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  • Kev Read - PROJECT YB

    Here it is the one ive been bigging up for months now!

    I thought now would be a good time to spill the beans, seeing as quite a few big names on here are throwing in the towel (you know who you are traitors!).
    This will be seen through to the end, however long it will take!!

    Ok, here we go!

    Last night I picked up the last major ingredient for this project that I have wanted to do for ages................














    ............here it is!


    Im going to put this little baby in a mk2 astra! well try anyway. RWD of course and about 350bhp to start with.



    Here is the saff that will be donating its YB. Dont laugth! I had to drive this piece of poo about 70 miles home! Not only did it look like that, but it drove horrible. The engine needs setting up badly, its got a new T34 with BD10 and 14 cams running on standard yellows!?! but the engine sounds good and the platform is there for 300bhp plus with a set of greens and a 3bar map sensor.
    One day when funds permit ill have a GT30 turbo, 200 block and 8 injector set up, but until then I want around 350bhp which a 205 should handle.

    Heres the lucky astra!


    Ive got some more recent pics of it which ill post up later, but basicly if your not in the know, its a 1.3 GL that I paid £40 for and it dont have a single spec of rust anywhere! all origanal unfilled arches! mint sills! There are a few little niggles but it really is amazing condition.

    Some of you may have also seen me break this.


    This champ had to die to donate all its trim, bumpers, loom etc etc.


    So there we go, my mate should be picking my champ turbo up anytime now.
    Pauls astra should be finished at mine soon also, meaning I can start putting the saff out of its missery and then the blue astra can start being cut up for the YB transplant. Ill keep you all informed on progress.

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    Re: Kev Read - PROJECT YB

    Interesting to say the least.

    keep us posted, i know you will, and if you need any spanner wielding tea-boys, then shout up! LOL!

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    • #3
      Re: Kev Read - PROJECT YB

      Wicked project. That Saff looks well gay though it deserves to die!

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      • #4
        Re: Kev Read - PROJECT YB

        wow what an insane and amazing project,

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        • #5
          Re: Kev Read - PROJECT YB

          Top stuff mate

          Looking forward to seeing your progress.

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          • #6
            Re: Kev Read - PROJECT YB



            cozzy = the ultimate astra

            keep us updated and when your done you can do mine

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            • #7
              Re: Kev Read - PROJECT YB

              Excellent. A Vauxhall project on par with Animals Manta
              So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

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              • #8
                Re: Kev Read - PROJECT YB

                mate thats some amount of work!your brave,heard of the "ford"owners puttin xe's in there motors but never this.good luck with the project,it will be alot of and ******'s but deff worth it in the end.

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                • #9
                  Re: Kev Read - PROJECT YB

                  This is going to be awesome fella, hats off. Get it done!

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                  • #10
                    Re: Kev Read - PROJECT YB

                    top stuff bud, wish i lived a little closer, wouldn't mind lending a hand doing that one.

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                    • #11
                      Re: Kev Read - PROJECT YB

                      This gonna be one awesome mk2 when its finished Kev

                      Drifting and doughnuts here you come lol

                      Should be funny to watch peoples faces at pod when the front wheels dont spin up

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                      • #12
                        Re: Kev Read - PROJECT YB

                        so you will be using the drive train to RWD the astra ?

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                        • #13
                          Re: Kev Read - PROJECT YB

                          Go on, put a V8 in it, you know you want to really.
                          Look into my eyes, V8 V8 V8 V8 V8 V8 V8 V8 V8 V8

                          If you want any ideas, let me know. Mine had a YB in it at one point in it's life.

                          Using a Capri rack/crossmember & struts is an easy setup at the front.

                          Rob.

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                          • #14
                            Re: Kev Read - PROJECT YB

                            If anyone wants to help out thats fine by me!

                            Not to sure how its going to be done yet! I want to use as much of the saff stuff as possible to keep the cost down. Too be totally honest it will be a friend of mine doing most of the fabrication, he managed to get a cossie lump in a fiat cinqcento (sp?) so a astra shouldnt bother him too much.

                            Funny enough it smashed in to a astra GTE at trax this year.

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                            • #15
                              Re: Kev Read - PROJECT YB

                              Blimey, one hell of a project Kev, gonna be awesome when completed!!

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