Ronnie's project RWD :D - mk3 astra gsi turbo rear wheel drive ;)

[Vauxfan]

i know you have it sorted now but, i read a thread a while back where they used a carlton gsi rear diff with lsd in it.

[nova-myth]

Sounds like an awesome project you've got here, can't believe the other one was rotten!

Nice bit of info about the monaro diff, should make the project a bit easier.

[robertkassner]

Thats going to be one nice Astra! Great mix of things - a roll cage, an LET and Ron's attention to detail!!!!!


Wow

Good Luck!!
Rob

[The big man]

your truelly nuts sir but good look to you.

[Fow16v]

gonna be watching this one, if your other work is anything to go by this will be awsome. good luck with it.

[brad35]

Mate you work is always quality.
Am so looking forward to reading how you are getting on. I loved the Nova you did. And the astra turbo was mind blowing with you attention to detail. I think you are going to take this car to the next level. So all thats left for me to say is.
GET ON WITH IT.

[andieman]

so mr court when dya want me to fly to the unit an start drillin them spot welds out? i finish work friday!! till jan! jus gotta mot the nova saturday

[rc]

cheers lads, some welcomed response nearly 500 views and havnt even had it up 24 years yet lmao

glad you you all like my plans, and have been researching it all for quite some time!

its not going to be a 5 minuite job, its building a race car from scratch, and everythings gotta look right, gonna take a very long time indeed, how long, i dunno lmao

thanks for all the support

[rc]

had a sort out in the unit today and cleared a bit of a space for them









and its always good to have a life style model, so for anyone that still hasnt got it yet....

the plan is, before.....



after



lmao

the first stage is going to be stripping everything out, the silver shell is stioll pretty much a car, and i want to start from a bare bare shell, so first stage will be dismantlement!

i dont know how fast pogress will be on the project, dont know if i can still update as much as i used to with the astra thread, had way to o much enthuisam back then, out in the snow on christmas day solidering the looms under the inner wings, what was i thinking lmao

but progress will be uploaded and of corse well documented as soon as it happens

[astragsi]

nice one

hope you have more luck with this one mate.

[Rysee_sri_130]

Nice bit of CAD there - Cardboard Aided Design

[BROOMY]

i know you have it sorted now but, i read a thread a while back where they used a carlton gsi rear diff with lsd in it.

Bloke i work with retro fitted 4wd to his calibra and used a senator 24v lsd with a bit of modding. He had to have some driveshafts made up for it but it works well. His thread is in this section titled"Cally AWD retro fit (56K warning)"

[rc]

Bloke i work with retro fitted 4wd to his calibra and used a senator 24v lsd with a bit of modding. He had to have some driveshafts made up for it but it works well. His thread is in this section titled"Cally AWD retro fit (56K warning)"

i read all the way through that thread quite a few times when i was planning to 4WD mine lmao

[BROOMY]

i read all the way through that thread quite a few times when i was planning to 4WD mine lmao

Well if you have any questions for him i can ask him as he works on the ramp next to me.

[dave_gsi]

i will defo be keeping and eye on this thread

[Ian H]

I'll be keeping a close eye on this too, your attention to detail is just amazing, your old astra was perfect! (well except for the rot obviously!!)

Getting some really good projects on mig now

[Nhracing]

will deff keep watching this, sounds like an awesome project, all the best with it mate,

[Neil Adams]

Looks like a great project - will definately watch this one!

I don't know how much the SBD bellhousing converter for the T5 is but I got my bellhousing from
A Frame engineering. It's top quality and only costs £160.

[Rysee_sri_130]

Cant remember the last time i saw a mk3 in that colour

[Johnny A]

The cally turbo rear diff is from a V6 Holden from OZ, will handle up to around 250ft-lbs, so fine for bedding in.

The Carlton/Senny big diffs are a little stronger and some have LSD's, but this will only give you around 300ft-lbs and doing burnouts kills them pretty fast.

Lotus Carlton, Monaro diffs are your best bet if your going for silly power.

[Steve!]

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Lotus Carlton, Monaro diffs are your best bet if your going for silly power.

He has a Monaro diff thanks to me!

[rc]

Looks like a great project - will definately watch this one!

I don't know how much the SBD bellhousing converter for the T5 is but I got my bellhousing from
A Frame engineering. It's top quality and only costs £160.

cheers mate, i thought sbd were the only one's who did that! i'll look them up

[rc]

Cant remember the last time i saw a mk3 in that colour

i'd say problely never, its an american ford colour lmao

[Rysee_sri_130]

i'd say problely never, its an american ford colour lmao

Thought it was star silver haha

Looks really good in silver

[Steve!]

So what colour is the RWD Astra gunna be?