Astra GSi Forum

EKadett schreef:Het lijkt mij logischer dat je met de kap dicht rijd.. ik vind het vet!

Laagvlieger schreef:Met bijna altijd lekke turbodiesel dozen (dat kunstof ding voorop)

Laagvlieger schreef:Klopt! Ik vind ze ook mooi lopen.
Alleen die allereerste serie was dat geloof ik was drama met onderhoudsbeurten.
Heel raar oliefilterhuis of brandstoffilterhuis kweet niet eens meer maar haast niet bij te komen.

GSI Racer schreef:Sure we can't!!

Hi All,

A mate of mine told me about this thread, so I thought I'd say hello again - it's been a while!

The Vauxwagen as I called it did indeed have a 2 litre Ecotec along with the Vauxhall F18 gearbox. On throttle bodies, MBE management it put out just over 200 horse - over 180 at the wheels. In Oak green it was a three door left hooker - originally a 1.3 LS in Manilla green (the colour of baby puke!) It ran 15" Lecastellet alloys and looked very ordinary with the chrome trim. A real sleeper.

It was taken off the road to deal with tin-worm - new rear panel, rear inner arches and outer arches, sills, inner rear sills/chassis legs, front panel, wings, scuttle...

Most of the metal work is on and just needs finishing - loads of work. It's in storage at the moment as a rolling shell, with the rest of the car in my loft and shed!

It had to be moved to make space for my hillclimb car, but it's not forgotten! I've no idea when I'll find the time to put it back together - especially as I had a long list of further mods to do to it.

I did come down to inters a few times, and some other events - mainly the Scottish Club GTI days at Kames, as well as loads of track days. The best 1/4 mile i managed was a 0-60 in 6.5 seconds, and a 14.5 - not bad as I did indeed have the boot full of all my camping stuff and tools!

It will return....