Astra GTE 3 ltr V6 Twin Turbo RWD NoS Plan - Page 5

**jamied** · 20-06-2004, 19:46

Busy weekend again..im now about 90% near to finishing the rear suspention for the 4x4..next week it should be all on and the rollcage finished aswell ready for painting.. below are some pics of the modifications i had to do to the suspention arm to make it fit the astra mk3...the rest shall be on the website im doing with all of the mods i have been doing to my gte.

the rear tube-beam is cut and a solid 38mm steel beam pushed in to strenten and extend the unit.

the sub frame is drilled and steel plates and bolts are usd to hold the arms in place.

the bolts go all the way in to the boot area..now the beam is in the right place the steel rod section and beam or welded so the whole unit is solid.

Teddy · 21-06-2004, 12:27

Getting there!
Ill have to whip over and have a look at this soon Jamie.

**jamied** · 21-06-2004, 16:31

Any time teddy...give me a call on my mobile when you want to come over...im up at the car every weekend.

**jamied** · 27-06-2004, 21:15

Busy weekend again...but roll cage is nearly done..just got to weld the plates on and the 4x4 unit and rear suspention is now........all on..

27-06-2004, 21:21

11month project so far boss

still going well by the looks of it

Pubert · 27-06-2004, 21:44

Jebus

ScottB · 27-06-2004, 22:36

Immense project

Paul Baldwin · 28-06-2004, 10:56

Keep it up jamied, really want to see this motor at one of the shows

Adam · 28-06-2004, 11:16

man im thirsty and need a fag after reading them pages

keep it going

AJRAT · 21-07-2004, 19:53

Any more progress mate??

James82 · 21-07-2004, 19:57

Can we have the pics back up? Take it they were uploader pics.

Want to see this car, eyes will be peeled!

**jamied** · 21-07-2004, 20:56

new pics shall be up this weekend...picked up the F28 last weekend and i have a FMIC on the way also...shall put most of the engine together to show where the turbo sits and posision in the engine bay next week as im on holiday (doing the car)..finishing off fillering and then i can do the paint job and rewire the whole beast.

astrasport · 22-07-2004, 00:08

really looking forward to this mate, keep up the hard work

AJRAT · 12-08-2004, 18:33

Any more progress mate? I am interested in the rear damper arrangement as mine is about 4" out and am considering moving the turrets closer to the irs.

BeArDy · 12-08-2004, 18:40

want to see the turbo setup on the V6

**jamied** · 12-08-2004, 22:43

Have some pics now, what uploader are we all using now???

rodgerq · 12-08-2004, 22:46

i use photobucket.

http://www.photobucket.com/

rodgerq

**jamied** · 12-08-2004, 23:08

OK here we go....turbo setup..starting on the pipe work this weekend, pics below:

The turbo bracket is fixed to the old oil-cooler plate, oil cooler is on the front now. the bracket still needs a bit of work to angle the turbo a bit more.

with the turbo temp fitted.

My smallish Nos tanks and where they will sit.

And the dash fitting and rewire started (chucked out about 15kg of rubbish wire)

more pics to follow this week end.

rodgerq · 12-08-2004, 23:11

quality pics as usual mate

that dash looks sweet!! mind you that engine isnt exaclty shabby either, lol

rodgerq

**jamied** · 12-08-2004, 23:18

cheers rodgerq mate, should have some pics of the engine and pipework set up in the bay, when i test the fitting in the next few weeks.

**jamied** · 13-08-2004, 12:18

Sorry AJRAT, i forgot to give you an answer..have you by chance got a pic of the problem and i can see what i did..im getting a set of second hand dampers this weekend to mesure up on mine.

Colonel K · 13-08-2004, 12:34

nice!

It would be class to get the old pics back up as well mind

**jamied** · 13-08-2004, 12:47

shall try to put a few up...have them all on a disk and im setting up a big(ish) web site to show the work and any how-to-do files.

AJRAT · 13-08-2004, 17:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamied

Sorry AJRAT, i forgot to give you an answer..have you by chance got a pic of the problem and i can see what i did..im getting a set of second hand dampers this weekend to mesure up on mine.

No worries

. I havnt got a pic as yet, but basically the gte dampers are 6" short of the irs mounting points! I am probably going to move the turret lower down (just drill the spot welds and it comes away). Also what are your plans for the fuel tank? I have offered the calibra plastic one up and it hangs quite low. Probably a case of cutting the chassis rails a bit to allow it another couple of inches.

Cheers, Adam

**jamied** · 13-08-2004, 17:18

sticking the tank in the boot...lol...easy and simple..looking in to some double layer plastic tanks.