Turkish's Astra G 2.0 Turbo "Sleeper"

[scottos]

This is excellent the only thing for me is that you seem to keep it nice and clean, if that could ever be a bad thing! It almost looks like it should be dirty all the time

[Turkish91]

scottos said:

This is excellent the only thing for me is that you seem to keep it nice and clean, if that could ever be a bad thing! It almost looks like it should be dirty all the time

Don't let the camera deceive you... I think I've washed it once since it was mapped in April

[The Bearded Tit]

Absolutely love this. Only way to complete it is with some poverty spec woollen seats complete with fag burns. Love a good Vauxhall, have a couple of Corsas myself

[Turkish91]

Now sporting Eibach springs instead of GMax which has raised it up (a lot more than I was expecting tbh) and made it 1000x nicer to drive! Tempted to leave the hubcaps off but I think it’s more subtle with them on.

Also fitted a TTV flywheel, new Calibra Turbo clutch, rear main crankshaft seal and sump gaskets however I think somethings gone a wonk with the upper sump gasket as its leaking engine oil quite a bit unfortunately. Praying it’s not the rear main!!

The flywheel has made a huge difference, it feels so much more yampy now

Edited by Turkish91 on Friday 8th October 14:34

[swanny71]

Like this a lot.


Oh, and hub caps on I reckon.

[LordHaveMurci]

This is epic!

[carinaman]

Excellent. Hopefully the cause of the oil leak isn't any too serious.

[The Bearded Tit]

Definitely hubcaps on. Looks ace!

[Jonny_]

swanny71 said:

Like this a lot.


Oh, and hub caps on I reckon.

Absolutely this. Looks completely ordinary at first glance. Not often that I like a Vauxhall Astra, but this one is excellent!

[Scrump]

Thanks for the update.
(Wheel trims on)

[okenemem]

you must have so much fun in this

[MightyBadger]

Epic, love this.

[Turkish91]

What’s better than having one 300hp FWD motor?

Two of course

[Turkish91]

The clutch went on my Volvo on Wednesday so I’ve been flitting between the Astra & my Supercharged EP3 the last few days. Hard to say which is quicker as they’re both so different but nevertheless, this thing still makes me giggle every time I take it out. I thought about washing it the other day but decided against it

[okenemem]

speechless

[80sMatchbox]

Love this. I remember reading this thread years ago, great to see the updates.

[steveo3002]

one missing hubcap would look more realistic /unloved

[Bright Halo]

This is what Pistonheads is all about!
I wish they would hand out medals because you would have a Gold
Excellent

[p4cks]

Absolutely fking exceptional work! I've always wondered why more people don't use these engines in their conversions, the tuneability is almost endless!

[Turkish91]

Bad day yesterday… clobbered outside my mates house whilst I was making a mess in his garden with a digger. Thankfully a note was left so all good. Almost adds to the sleeper status, maybe I should leave it