My Astra GSi project

[TomGTE]

Thanks for the commets

Pics from the weekends antics:

Broken bits: front spring hence the funny noises and part seized bearings:



Eibach springs fitted:




Discovered that the front anti roll bar is 26mm thick any ideas ?? I thought they where 22 as standard



Calibra turbo master cylinder compared to standard gsi one on the left:



Fitted:



Hi Specs fitted and all bled up ready to rock



Need to get some rear GSi goodridge hoses next as the ones from my gte dont fit

More soon !

[SteveM]

Looking good but i think your springs may be upside down

[mickygsi]

nice 2 c another mk3 getting some nice kit on it

[TomGTE]

Originally Posted by SteveM

Looking good but i think your springs may be upside down

They only fit one way round, would have to be with the writing upside down lol

Small update Got my painted rocker and cambelt covers back from the paintshop, had them done the same colour as the car and Im well pleased with them, these pics dont do them any justice at all





Started to tidy up the F28 too, steam cleaned it and a few coats of hammerite smooth silver

Should have the 2wd conversion kit and new drive shaft/input shaft seals this week.

[mikegray]

Thats very nice indeed

[Jonny Martin]

Will be keeping an eye on this! im liking the way its going!

[Turbo Chris]

[TomGTE]

Cheers for the comments guys

If anyone remembers my old GTE then you`ll know it was something special and Im hoping to go one better with the GSi

[giles473937]

Excellemt project car, look forward to the progress.

Just out of interest (I have a 2.0 Ecotec Sport) what's the advantage of fitting a Calibra turbo master cylinder compared to standard gsi one?

Does it give more pressure / harder pedal? I use my Astra on Track days with a V6 vectra upgrade and the pedal gets quite spongy when they get hot.

[TomGTE]

Originally Posted by giles473937

Excellemt project car, look forward to the progress.

Just out of interest (I have a 2.0 Ecotec Sport) what's the advantage of fitting a Calibra turbo master cylinder compared to standard gsi one?

Does it give more pressure / harder pedal? I use my Astra on Track days with a V6 vectra upgrade and the pedal gets quite spongy when they get hot.

Thats it, the turbo cylinder has a larger piston than the standard Gsi one so it gives a much better feel to the brakes when using calipers with a bigger than standard piston or when using aftermarket multi piston calipers.

[TomGTE]

Been doing a bit on the engine over the weekend, got the gearbox off and took the clutch and flywheel off to discover I was right about the rear crank seal leaking !

Nice and oily lol



Yup !



Then got it on the stand to remove the sump and fit the new 8v gasket/baffle plate.



Decided to fit ARP rod bolts whilst Its apart why not hey



Finally gave the sump a good clean and fitted a new oil seal to the level sensor as it was also leaking from there.



F28 almost ready to go in, 2wd conversion kit, new driveshaft seals, and modded F20 quick shift all fitted

Going to be having a go at making a custom steel rear mount soon to avoid any breakages





Waiting on the front mounting bracket and release bearing fork to show up now. Just hope the box is a good `un !

ARP rod bolts arrived, will be fitting these this week along with new bigend shells, just need to get the crank measured to check the size.



Cleaned out all the bolt holes for the sump bolts suprising how much crap came out lol



And sorted out how I want the Electronic clocks to be like, combination of GSi rev counter and fuel/temp gauges fitted with the red needles.



More soon !

[Benn]

Looks like its gonna be a weapon dude.

[mikegray]

Some nice work there

[AstraJasper666]

Really nice car/project mate. Great work so far. Hope all goes to plan.

[TomGTE]

Originally Posted by Benn

Looks like its gonna be a weapon dude.

Definately, I cant wait now missing the turbo too much and cant take much more of the ecotec

[TomGTE]

Time for a little update, got my new lightweight billet steel pot flywheel yesterday from vxlgsi

Weighs about 5 kgs which is lighter than a standard flat one ! Now I can use the proper turbo clutch setup and that should be here this week fingers crossed, I will weight the two setups just to compare them.





Glyco bigend bearing shells from steveboyslim , these are the wider type LET ones as I had mistakingly bought XE ones which are thinner so would of been no good to me.



Oil cooler bits, I had bought these to fit to the GTE but never got round to doing it, going to fit the cooler behind the bumper like in the pic so will be losing the foglights and using the hole to make a proper duct for it.

Mocal 16 row 115mm matrix cooler and late type sandwich plate







And a large intercooler, 2.5" inlet and outlets.



Using these to stick the sump gasket and seal the flywheel/sump bolts up.



More soon

[vxlgsi]

coming togther mate, oil cooler is nice and tucked away wish i had room to do that on my corsa

[Steve!]

I would say the anti roll bar is very aftermarket seeing as it is PURPLE

[mk3turbo]

Stunning M8 Makin Me Well Jealous I Want Another 1 Now Keep Up The Excellent Work Bud.

[astrasaloon]

:d:d Proper Nice Car M8 :d:d

[mikegray]

Some nice bits there bud, I like that oil cooler thats uber cool

[Aditi]

nice work !
i loved your car color.
keep it up

[R9GON]

What a lovely motor matey, i wish i had never sold mine now, keep up the good work....

[elgan]

at the back of the box i had to put some bolts back into the holes because my box was chucking the fluid out the back

check up on that

[Brett]

Its coming along really well Tom.

You decided what your doing with the Turbo/down pipe we spoke about yet? Im up north (Blackburn) a fair bit in January.