My Astra GTE 2.0 16v

[Mr-G]

All of you know this car pretty well already its mel astra GTE16v, I couldnt bear to see her get rid of it so i bought it off her. I havent got much planned for the car at the moment apart from a good clean up and changing a few bits, Here are all the pics of it so far.

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[mikey g]

i regret selling those nexia 1/4 vents now, looks good tho mate

[Dale]

looks good, great work :)

[Mr-G]

I am so impressed atm, i have been waiting so long to get a proper GTE. I have always wanted one after having my blue SRI.

[benji1987]

yh looks good matey!

[Tom]

Looking good, keep us updated, good to see you back in a mk2 :thumbsup:

[Mr-G]

Bloody glad to be back in one tom its been to long and now finally i have a proper valver, You will be suprised to know i have just got the front bumper and splitter off the blue SRI on its way back to me aswell cheers to ROYBACER i owe you some free goodies.

just a couple of pics of the new fuel pump bracket we made at work, the standard vauxhall one is always really rusted and flimsy so we knocked this up in about 10 minutes, just need to line it up under the car and then respray it.

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And just to rekindle the old flame here is the afore mentiond beastie in all her glory.

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[alex]

Looking good :)

There are a couple of Nexias down at the scrap yard in the village if anyone wants vents?

[Tibs]

Glad to see that the car has gone to a good home. :applause:

[Belmont turbo]

have i missed something i didn't know mel had sold it!! has she got another??

looks good tho mate keep up the good work

[Mr-G]

have i missed something i didn't know mel had sold it!! has she got another??

looks good tho mate keep up the good work

well i dont think the baby would like a mk2 on 17's that has been lowered 60mm on spax hardened shocks should would be a bit :dizzy: so yeh she sold it to me.

[Belmont turbo]

well i dont think the baby would like a mk2 on 17's that has been lowered 60mm on spax hardened shocks should would be a bit :dizzy: so yeh she sold it to me.

oh yeah forgot about that :o

[Tom]

Bloody glad to be back in one tom its been to long and now finally i have a proper valver, You will be suprised to know i have just got the front bumper and splitter off the blue SRI on its way back to me aswell cheers to ROYBACER i owe you some free goodies.

Good stuff, I`m suprised its still in one piece lol are you getting the rear bumper too ?

[Mr-G]

No not getting the rear bumper just gonna change the front bumper for this one, change the bonnet and that will be it. i reckon the car will look fine then.

Just need to sort the sound system and gauges, ive got a 2gb ipod thats ready to go in so i can ditch the H/U, just need to sort my outside air temp, voltage and amps gauges, Ive got the oil pressure and oil temp gauge.

[Mr-G]

Mwuahahahaha its going into the bodyshop tomorrow to be refreshed and resprayed cheers to ROYBACER for the bumper :)

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[Ross_Mk2]

Looking good :)

There are a couple of Nexias down at the scrap yard in the village if anyone wants vents?

How much would you want to get them and send them (if they are in perfect i mean with all plugs etc)?

Sorry to jump the thread

[Mr-G]

Well the bumper is now being worked on as we speak, I am doing most of the prep work myself to keep the costs down as the bumper is being completley overhauled, that means all the paint is coming off down to the plastic before its resprayed and all damage repaired, Now i am going to amuse myself as this could get rather costly so i want to see just how much you can spend on a bumper.

Dicky at the bodyshop said that if i was to get him to do the job start to finish i was looking at a minimum of 400 squid.

breaking that down its 25 notes per hour labour.

6 hours sanding time to get it all back to plastic = 150 quid
4 hours fibreglassing and sanding time = 100 quid
6 hours painting time (stopping,priming,flatting,painting,polishing) = 150quid.

So lets see what i can spend on just a front bumper lol, so far its 25 notes for the bumper, 30 for all the fibreglass and filler and 10 for all the various grits of sandpaper.

So far thats 65 english notes.

[Mr-G]

Little update, first we start with this

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And after an hour i am done for the night, just needs going over with a finer grade paper and then they are ready for paint, I am doing the inserts black as i think they look better as they break the colour of the car up.

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I will do the splitter tomorrow lunchtime, i have got to get that back to fibreglass before paint and i have thursday afternoon off to get the bumper itself sorted.

[Tom]

Make sure you tell your painter not to bake the splitter or the bumper if your doing fibreglass repairs on it.

Took the so called professional who painted the bumpers on mine, three attempts to get them right, because they baked them.

[Mr-G]

Dont worry Tom this guy is as professional as it gets, He is a coachworks Official MG restorer and never cuts corners, only problem is it makes him bloody expensive, worth it in the end though lol.

Ive got a heck of a lot of repair works on that bumper its as battered as it gets.

[Dale]

looking good!

[Dave bowers]

never knew they did a 16v on an e reg, thought they started on a f reg, all the same very nice, i used to have them skirts on my astra.

[Mr-G]

lol its not an E reg thats Mels private plate, we need to transfer it over to her new car, the astra is actually a G reg

[Mr-G]

Tookthe car out for her first run today and it was great, changed the furl filter and spark plugs, filled it with petrol and off i went.

It seems to be running fine at the moment.

Next thing now is the sound system.

It already has a kenwood 12@ sub and 600w SPL-X amp in it, I have got some JBL GT series 6x9's and a 2gb Ipod with all the leads to link it to the amp so i can get rid of the headunit, now all i need is some front speakers and i am sorted

[astravanmk2]

that front bumper looks good not seen another like it

[Mr-G]

Got the Ipod in today, was a fairly simple process there is already a 12" Kenwood sub and 600w 4 channel amp in the boot aswell as JBL GT 6x9's on the parcel shelf.

So front end we had this, the 2 RCA leads

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So here are the parts we need, A small phone cradle, as you can see i had to cut one of the supports off as it was in the way of the Ipod link lead

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This is the Ipod link lead, it plugs into the headfone socket on the Ipod and the other end is RCA.

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1 ground loop isolator so i dont get any background noise.

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2 male to 1 female RCA splitters as its a 4 channel amp.

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2 male/male adaptors as the splitters have male connections and so do the RCA leads.

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Any finally the heart of the system, the 2gb Ipod nano.

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Step 1 was to join the male/male adaptors to the RCA leads

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This allows the splitters to be connected in situ

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Next step was the ground loop isolator, all of this will be tucked away behind the dash.

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And finally the Ipod link lead can be joined to this, all of this ends in one little headfone stereo jack :applause:

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And the end result is this, one dash mounted Ipod so no headunit, the sound quality is really good and i dont have to worry about skipping cd's or swapping them.

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And this is it with the Ipod removed. I just wired the remote from the amp to the switched live of the car so it turns on straight with the ignition, All i need to do now is make a blanking plate for the dash and thats it job done.

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[Ian T]

I'd suggest fitting a standard headunit in the hole, no need to wire it up, but it'll look retro. ;)

Ian.

[Mr-G]

i am going to fit some gauges there at a later date so headunit is a nono lol

[Mr-G]

Got a few more bits done today not much though due to freezing weather, made the blanking plate for the headunit apeture and cleaned the car.

my nice new blanking plate.

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The car after she was cleaned, i didnt bother polishing her as its to cold round here.

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The exhaust was filthy so i decided to give that a going over aswell this is the exhaust before.

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And this is after the Autosol was applied.

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And this is the state of the engine bay at the moment, i am in the middle of repainting the plugcover.

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[Simon]

Looking good mate

[Dale]

been busy then! looking good!

[Mr-G]

Had another washing session today, still havent polished it yet as its a bit to cold really, i want to wait until the weather warms up a bit. The water is still beading nicely so its not to bad atm.

I also used a brillo pad on the tailpipes and then some autosol, they seem to have come up really nice :)

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[Mr-G]

Another new toy today, i got it from one of the guys at work for the bargin price of nothing lol.

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[Dale]

i wouldn't bother putting that on the GTE with digi dash, no need!

[Mr-G]

Digidash is coming out ;), I have never been that keen on them, so i am making a custom dash to go in its place.

[Dale]

Digidash is coming out ;), I have never been that keen on them, so i am making a custom dash to go in its place.

ah ok, sounds good not too keen on the "limiter" red needle, look better without it!:)

[Mr-G]

Only a small update really, finally got the new geargaitor in ;)

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[James C]

Only a small update really, finally got the new geargaitor in ;)

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Where is the gaitor from?? I need a new one!

[Mr-G]

We got it off Ian T, its not a mk2 astra one either i think, You would have to ask him what car its from lol. Really nice fit though :)

[banburygtecab]

looks really sweet fella give me 20 years and my one might look good

[Tony K]

Not a hint of moss anywhere!

[Mr-G]

Not a hint of moss anywhere!


Ummm random lol.

BanburyGTEcab, yours can look good to fella, just needs time, money and willpower :)

[Mr-G]

Small update.

Got a few new bits for the GTE, the indicator stalk had stopped working so i had no indicators, if i put my headlights on the main beam would come on so i only had dipped beam. Got another stalk from the scrappies and all is now fine.

Also you all may remember the whale tail that used to be on the boot, Well that had killed the gas struts so i finally got round to sorting them, Again taken from a corsa at the local scrappies.

The other new toy is a Pro-sound electronic crossover with built in line driver. The line driver is important as i have no headunit, just and Ipod.

The problem is that an average headunit has an out put voltage of 4.4v in the RCA connections, The Ipod only has a 1.8v output in the headphone jack, This causes a lot of distortion as the amp starts to get a clipped signal.

The way to solve this is with a line driver, it boosts the RCA voltage signal anywhere from 2v up to 6.8v, this allows me to match the Ipod to the Amp :thumbsup:

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[Ian T]

Ooooh... that's interesting - are Corsa ones a direct swap and the same length?

Ian.

[Mr-G]

Yep exactly the same length as the GTE ones and the same fitment, They are really strong aswell, I can have the boot half open and it still goes up instead of down :)

[Mr-G]

Over the next few months i shall mostly be sorting this mess out :)

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[Ian T]

LOL - I thought it looked cleaner than mine at the Westerham meet last weekend, G!

Think you'll shame me into taking mine to bits and sorting it out sometime.

Ian.

[Mr-G]

Lol, its not to bad there is just lots of wiring that needs tidying up and a few bits that need painting.

I have got a patch of surface rust behind the drivers side turret aswell that needs sorting before it goes through.

[daz_gte_16v]

very smart motor there, coming along nicely, good the plan with the i-pod and no stereo, not seen that done b4, have a aux in on my stereo so girlfriend plugs hers in via a 3.5mm headphone to phono cable. is that the aubergine colour? if so same as mine, such a lush colour, good luck with rest of stuff, will be good to see what more u get up to with her!

[Mr-G]

Yeh it is the aubergine colour, they look really nice when the sunlight hits them :thumbsup:

[Mr-G]

Managed to get a layer of polish on the car at the weekend :thumbsup: enjoy the mk2 astra porn.

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[Mr-G]

got a few goodies for the car over the weekend.

Late XE throttle body without wedge on the throttle plate.
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And a new fuel rail with a 3.0 bar pressure reg.
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[James C]

Have you fitted the TB yet - and if so what do you think?

[Mr-G]

Havent fitted it yet, I am waiting until i get a new airbox and the mtech powercap.

[Mr-G]

Next bit of work done.

Mix one of these

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With a little of this

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And you end up with this

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Now spray it like this

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And you finally get this :)

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Also fitted my flat throttle plate :thumbsup:

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And that concludes our work for today.

[GazJevs84]

Rocker looks nice mate

[Dale]

looking good fella, rocker looks good!

[Mr-G]

Fitted my new ICV today along with a fuel rail and 3.0 bar pressure reg, will see how she performs after the fuel pipes are sorted :)

[Mr-G]

MWUHAHAHAHAHA

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[Mr-G]

Got my morrettes fitted today :thumbsup:

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[GazJevs84]

Looks nice mate

[Dale]

looking good tho's lights suite the car!

[Mr-G]

you cant really see it in the pic but the morrettes are sprayed satin black, i did this as the scoop is coming off the bonnet and the GTE vents will be sprayed black.

All this is being done to carry the black and purple theme on as all the bumpstrips will be satin black aswell.

[Mr-G]

Right in preperation for billing i have got a wishlist of parts growing, the parts include.

SBD type A exhaust manifold
Full SS 2.25" Longlife exhaust system
Exhaust wrap ON ORDER
M-TECH powercap ON ORDER
ITG Airfilter ON ORDER
Samco hoses ON ORDER
New battery
Mocal oil cooler
Magnacore leads
Ignition coil ON ORDER
Charge temp gauge ON ORDER
Braided fuel lines
Fuel pressure gauge ON ORDER

And a general service and tidy up

:thumbsup:

[Mr-G]

Expect a big picture update soon just ordered most of the items in my previous post, just need to phone SBD now to sort out the Type A manifold

[Tom]

Credit card taking a beating then lol :Banane44:

[Mr-G]

You could say that yeh :fsfsfsfsf189:

[Mr-G]

First batch of stuff was picked up today from work.

I bought thus on saturday from Argos, Wharfedale in dash DVD player :thumbsup:

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Here are the bits i got today, Mountney M-power steering wheel.

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VDO water temp, voltage and charge temp gauges.

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And a brand new Bosch ignition coil to replace the crappy looking one.

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[Mr-G]

More stuff arrived today,

30m of exhaust wrap

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fuel pressure gauge

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FSE Sytec Fuel filter with 8mm connections

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And these bits that i couldnt wait to fit lol

Samco induction hose

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ITG Maxogen foam filter, its huuuuge lol

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Samco top radiator pipe

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Samco oil breather pipe

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Samco header tank to radiator pipe

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And heres how the bay looks at the moment :thumbsup:

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[James C]

Can you just get the oil breather pipe by itself?

If so where from and how much?

TA

[Mr-G]

yep sure can mate its this one that you need

http://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/SAMCO-HOSES-Straight-Reducer/c16_99/p4862/32/25-MM-BLUE-HOSE-REDUCER/product_info.html

[Danny]

Coming along nicely Mr G.
Looking forward to seeing this at Billing.

[norm61]

yep sure can mate its this one that you need

http://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/SAMCO-HOSES-Straight-Reducer/c16_99/p4862/32/25-MM-BLUE-HOSE-REDUCER/product_info.html

there just round the corner from me, and come highly recommended!:thumbsup:

[Mr-G]

M-TECH powercap arrived today, I have got to say that for 100 notes the casting quality is very appauling, loads of pits all over it :(

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/918/spa0033ru5.jpg

Anyways got it fitted, which is not as simple as it looks, you dont get any fitting instructions and what they dont tell you is that you have to take the 4 studs out of the throttle body as the powercap uses bolts :rolleyes:, had to put in their free sticker aswell lol.

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[Tony K]

Looking good Mr Sir G Sir, she run any better?

[Mr-G]

Havent taken it out for a run with the powercap on yet, I still have my dicky ICV so the idle hunts around a lot

[richie00boy]

Looking good mister. I'll be asking a few questions at Billing :)

[Mr-G]

uh oh lol like what?

[Tom]

looks good matey :thumbsup:

Theres still a few more hoses left to replace though lol..

[mick g]

Thats looking better Mr G:applause:

[Mr-G]

looks good matey :thumbsup:

Theres still a few more hoses left to replace though lol..

cant be arsed lol i think that will do for the moment, next thing to do is heatwrap the exhaust and fit the FSE Sytec fuel filter :thumbsup:

[richie00boy]

LOL nice ones :) Prices and what you think of things.

[Mr-G]

LOL nice ones :) Prices and what you think of things.


LOL happy to answer any questions thrown my way :)

[Mr-G]

Thats looking better Mr G:applause:

Ha, just noticed you drive a VW transporter, T25, T4 or T5??

[mick g]

Its a T5 174ps T30 of the short wheelbase variety..:thumbsup:

[Mr-G]

Its a T5 174ps T30 of the short wheelbase variety..:thumbsup:

You ever heard of Just Kampers in hampshire, I work there lol in the goods in department, spend most of my days playing with T2,T25 and T4 parts, we just starting to break into the T5 market now

We do all of the camping stuff aswell lol

[mick g]

Nice one. You see some really cool campers about, gawd knows how much they cost..IMO VW vans are the best,

[Mr-G]

Fitted the FSE sytec fuel filter today :)

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[Dale]

looking good Mr G

[mick g]

Mr G, did you chew a hole in the soundproofing on the bulkhead? Looks very much like it!:D

[Mr-G]

LMAO i needed somewhere to mount the filter, the plan is to take it all out at a later date, loosing enthusiasm with the car now, went into town earlier today and parked behind a 4x4. noticed this afternoon when i fitted the new ignition coil that they reversed into the GTE, got a nice big scuff mark on the bonnet now with a dent.

I have always had a plan to get a corsa and stick the XE in that, now i am starting to think about it a lot more.

[Mr-G]

The afor mentioned new coil.

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/8131/spa0041pw2.jpg

And the nice big scuff to add to my list of things that **** me off about my car.

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/825/spa0042tx3.jpg
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/7297/spa0043pf2.jpg

[mutznutz]

nasty... did you get any insurance details?!

[Mr-G]

No, i didnt even know it had happened until about an hour later at home, i couldnt even tell you what make of 4x4 it was :(

[mick g]

Jesus, thats bad.. Do you think the scratches would buff out?

[Ian T]

Don't give up, you've got a one off car there, be a shame to let some wally in a Chelsea tractor spoil it for you.

You might be able to buff that out.

Ian.

[Mr-G]

I tried to buff it out, the scratch is right down to the primer, it may come out with a machine polish but it wont come out by hand.