My Astra SX

[Daza]

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ENGINE

C20 LET
Piper cams
Phase 3 EDS software kit
Enlarged throttle body
Enlarged top hat (bored out as far as it can go)
Skimmed cleaned and rebuilt GM head with resleaved oil/water way.
New tappets, new valve springs, new inlet + sodium filled exhaust valves + new stem seals (all genunie vaux parts).
1.7mm cometic head gasket.
Turbo Technics Hybrid turbo with 360 Thrust bearing, strengthened wastegate, and uprated actuator, with bored out + smoothed inlet and smoothed exhaust elbow for better airflow.
Block replaced with modified XE item with oil return for turbo, light skim and bored out to 87mm.
Matching oversize low comp JE pistons and rings
New rods with oversize big end bearings
ARP rod bolts
Reground and balanced crank
Uprated oil pump with steel inner gears + new pressure releif valve
Pielburg 6 Bar fuel pump
FSE Power Boost valve
Fuel pressure gauge
Bosch Green (high impedence) 440cc Injectors
HKS recirculating seq blow off valve
Nology ignition leads
NGK Iridium cooler grade spark plugs
Custom made alloy intercooler (with 2.5 inch internal diameter inlet and outlet).
Mocal 13 row oil cooler
Samco hoses (Boost pipes Oversized to 2.5 inch internal Diameter)
Pipercross induction kit
Custom made straight through 2.5in stainless exhaust from turbo with 4in tailpipe
Alloy oil catch tank

TRANSMISSION

F28 six speed gearbox converted to front wheel drive
Quiafe ATB LSD
Modified gear linkage
Lightened + balanced flywheel
Sachs 3 piece metal sintered paddle clutch.

SUSPENSION

Spax adjustable shocks all round
PMC 60mm lowered springs
Modified bumpstops
2 gte 16v anti roll bars (rear)
Front + Rear strut braces
16 valve rear axle
Poly bushes

BRAKES

Vectra V6 front brake conversion including V6 calipers and 308mm discs with greenstuff pads
Astra GTE16v rear disc conversion with Tarox 12 groove rear discs + Red Dot Pads
5.1 fluid

WHEELS & TYRES

MIM Brescia 17s with Yokohama A539 205 40 17s all round.

BODYWORK

Standard SX bumpers + rear spoiler
Roof tip spoiler
Laguna front splitter
Louvered bonnet
Twin headlight conversion
Astra mk4 side repeaters
One off DTM mirrors
Daewoo door handles
GTE rear qtr trims
Front grille removed
Single wiper conversion
Bonnet lifters
Glacier White paintwork

INTERIOR

Cobra evolution seats in red (with ASTRA TURBO embroided on)
Sparco 3 point harnesses
Rear seats removed
Custom made 2.5 inch stainless roll cage
Calibra turbo gear knob + modified calibra turbo steering wheel
Red gaiters + other detailing
Racetech boost, water temp + oil press guages
Air Fuel Ratio Meter
GTE Digital Dash (late spec curved rev counter)
Alloy pedals

ICE

Sony head uint
Rockford mids + tweeters powered by Pheonix Gold amp
2 12'' Rockford Punch subs in custom box powered by Alpine amp
Pheonix Gold wiring + crossovers
All gold connectors + dynomated

PERFORMANCE

303.7 bhp @ Flywheel (255.8 bhp @ wheels)
293.8 lbft

1/4 mile 13.56 @ 107.9mph. 155+mph

[Ross_Mk2]

Mate what gear was you in to get those readings?

[Daza]

Fourth. Got a vid to come aswell...

[Ross_Mk2]

why 4th? should it be faster than that?

[Daza]

I'm sure it was fourth. If it was in third it would have spun like f*ck on the rollers! Not sure about the speed thing, but trust me it's quick on the road. ;)

[Ross_Mk2]

yeah its 300bhp i would expect it to be :D just the speed does'nt seem to tally up, but i aint no expert

[Heathercdi]

usually use fourth gear as most accurate gear

[Ross_Mk2]

usually use fourth gear as most accurate gear

Fair enough, but then you don't get the full spec of the car

[Heathercdi]

Fair enough, but then you don't get the full spec of the car


do you mean the top speed of the car?

[caul pope]

Still looking great! I had the copy of Revs as well back in the day. Absolutely awesome power, whats your best up the strip Daza?

[Sipo]

Yes indeed, that must be a monster on the roads and track! How does your car do up againts cars like the imprezza etc Daza, or whats the quickest car you have raced and kept up with? 300 HP in a semi stripped car must keep you up with some high performance cars?!

[Daza]

Thanks for the comments!
Yeah it is pretty fast. My best time at santa pod was a 13.56 @ 107mph, which i'm quite happy with.
Tbh i can't see me beating that time until i get a few more mods done.
On the road i think my favorite car i beat was a kitted out Porsche Carrera 4. The no plate was STVNT, hence he was a stunt man!
He ended up flashing me to pull over on the duel carrideway to find out what i had under the bonnet.
I was quite chuffed with that! :D

[REMUS]

rear wheel drive and you will knock a fair chunk off that I reckon ;)

[Orange Peel]

Thanks for the comments!
Yeah it is pretty fast. My best time at santa pod was a 13.56 @ 107mph, which i'm quite happy with.
Tbh i can't see me beating that time until i get a few more mods done.


Whats traction like? Your time is only slightly slower (13.2) than my mates EVO4 with 330BHP. Would be nice to tell him a Mk2 Astra kicked his ass lol.

[Daza]

rear wheel drive and you will knock a fair chunk off that I reckon ;)

Traction is the main issue with fwd. I was thinking more about jacking the back up and running smaller wheels (same width) with a higher profile sticky tyre, something like Toyo R888.
Hopefully that should see the times drop a bit.
Plus more engine mods of course!

[REMUS]

hehe n2o baby :D

[Daza]

Whats traction like? Your time is only slightly slower (13.2) than my mates EVO4 with 330BHP. Would be nice to tell him a Mk2 Astra kicked his ass lol.

With the wheels/tyres i'm using at the moment and suspension setup it's a nightmare. 1st and 2nd are a total waste of time! 3rd gear is when you really start to shift.
All fast 4wd cars obviously beat me off the lights, it's only when i get it into 3rd and onwards you start to reel them in.

[Orange Peel]

I'd imagin that if you had a bit more traction you would be hitting high 12's then??

[Daza]

I'd imagin that if you had a bit more traction you would be hitting high 12's then??

That's what i'm aiming for!! Think i've still got quite a way to go tho!

[Orange Peel]

I see you have daywhooooo handles. Were they difficult to fit?

[Efrain A.]

I think you can hit the 12.9 mark with some good 'drag radials' tyres.

[Daza]

I see you have daywhooooo handles. Were they difficult to fit?

The Daewoo handles along with all the other exterior mods where carried out by the previous owner.
The changes i've done are mostly all mechanical, (total engine rebuild uprating/replacing almost every part under the bonnet) also the new seats, harnesses and various other bits on the interior.

[Daza]

I think you can hit the 12.9 mark with some good 'drag radials' tyres.

Yea decent tyres with low pressure and some softer dampers on the front and raise the back up, should do the trick.
The suspension setup is so low and rock hard at the moment as soon as the wheels start to spin up the car starts bouncing and skipping on the tarmac. :D
It's really not setup properly for the pod.
I know i can reduce my times, it just means forking out even more money which i haven't got! :rolleyes:

[astrayorkie]

same as mine with the traction third was a good gear to catch up to 4wd people in.
like the spec m8 its nice to see there face as you pass them!

[braders]

looks awesome mate. keep up the good work.

[Daza]

Thanks for the coments!
Yeah beating the more 'superior sports cars' on the road is what it's all about for me! Although it's not very well at the moment.. :(

[astrayorkie]

Thanks for the coments!
Yeah beating the more 'superior sports cars' on the road is what it's all about for me! Although it's not very well at the moment.. :(

if need any parts to test problems pm me

[Daza]

if need any parts to test problems pm me

Cheers mate.
My main problem is trying to find out if my fuel pump is fooked. I've got my old pump in the garage which i'll stick back on tomorow with a new filter to see if the current pump is at fault....Fingers crossed!

[astrayorkie]

mine was leaning out because off the ecu had a problem and kept going on to limp home every 300ish miles

[astrasteve23]

your car looks very nice! nice to see non GTE bumpers for a change! i think it all looks good! not sure on the daewoo handles. nice spec too! hope you get the fuel pump sorted!

[Daza]

Hope i get it sorted too before Retro cars. I don't want to be limping up to santa pod!
Checked for fault codes, boost leaks etc etc. Definitly think it's either pump or filter, will see tomorow!

[Daza]

Just to let everybody know my Astra is definitly up for sale.
Check the spec on the first page of this post for all info on the car.
I will take £4000 for it as I really need the money to get a decent van.
On the other hand if anyone has a clean low milage Citroen Relay they want to swap I may be very interested!

[red top lee]

how much was this car?

[Sipo]

Not sure how much it sold for. Kev Reid was going to be buying it but a workmate of Daza's offered him more for it than Kev offered. If you read this Daza, you better be at Retro again this year!

[astrasteve23]

yeah daza you gotta come to retro this year! you supplying the food again? lol.

[Daza]

Hello lads how is everyone!!? It's been a while!! :wave:
What date is Retro's, I was planning on going again this year coz last year was such a crack!!
Would be good to catch up and see how everyones cars are commin on etc.
Has Brett finished his astra yet?
Have you still got your champ Si?
I take it everyone is staying over the night before again?? Better bring the old faithfull Barby along then!!

Oh BTW I sold my astra to a guy from work called Andy Baxter, he's got to be in his late 40's!
He paid 3.5k for it, which was super cheap, but as you all know I needed the dosh to buy my van and start up my plastering buisiness with my bro!
I still see the guy and as far as I know he's still not driving it yet! He's spent around 3k on it, changed the seats, steering wheel new suspension all round blah blah blah. Engine hasn't been touched though.
At least I know she's still being spoilt!

TBH during the winter I wasn't relly fussed that i'd sold it, but now with the nice sunny weather and all the nice motors driving about i'm really starting to miss it! :(

Driving a transit is nice n cheap, but it doesn't really cut the mustard!

[Ross_Mk2]

Hello there daza! Well you may not remember me i had just lost my 5dr GL when you were around, then went to a 3dr blue and red merit (don't ask) now i have also got an SX ok it doesn't boast the powers yours did but its got twin 40's!!! :D Will you be tempted to get yourself another mk2 as there are a few good ones for sale atm

[Daza]

Nice one matey, I do like the old SX's, makes a change from all the GTE's!
I might see if I can buy my car back off of the guy I sold it too.
I mentioned it to him before and he did sound tempted! Problem is the bloody thing is an endless money pit!

[Daza]

Oh BTW I should defo be going to retro's now, I'll be going up on the sat night.

[astrayorkie]

looking at this thread what a cracking car

buy it back you nutter!!

[Addz]

Yo matey!

Come back to the fold son, you know you want too ;)