Christopher
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Z4M
Great little toy, that
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Astra VXR Nurburgring Progress Thread
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Hit and miss really mate, engine block wise they are pretty strong, normally the turbo components or the gearbox that gives up first, or in my case, the keyless entry system ffs!!
Is the correct answer! I'm pretty confident the rollers were quite high for quoting figures, although it did give some accurate figures for some other cars. It's back into Tegiwa in April and i'll get Matt to put it on the rollers there
Cheers :up:
TTRS & V50
Really, how did you manage to come to that conclusion. Probably the most unreliable hot hatch you can buy. Most 60k VXR's have been through 2 GB's.
As a side, I love them, regardless of the "chav" stigma (although this is attached to all Vauxhalls), I just couldn't own one.
_Tom
ClioSport Club Member
My mates nurb is on it's 4th gearbox. True story. I still kinda like them though.
massiveCoRbyn
ClioSport Club Member
Several
I've known a few people to own these and the gearbox does seem utterly hopeless. Don't they get through stem seals and the like a bit too?
Yeah gearboxes are weak, especially if you don't maintain the oil. The issue was the oil was overheating and becoming extremely thin and therfore damaging the bearings.
You can now buy oil coolers for the gearbox now that solves this.
Like most cars, you can upgrade parts for better performance and durability now. Manifolds cracking was another issue, especially when they are over tightened, but again you can even buy tubular stainless Manifolds now even for a standard K04 turbo.
Countryman JCW
Going to view this on weds... anything i need to be looking out for ?
Copy and paste the link below into a web browser as it wont work just by clicking on it for some reason?
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201702232595608?aggregatedTrim=VXR&postcode=cv377sh&model=ASTRA&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=New&sort=price-asc&make=VAUXHALL&advertising-location=at_cars&radius=1500&page=2
Copy and paste the link below into a web browser as it wont work just by clicking on it for some reason?
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201702232595608?aggregatedTrim=VXR&postcode=cv377sh&model=ASTRA&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=New&sort=price-asc&make=VAUXHALL&advertising-location=at_cars&radius=1500&page=2
Main thing is to listen out for any gearbox wining. And also make sure no white smoke coming from the exhaust. Timing belt and water pump should have been done on it too so ask for proof of that.
Last thing I'd do is Google the Astra pedal test. Do that and you'll see if there is any underlying fault codes stored in the ECU
Tidy example by the looks of it!
To be honest, I can only see the weight going up now. I still haven't fitted the front mount which I expect to be heavier than standard. The LSD will add weight also. So I'll probably need to find more weight to get ride of off.
The lads at Tegiwa will help me hopefully! They were on about removing the inner shell but frankly I don't really want to go down that road as then it's pretty irreversible.
Dash along with airbags, steering wheel and air conditioning ( 30KG along) are still to go however and some 17s to reduce wheel weight.
JamesBryan
ClioSport Club Member
They're about 1230kg standard.
I'am sure the Astra is about 1390kg ? I know the Corsa is over 1200kg.
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That's the 1.4 weight, they got lazy and just put the same weight for all astras on Google.
That's about right, but that weight includes one average driver at 75KG, 90% fuel in the tank ( around 35KG ) and a small amount of luggage and also the standard alloy wheels.
JamesBryan
ClioSport Club Member
That's what Parkers and a few others had down for the weight :neutral:
Yeah I mean, once the driver is out of the weight equation, the fuel etc etc it's probably lost around 100KG. And you can save around 50KG with the front seats alone.
The guys who do the work keep telling me to cut the inner shell out and strip all the wiring etc etc but a part of me wants to be able to put it back together in years to come.
Not sure yet, we'll see!
There is plenty of weight to come off me haha! The dash and airbags are still in along with air con so definitely more to go yet!
Was at Bedford end of may.
Paid *cough* for some really expensive photos
Videos are on YouTube should anyone want to look out for themselves. 22nd May was the date I was there.
Car went reasonably well. Developed a vacuum leak on the last run but went pretty well before hand.
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Paid *cough* for some really expensive photos
Videos are on YouTube should anyone want to look out for themselves. 22nd May was the date I was there.
Car went reasonably well. Developed a vacuum leak on the last run but went pretty well before hand.
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Good to see these VXR's being used.
Indeed. When I was there, there were some serious looking cliosports there.
Not sure what happened to one guy but his bonnet flew open mid way round and shredded in two
Can't take credit for them bud haha
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Christopher
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Z4M
Looks good. Are these the one with the Remus system that sounds bonkers?
