey?

[rc]

ha,,



The little rad thing looks like it needs replacing soon.

and the long pipe thing is now hidden behind the cooler!

thanks fot that mr anti-fun!

yea i am on the look out for a new oil cooler with rubber pipes as the gm metal ones aren't quite the right angles to put the cooler up there! (ment to go where the intercooler is)

and wats wrong with puttind the power steering cooling pipes behind the intercooler?

[Steve!]

Nothing, I didn't know what it was,, Now I known its the PS cooling pipe, there is nothing wrong with it behind the Intercooler.

[rc]

how much was the car matey?

payed 3900 for it! and very pleased with my purchese

[Batfink]

Nice motor mate.

[Adam]

ive seen this car with the rear bumper where the rear seats should be.

awful accident. glad to see it back on the road though.

nice touch


so what turbo is it running? standard kkk or a hybrid kkk16 or kkk26?

[rc]

from the recipt it looks like its a k16 with heavy duty acuator! the partnumber is k167001 n/c? cost 616 quid including vat tho

[Adam]

ahh so standatd kkk then ...wtf the actuator cost 616?? lol

[GDN16v]

ahh so standatd kkk then ...wtf the actuator cost 616?? lol

I think he meant the turbo + actuator!!

[Adam]

lmao doh i ill cant register fs

[rc]

lol the turbo cost 616, dunno how much the acuator was!

[rc]

did some more tinkering today

wanted to sort the wiring out along the drivers turret! was perfectly functional but just looked messy!

here it was to start!

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/IMG_0028.jpg

heres after moving the main loom,

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/IMG_0031.jpg

and heres the finished bay

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/IMG_0037.jpg


much tidier!

[bucky]

very very nice motor.
£3900???
sounds good ill make sure i let my mate know how much you paid as he seems to think his 273bhp mk3 let will sell for £6g hahahahaha

[Steve!]

Took ya time, first photo in the day,, last photo at night lmao

[The Simps]

Some good work there mate. Pretty much done the exact same thing on my car last week!

Couldn't do me a favour tho. The plug thats goes into the amal valve looking at it from the top has numbers 1 & 2 on it for each wire. What colour wire goes to what number please mate?

Simps.