Tom Stickland's Astra 2.0 8v stripped out on twin 40s

[tomstickland]

2.0 8v
16v bottom end
balanced
CR 10.6:1
lightened flywheel
ARP bolts
8v Blydenstein B+ head with larger valves
twin 40 Dellorto carburettors
Kent fast road cam with uprated springs and rockers
custom distributer based on 1.8 SR unit
Helix clutch
Facet red top pump
braided fuel lines through car

approx 145lb-ft and 160BHP
safe rev limit 7750rpm, regularly taken beyond 7K

2.5 turn Quick rack
new bushes etc
Koni top adjustable -40mm kit
Cav Sri 15" wheels
Goodyear F1 tyres
16v rear anti roll bar
roll cage welded in
front end seam welded and triangulated

fully stripped
sun roof removed
dash removed
Sparco Ultra bucket seats, mounts welded to shell
battery relocated to interior
Momo Apache steering wheel
Digi dash
Oil temperature wired into water temperature display via selector switch

fully braided brake hoses
in car adjustable rear bias valve
std 16v ATE front disc brakes with ATE turbo discs, unwarpable

resprayed in 2003
delocked
mk3 clear repeaters
meshed front bumper
fog lights removed
tailgate vinyl removed
custom 8v stickers

[Tom]

Your car always amazes me Tom

Nice to see you on this site too !

[REMUS]

wow! that is one extremely well tuned 8v!!! How did you raise the rev limit and are you running standard management tom?

[Kris]

wow! that is one extremely well tuned 8v!!! How did you raise the rev limit and are you running standard management tom?

Im not shure but i think with carbs you dont realy have a rev limit as there is no injection or ecu and things ?, but again im unshure .

[tomstickland]

Correct. No ECU. No rev limiter. Distributer from a 1.8 SR engine.

[Brett]

it hardly needs to be said Tom but thats alot of work there, and its a car Ive followed the prgress of for over 3 years now.

Good to see you over here at last mate.

[REMUS]

Hmm that sounds pretty good I like the sound of no rev limiter...

[Jon S]

same as what brett said

[Mr-G]

welcome to the site fella

[jonlint]

[QUOTE=tomstickland
Oil temperature wired into water temperature display via selector switch

in car adjustable rear bias valve
[/QUOTE]

Tom,

Nice car! I have been following your exploits on your web site. Mk2 Astras rule!

I'm curious about the oil temperature mod - can you give details?

Also, how did you plumb in the rear bias valve? Are you using the std. astra master cylinder?

Jonathan Linton
Mk2 Rally Astra in Barbados

[tomstickland]

I found that the Rally Designs oil temperature sensor has the same temperature-resistance properties as the std Astra water temperature sender. So I sent both sensors to a 2 way switch and from then onto the digi dash input.

Bias valve: removed the cross diagonal arrangement and made it so one output does front brakes and the other does the rear brakes. Single pipe from master cylinder goes via brake bias adjuster to rear of car where it T's into two. Spare output on master cylinder blocked up with a plug.

[Matheusc20xe]

Re: Tom Stickland's Astra 2.0 8v stripped out on twin 40s

Like i said other times..your C20NE is really nice Tom. You need put it in rollers for see how much power comes from your crank..

im curious here!!

[DarrenH]

Re: Tom Stickland's Astra 2.0 8v stripped out on twin 40s

its a 20SER !! well, technically a 20XER

[tomstickland]

Re: Tom Stickland's Astra 2.0 8v stripped out on twin 40s

Based on top speed run, 1/4 mile times and various rolling road figures, I estimate mid 130s at front wheels, which is 155-165BHP at flywheel. Around 140-145lb-ft I expect too.

[CraigGreen]

Re: Tom Stickland's Astra 2.0 8v stripped out on twin 40s

its a 20SER !! well, technically a 20XER

2.0SEX ??