hmmm, not so much a rebuild

[Rob_S]

more of a ripping apart/destruction of a perfectly good astra (rare thing indeed :p )

final spec includes - fibreglass wings, bonnet, boot and bumpers and perspex windows none of which we have made yet :rolleyes: so lets start at the start...

http://16vastra.usererror.org.uk/Images/arty.jpg

solid, no rust, standard suspension and 200bhp (interesting, you should try it sometime)

http://16vastra.usererror.org.uk/Images/ssr5.jpg
t'engine by the way

bought some goodies - cut slicks & cage

http://16vastra.usererror.org.uk/Images/gsi%20and%20gte.jpg

so here we are to this point, a pic of the buildup

http://16vastra.usererror.org.uk/Images/16vastra_montage.jpg

then it all went horribly pear shaped when i ran into a company called RSC motorsport...

spot the cage lmao

http://16vastra.usererror.org.uk/Images/rallybuild/cage3_resize.jpg

not putting many pics up just now, so you will have to wait a few weeks to see the result ;)

[_SBD16v]

hello mate i am looking for some fibre glass bits tail gate,bonnet etc etc do yo know someone who makes them and what price as i have tried most ppl

[Rob_S]

yeah, rsc will be doing them. when i dont know tho, thought it was going to be soon, but plans change daily :rolleyes:

[_SBD16v]

cool what weight do you think yours will weight

[Rob_S]

its 850 now, so probably 820ish

[_SBD16v]

i think mine will be somewhere around 800-850 ppl keep telling me its not possible but i think i can get it that light

[Brett]

what have you removed to get it down to 850? mins stripped and weighs 960!! PAS yet to go in the bin granted, sunroof could go but what else?

[Gander]

Brett you need to cut down on pies:p
All the glass could go, and a nice set of light alloys, mebbie some speedlines, after that its got to be fibreglass/carbonfibre panels and start drilling out metal in non critical areas which in a monocoque chassis I would of thought were few and far between!
Rob you dont fill the cabin with Hydrogen do you, that'll reduce unspring weight:rolleyes:

[_Steven_]

If you've ever had the pleasure of cutting up a GTE 16v shell, which i did recently you'll find the bulk of the weight is around the axel mounts, front chasis and wish bone mounts...

The sunroof is a large weight, along with the doors. Once the interior is dumped, theres only little savings all over really..

[Rob_S]

sunroof, doors, tailgate, bonnet, 45 litres of fuel lol yeah they are all fairly hefty

[_Steven_]

The box my fibreglass bonnet turned up in is heavier than the bonnet.. hehe..

[DarrenH]

yeah that sunroof is a whopper. it weighs the same as a single gte recaro, or the whole rear bench seat.

[Gander]

Rob@RSC If you could get your carbon fibre guy to make up a CF panel to sit in the hole left by the sunroof removal I expect you would shift a fair few!


If you've ever had the pleasure of cutting up a GTE 16v shell, which i did recently you'll find the bulk of the weight is around the axel mounts, front chasis and wish bone mounts...
I have and I nearly dropped a bollock when I was lifting the front bulkhead & chassis in to a trailer, that was with three of us too!

[Rob_S]

lol bunch o girls, its dead light :p
and yeah roof panels are on the list to be done matey, so is a lot of stuff, i just need more cars to be going out than coming in and we can get cracking LOL
busy busy

[dethstar]

This is so indepth. wish i had time to do stuff to mine.

as a learning question how are the fibre glass panels attached? i know the wings bolt on but what do you use in place of welding?

[Rob_S]

bond them on...will be doing that for mine at some point before next season so that will be put up too :p