My Astra Sri 2.2

guy_27

Think its about time I make a thread here for my car.

2002 Astra Sri.

Exterior: Colour coded, light blue pearl added to paint, 18" Lenso wheels

Chassis: Lowered on Eibach sportlines(50/30) with KYB shocks, Slotted front rotors, Bendix pads all round

Engine: Powerflex engine mount, derestricted airbox, 2.25" cat back, 200cell cat

Interior: Colour coded, turbo pedals, magma red leather, linea rossa steering wheel (still to be installed), starlight roof lining, heaps of other little things

ICE: Alpine headunit w/ ipod, Alpine speakers in front and rear, 2 x 12" JBL subs and amps in the boot.

To come: Minor & major body work, new custom paint, supercharger

Note some pics below are a little older but they still look good.

after lowering (sits a little lower than this now)

old interior shot

1 week after new paint job I got caught in a dust/mud storm driving back home (1800km drive)
I had already cleaned up the windscreen and lights before this photo.

BURT150

Very nice :thumbup: Like the headlining.

dodger

a very nice example mate

Matt

Very nice indeed. Really liking the head lining with the fibre optics in there. Paint looks fantastic as well, very subtle with the blue in there.

guy_27

Cheers guys

I have spent plenty of time getting everything just how i like it as I spend lots of time in the car.
Clicked over the 200 000km mark a week ago and still drives like new.

finally got around today to installing the new steering wheel.

next up is a bit of body work and then supercharge shortly after but not in any rush to do either.

Matt

That's a nice wheel!

blue_se2

looks awesome some great pics too love the moving ones and the city shot!!

guy_27

Long post warning

bit of an update as I have done a bit of work to the car

210 000 km service completed

* new timing chain kit - includes chain, guides, tensioner, crank sprocket and cam sprockets.
* new balance chain kit - chain, guides, tensioner, crank sprocket
* new gm triple electrode plugs
* fuel filter
* air filter
* flush and refill coolant
* flush and refill brake fluid
* flush engine oil and addition of pro-ma oil additive.
* new oil filter and sump plug
* new drive belt
* new cam cover gasket
* new timing cover gasket
* new pollen filter

general maintenance

* new drive belt tensioner - old one was cracked
* new side engine mount - old one was broken
* installation of gearbox breather - should stop my gearbox issues but still need to block off old breather
* addition of pro-ma oil additive to gearbox - has made gear changes so much smoother
* new starter motor - bendix in the old one was shot and causing noises on startup
* new airbox mount
* engine and underbody wash.

Other non service things complete

* re painted calipers
* polished cam cover for engine bay bling bling
* polished engine mount
* polished gb breather tube

Total of 3 days work to get it all done up to an extremely high standard.

here are a few pics of the work completed

a couple of recent pics from work done on car

replacing the chains

broken timing chain guide (never had any rattles from chain so was very lucky)

heavily worn bendix on starter motor

cracked belt tensioner

pollen filter that has covered over 80k km

even though i had done the gearbox breather modification as per vauxhalls F23 service update. I still suffered severe oil loss from the breather on the track day.

I modified this further to a setup similar to what pro alloy supply for the vx220.

tube from original breather location

pipe work from fill point (this will allow the catch can to empty back into the gearbox)

catch can with built in breather in cap. (mounted to the side of the abs unit with a custom bracket)

will test this new setup on a drive i know causes loss of oil soon to make sure it all holds up.

Matt

Excellent work :thumbup:

guy_27

a couple of images from the track day at lakeside raceway. (thanks in advance to those who took these photos for me cheers.. )

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guy_27

Been a little while since the last post.

Car is going great. Have done 15k km since the timing chain was done, only noticeable difference is fuel economy has gone down quite a bit.

Mod wise, Its got rear arch spats on it and today I installed some 321mm VXR brakes on it with braided lines.

A couple of pics over taken over the last few months.

wide angle lense makes the wheel look really big.

a couple of pics from a cruise in Tasmania.

sdbutler10

Looking good mate and some good work done to the motor and I love the pic with I suppose it's a baby kangaroo??

guy_27

sdbutler10 said:
Looking good mate and some good work done to the motor and I love the pic with I suppose it's a baby kangaroo??

cheers 🙂 yeah thats a rock wallaby and shes got a joey (baby) in her pouch as well but its a bit hard to see unless you lighten the image up.

Guess i should also note while i'm here that i have got a set of 17" turbo wheels as well now as my 16's won't fit over the new brakes.

guy_27

Well a few more changes to the car.
Resprayed front and rear bars due to stone chips and accidently reversing into a garden bed :oops:. Paint job got destroyed by the dust storm a while back so the whole car needs to be redone and will go back to the stock colour.

Yesterday I headed out to Queensland raceway with a couple of friends. with my new setup.

Now running Bilstein B8 shocks, brake cooling ducts, 17" sri-t wheels custom painted, 215 45 17 kuhmo ku36 semi slick tyres.
I also removed about 150kg out of the car to reduce the weight. might try to get more out for the next one.

The track day was a success.
2 different track setups. I was quicker than one sri-t (running _145kw atw) by a few seconds on each setup. The other sri-t (stock engine just some suspension work) was quicker by 2 seconds on the first circuit and 1 second on the 2nd.
So i'm very pleased with how well it went.

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theres another video in on my youtube page and there will be a few more up in the next day or two.

Next up is a bit of fine tuning to the suspension. Going to add some whiteline gear. Camber bolts, caster bush and solid bush for the wishbone. Still holding off on the rear sway bar as i don't think i have the power or the understeer to justify it yet.
Will also add a progressive shift light as while turning corners I can't see the tacho and it makes it hard to judge weather i should hold the gear or change which caused me to hit the rev limiter a couple of times.

If I still can't catch the sri-t time then i'll spend some time looking for more power. but shes doing alright for pretty much stock power with over 200k km on the clock 😃

miniator

nice one, great looking car!

very fond of those SRI-T wheels and hte eibach springs!

Obersturm

guy 27 said:
Cheers guys

I have spent plenty of time getting everything just how i like it as I spend lots of time in the car.
Clicked over the 200 000km mark a week ago and still drives like new.

finally got around today to installing the new steering wheel.
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next up is a bit of body work and then supercharge shortly after but not in any rush to do either.

Hi Mate,

love the Opel steering wheel. How did you get that or was just the horn pad replaced, please?

Notice the plates, so you are from VIC, as well? I am in Bayswater.

Dolby

Great how you do the service.

can you tel me how you setup the catchcan. Becourse i can't find the carterventilation? I know the carter ventilation is within the air-intake. Between cilinder 2/3. But where comes is out?