Mk3 Astra Gsi Back 2 Life!

[jimbo81]

Na then guys n girls! i thought i best introduce myself im jimbo im 25 and a yorkshire lad who is car mad! Ive owned quite a few motors bit of a wide range 2x metros, fiat uno, seat ibiza,fessy mk2,golf mk2,pug 106 punto gt turbo and rest of ave bin vauxhalls mk2 nova td 94 cav sri redtop & the astra!
unfortunatly the astra has bin sat in me garage since dec 03 with a blown engine but now i ive got the cash 2 get it back on road got a 93 cav sri redtop as a donor car i shud b starting it next week!
Heres my old redtop cavy sri, 170bhp+, full stainles janspeed, lowered 60mm on apex suspension!

Heres my astra wen it woz new! Still on steel wheels

And here how it is now! Full stainless scorpion, 17" mille miglia actions, lowered 90mm on g-max kit. Tooked up in me garage now waiting for redtop transplant!
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...stragsi16v.jpg

[slappycarp]

nice one mate,
another mk3 gsi saved : - )

[Terry81]

Did you buy the astra new? What mae you go fo the 1.8 over the redtop?

[jimbo81]

Originally Posted by slappycarp

nice one mate,
another mk3 gsi saved : - )

Cheers m8!

[jimbo81]

Originally Posted by Terry81

Did you buy the astra new? What mae you go fo the 1.8 over the redtop?

I bought it in 2003 picture came with a stack load of history! Back then redtop's wer fetchin £2500 dint ave that kind of money thats why i got the 1.8 only cost me £750!

[Terry81]

Originally Posted by jimbo81

I bought it in 2003 picture came with a stack load of history! Back then redtop's wer fetchin £2500 dint ave that kind of money thats why i got the 1.8 only cost me £750!

Cool, got a bargain there

[slappycarp]

good deal that,
going to look nice when all done mate,
if ya after some springs give us a bell got some 30mm i bought for mine but going for 45 now as got new alloys!!

[Matt2345]

Nice car there mate, Be good top have it running again.

[jimbo81]

Originally Posted by Terry81

Cool, got a bargain there

cheers m8!

[jimbo81]

Originally Posted by slappycarp

good deal that,
going to look nice when all done mate,
if ya after some springs give us a bell got some 30mm i bought for mine but going for 45 now as got new alloys!!

cheers m8!hoping 2 get it done b4 all shows start me got sum springs m8 ta anyway!

[jimbo81]

Originally Posted by Matt2345

Nice car there mate, Be good top have it running again.

nice1 cheers me cant wait 2 get it going again

[Rubix_Cube]

Nice cars you have there

Aslong as there is hundreds of pic's when your building her back up then that will please 99% of mig

and £750 is a bargain! Great to see another Gsi being saved

[jimbo81]

Originally Posted by Rubix_Cube

Nice cars you have there

Aslong as there is hundreds of pic's when your building her back up then that will please 99% of mig

and £750 is a bargain! Great to see another Gsi being saved

cheers m8 yeah ill make sur theres plenty of pics 2 see im hoping work will let me use 1 of ramps it'll make it a lot easier!

[jimbo81]

Hi everyone finally got car done after loads of setbacks! Firstly council towed car away outside me mums house! Only pulled it out of garage 2 free brakes off & blow tyres up ready 2 be towed 2 my work (which took 3 hours 2 do) tow truck was coming at 9am but he was running late and council bet him 2 it ! After shelling out £80 for storage fees & £120 for tax feesand a few 2 calm me down i woz finnaly back on track 4 transplant I began taking engine out of donor cavy bonnet removed 4 loads of access!

[vxlgsi]

Gotta love that black sri!

[jimbo81]

Engine hoist came in very handy!






Job lot all out in 2 hours thats the easy part done

Now for the hard bit!



Im so glad work let me use workshop 4 weekend




Looks 10x better already!

Finished product after 2 full weekends lots of swearing & throwing tools, modifying & re-wiring after reading loads of wiring diagrams & lots of beer!

Full spec sheet 2 be added & photos after me holiday 2 boney scotland!

[Nemesis]

Welcome to MIG mate.

So you've put an older engine in the Astra?

[Gaz86]

no hes put a stronger one in it

[Terry81]

Nice work, hows she go?

[coolamasta]

XE looking right at home there

Welcome to mig

[jimbo81]

Originally Posted by Nemesis

Welcome to MIG mate.

So you've put an older engine in the Astra?

cheers m8 engines only done 75k 1.8 had done 105k i fink its better engine 2!

[jimbo81]

Originally Posted by Terry81

Nice work, hows she go?

cheers m8! she goes better then a whore on E's!

[jimbo81]

Originally Posted by coolamasta

XE looking right at home there

Welcome to mig

cheers pal i thought so 2 best place 4 it

[jimbo81]

Hiya heres a few updates! After getting back off my holidays all stress free & chilled out i woz finnally able 2 take it for mot! but sadley on the way to mot station the ABS light came on ive got work coming out of me ears so thats just wot i needed! The week after i started 2 find out wot the problem woz after a few hours swearing & hitting stuff we hammer i found the fault the o/s/f ABS ring woz missing! no worries still got old driveshafts from 1.8 lump so next morning started to fit ABS ring but we all bolts rusted to hell i unfortunetly snapped the link rod F£$k SAKE!so i got the ring on & tested the light!All out!
I could'nt get link rod till monday morning so that night i set to again (after servicing me m8's car)i dint even take wheel off fitted it in 10 mins so next morning i booked car in for mot im so glad these guys like me they said they'd fit it in coz there fully booked till july!
So cars now m.ot'd and ready 2 roll
Anyway ere's some more pics

[Terry81]

Take the bas light bulb out