Brett
23-09-2004, 10:50 PM
thught I ought to put up some details of my car!
I bought this car in mid November 2003, for the princly sum of £800. It had just 68k on th clock and really good condition. It was tottaly standard with the exception of some 60mm Pi lowering springs, ideal as I had set out to find one that hadnt been played with. Since buying it Ive not looked back, Im happy with it and even now it still makes me laugh and smile everytime I floor it. I discovered track days with this car back in April at Castle Coombe, and track days have been the main influince in the way this car has been modified ever since.
1989 Vauxhall Astra GTE 16v in Mistral Grey
Engine
2.0i 16v 20XE. 68k miles from new when bought. Beru HT leads, K&N replacement element, throttle body mod, breather mod, 8v Sump gasket, Magnex 4-1 stainless Steel manifold, Stealth Motorsport stainless steel custom exhaust system from mainfold back, MK3 Astra GSi Powerflow stainless steel backbox. Red powder coated rocker cover and cambelt cover, silver sparkplug cover, red slicone hose between airbox and AFM.
Transmission
Standard 5 Speed F20 Gearbox.
Suspension
Bilstein Streetline dampers front and back, lowered on Pi -60mm springs. OMP upper strut braces front and rear.
Brakes
Brembo Max 256mm discs with standard Vauxhall pads up front, Standard disc brake/pad setup at the rear. No ABS.
Wheels
16" Team Dynamics 100+ Tornado's
TYRES
195/45/16 Avon ZV3 all round.
Styling
Original Mistral Grey paint, MK4 Astra side repeators, Twin headlights, Daewoo Nexia rear quater vents, Fog lights coverted to indicators, drivers side front wiper on passenger side, de-arialed, Private Plates.
Interior
Partially stripped out, no rear seats, boot trim or spare wheel etc. All sound insualtion removed, all exposed metal resprayed in original Mistral Grey paint. Calibra 16v Leather front seats, Custom made doorcards. Carpet from Astra MK2 CD, Dash and all other remaing plastics swapped from original Beige for Black, Coloured Digi-Dash films, blue LED dash lights, Daewoo Nexia heater vents, Calibra Turbo steering wheel, illuminated sunvisors, Carlton interior light, Cavalier MK3 indicator/wiper stalks. Genuine MK2 Astra trip computer in replacement of standard analogue clock.
ICE & Security
Pioneer MEH-P9000R Minidisc Headunit, Pioneer 6 disc CD changer. Kenwood 10cm components in dash, Cat 2 immobiliser, fook off big crook lock, hidden 'kill' switches.
Performance
- 164bhp at the fly, 131bhp at the wheels - MIG SW reigon rolling road shootout, 15/02/04
- 1min 32seconds best recorded lap of Castle Coombe Circuit, VAG Action day 12/06/04
Bits I plan to do over the winter/spring:
Saftery Devices 6-Point Roll cage (bought, awaiting fittment)
Remove PAS (manaul rack from GTE 8v sourced)
Cavalier MK2 Estate rear beam (parts sourced)
Bodywork seen to, welding and a respray in the original Mistral grey. Some cosmetic mods but not many, such as round rear arches, zender front splitter, JMS rear splitter...
cheers for looking, feedback welcomed!!
I bought this car in mid November 2003, for the princly sum of £800. It had just 68k on th clock and really good condition. It was tottaly standard with the exception of some 60mm Pi lowering springs, ideal as I had set out to find one that hadnt been played with. Since buying it Ive not looked back, Im happy with it and even now it still makes me laugh and smile everytime I floor it. I discovered track days with this car back in April at Castle Coombe, and track days have been the main influince in the way this car has been modified ever since.
1989 Vauxhall Astra GTE 16v in Mistral Grey
Engine
2.0i 16v 20XE. 68k miles from new when bought. Beru HT leads, K&N replacement element, throttle body mod, breather mod, 8v Sump gasket, Magnex 4-1 stainless Steel manifold, Stealth Motorsport stainless steel custom exhaust system from mainfold back, MK3 Astra GSi Powerflow stainless steel backbox. Red powder coated rocker cover and cambelt cover, silver sparkplug cover, red slicone hose between airbox and AFM.
Transmission
Standard 5 Speed F20 Gearbox.
Suspension
Bilstein Streetline dampers front and back, lowered on Pi -60mm springs. OMP upper strut braces front and rear.
Brakes
Brembo Max 256mm discs with standard Vauxhall pads up front, Standard disc brake/pad setup at the rear. No ABS.
Wheels
16" Team Dynamics 100+ Tornado's
TYRES
195/45/16 Avon ZV3 all round.
Styling
Original Mistral Grey paint, MK4 Astra side repeators, Twin headlights, Daewoo Nexia rear quater vents, Fog lights coverted to indicators, drivers side front wiper on passenger side, de-arialed, Private Plates.
Interior
Partially stripped out, no rear seats, boot trim or spare wheel etc. All sound insualtion removed, all exposed metal resprayed in original Mistral Grey paint. Calibra 16v Leather front seats, Custom made doorcards. Carpet from Astra MK2 CD, Dash and all other remaing plastics swapped from original Beige for Black, Coloured Digi-Dash films, blue LED dash lights, Daewoo Nexia heater vents, Calibra Turbo steering wheel, illuminated sunvisors, Carlton interior light, Cavalier MK3 indicator/wiper stalks. Genuine MK2 Astra trip computer in replacement of standard analogue clock.
ICE & Security
Pioneer MEH-P9000R Minidisc Headunit, Pioneer 6 disc CD changer. Kenwood 10cm components in dash, Cat 2 immobiliser, fook off big crook lock, hidden 'kill' switches.
Performance
- 164bhp at the fly, 131bhp at the wheels - MIG SW reigon rolling road shootout, 15/02/04
- 1min 32seconds best recorded lap of Castle Coombe Circuit, VAG Action day 12/06/04
Bits I plan to do over the winter/spring:
Saftery Devices 6-Point Roll cage (bought, awaiting fittment)
Remove PAS (manaul rack from GTE 8v sourced)
Cavalier MK2 Estate rear beam (parts sourced)
Bodywork seen to, welding and a respray in the original Mistral grey. Some cosmetic mods but not many, such as round rear arches, zender front splitter, JMS rear splitter...
cheers for looking, feedback welcomed!!