Ex works Vauxhall Astra BTCC track car

Ex works Vauxhall Astra BTCC track car

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Micky Taylor 888

11 posts

80 months

Monday 31st July 2017
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Looking absolutely pukka mate! Fingers crossed for ya that it runs! We were running 102 octane in the Veccy super tourer so I'd go with that!! That chain also looks like the standard vx one with those coloured links lol

VX BlackRat

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79 posts

102 months

Tuesday 1st August 2017
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Cheers Mickey, going to try and start the engine this w/e.... got the correct oil spec from Swindon....10W60 Mobil 1, takes 7 litres so got a couple of cans on order.

Micky Taylor 888

11 posts

80 months

Tuesday 1st August 2017
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Sweet! Did you get any more sense from them on any of the other stuff?

VX BlackRat

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79 posts

102 months

Tuesday 1st August 2017
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I think I have what I need for now and can't go wrong putting 102 in it.

fergus

6,430 posts

274 months

Tuesday 1st August 2017
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Depending upon what pad compounds are in it, and what bore master cylinder is fitted, it may feel as if you have no brakes when driving through the paddock. Be aware of this!

Oilchange

8,421 posts

259 months

Tuesday 1st August 2017
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You have your work cut out but my word, what an impulse buy!


VX BlackRat

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79 posts

102 months

Monday 7th August 2017
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Result!!!....
Got it started yesterday evening, cranked it for a while on the starter to get the fresh oil circulating, primed for approx. 3secs with the fuel pumps running then hit the starter button and she fired up straight away! Needed to hold the throttle slightly open otherwise it would stall but as it progressed through the warm up it seemed more keen on idling , seems to be running a map to blip the throttle (1k – 3.5k rpm).

We restarted it a few times just off the racing battery (initially we were running an aux battery too) and it seemed happy to start each time however this may have been an error, the alternator started to smoke quite badly and now appears to be shorted out – I guess it was overloading trying to charge the somewhat depleted battery from too many starts . Not the end of the world and lesson learnt!

Here’s a vid of the car running….

https://youtu.be/yJGmhCo96pc

R8Steve

4,150 posts

174 months

Monday 7th August 2017
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Awesome! biggrin

StreetDragster

1,513 posts

217 months

Monday 7th August 2017
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Awesome.

Following this thread with keen interest.

Thanks

Matt

SonicShadow

2,452 posts

153 months

Monday 7th August 2017
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If it's been sat for a long time could just be the alternator was somewhat seized up? Well done on getting it running!

Mgd_uk

368 posts

103 months

Monday 7th August 2017
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awesome, keep this thread updated!

Swampy1982

3,305 posts

110 months

Monday 7th August 2017
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What a fking beast!

Bet your neighbours love you! Looking forward to updates and progress...

Micky Taylor 888

11 posts

80 months

Monday 7th August 2017
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Nice one buddy! Fingers crossed the alternator is not to fked the Vectra one came from mclaren tech centre and cost John about £600 quid! We got a place down here that we use to repair them send me a email with a pic if you get stuck 👍 Looking forward to a ride in the passenger seat 😎

lestiq

705 posts

168 months

Monday 7th August 2017
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I saw an old VW vento cup car in the classifieds a few years back for under £4k, wished I'd bought it, these old race cars are so undervalued at the moment. Any one make series cup car is my track car ambition for the next decade, an ex btcc would be a dream come true, love to hear how you get on with it once its up and running. Congratulations and Enjoy : ) !!

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 7th August 2017
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That sounds absolutely brilliant! Thank you for sharing this car with us, can't wait to see how this thread developes

C70R

17,596 posts

103 months

Monday 7th August 2017
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Blimey. That's a bit... aggressive. Excellent.

selym

9,539 posts

170 months

Tuesday 8th August 2017
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Wow! Watching with interest.

iguana

7,025 posts

259 months

Tuesday 8th August 2017
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Think you might need this-

Goldtrack noisy day (118db) Donington- 17/8

PDStill

1 posts

79 months

Friday 11th August 2017
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VX BlackRat said:
Possibly the most crazy purchase I’ve ever made, but I have just bought a BTCC Astra sport Hatch (2005-06 season). It was raced a few times (Muller & Kizilirmak) but it was used mainly as a 2 seat demo car by 888 engineering. After its racing career it was used by Vauxhall as a show car to celebrate 100 BTCC race wins, they have never attempted to start it!! As far as I can tell the car is complete and should run after renewing & flushing all fluids. Bonus – it has 2 seats & a silenced exhaust.

I can’t get any info from 888 or Sodemo (engine supplier) so any advice (mechanical or driving) before I press the starter button welcomed ?
Cheers!
BlackRat. I would be interested in talking to you regarding your new toy. Not sure if you could PM me,. I have just joined ths forum So I am limite in what I can do on here.. I run the Touring Car Register site.

VX BlackRat

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79 posts

102 months

Saturday 12th August 2017
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PDStill said:
BlackRat. I would be interested in talking to you regarding your new toy. Not sure if you could PM me,. I have just joined ths forum So I am limite in what I can do on here.. I run the Touring Car Register site.
Hi there, can't PM you, I think there's a setting you need to change in your profile so I will send you an email via the address on your site.