Astra 1.7TD GSi Rep

[kieranc07]

Really have had your moneys worth out of that one..

agreeddd mines slipping at 100k miles just turned at 1.7bar boost

 

[reno]

ahh its not slipping too much now, think its on its way out, or worn, going to get it replaced though but might aswell wait till its ****ed as its only when booting it in 2nd gear, 1st is fine

 

[Joycey]

Hmmm sounds odd? You sure it has'nt gotten oil on it or something?

 

[Mr Skint]

looking good reno, shame about the clutch but wierd how that the exact milage mine went at too. Had a meeting with a phesant tonight, hole in my grille now!

 

[reno]

Hmmm sounds odd? You sure it has'nt gotten oil on it or something?

could have oil on it.

 

[Mr Skint]

yeah man leaky rocker, saying that mines been leaking since ive had the car and my clutch is fine

 

[reno]

nah mine doesnt spin up reverse to 1st no more, as in if you do a 3 point turn and get fruity with the boost lol

 

[wayne1]

reno mate . i like the look of the black bonnet

 

[Andy_Mk3]

so you running it on the rollers or not?

 

[reno]

andy i could take it there and pay but then they might get it on its 1st run and clutch slips and they wont run it again

 

[reno]

not a big update but since the car got broken into last week, ive stripped out the reminding ice which wasnt stolen. the back sits about a inch higher now also orderd a new front pipe as the flexi off the turbo is breaking away, and due to this, its lost the deep exhaust tone and now sounds like a standard car, ( yes strange i know, but TD's work differently)

purchased the large version of the frontera intercooler, so should get that by the weekend or monday, ive not got any pipework yet, but will be interesting to see the gains in boost it makes with it on and a fully sealed and working exhaust system again.

and going to finish off painting the new front bumper too

 

[kieranc07]

sorry to hear about your car getting broken in to mate bad times , how much did the frontera inter-cooler set you back and when its all fitted pic's and videos pleasee ! still haven't got my saab inter-cooler on mine yet its 2 big me thinks it would be higher than the grill lol!

 

[reno]

paid £45 for it del'd and its coming from scottland, brought it off a lad on migweb, its a large one, and looks like mint cond in the pic he sent me, also the new front pipe turned up today, looks mega! only orderd it 2days ago. happy days

 

[Andy_Mk3]

Should be wicked with the intercooler on mate

 

[reno]

yea i hope so im hoping for abit more power and torque would be nice

 

[Dunny_]

Intercooler and widemouth FTW!

 

[reno]

Intercooler and widemouth FTW!

yes yes, got more paint for the bumper today, few more coats

 

[reno]

well last weekend myself and my mate detailed the astra and his E36 as we decided to go to manc to do a photoshoot of the cars, and once all clean i spotted the discs on mine had a hairline crack in each disc, so they was ****ed, thankfully jay said he would swap my brakes for me, i had a set of GSi 256 discs and calipers in the garage so chucked them on for now until i get the rings off wayne and get the 288's redrilled to 4stud

massive big thankyou to jay who came and changed them over today for me while i was at work! top top man!!

old vs new

a nice crack

all back together

 

[big e]

Will be better with them on mate, nice one Jay..

 

[Mr Skint]

good work mate. No pics of the car all clean?