Discussion
Well its been way over a year since my last update and a few changes made to the astra, starting with a new tuner having departed company with Thorney Motorsport and making our way up to Huddersfield to DAP Performance (ex 888 VXRPC) to take the astra to another level and finish it off to how we felt was best for what we wont to use it for...........the intention was to get down to near on R26.R kerb weight, weighing in at 1320kg and finishing up up with 1228kg having removed unwanted excess weight, kw coilovers set and and matched with competition springs, toyo r888's fitted to each corner, 4 point harnesses and half cage, recaro pole positions, seat belts and pre tensioners removed, all bar the passanger and driver airbag removed, gear lever raised by 25mm and an asorted other bits and pieces carried out........has totally transformed the cars handling and performance ability capped with a new DAP software upgrade pushing out near on 300bhp & 330+ lbft of torque.....
Edited by aussie-astra-vxr on Thursday 18th June 16:52
Edited by aussie-astra-vxr on Thursday 18th June 17:01
Edited by aussie-astra-vxr on Friday 13th November 11:42
ing business! 
Dizeee said:
Your tuner move to me is a good one. I hope you are happy and assume you are now running an EDS map?
Nice pics. Must say that having got rid of mine I am looking at the Focus RS as a great and possibly THE hot hatch contender. Your car is looking good though Shane, enjoy it
Thanks mate, the move had been coming about for a long time, lots of discussions and suming up what we wonted to do, as for the software, yes its EDS based, Dave works directly with EDS rather than using Regal spec software instead making his way over to Germany to develop his own varient as he is much more track inclined with his tuning & developments, so we opted for a track biased map with a near 1:1 power delivery, its very smooth and progressive rather than aggressive, much more driver controlled rather than 10% throttle and full boost......It has finished off the package very nicely.Nice pics. Must say that having got rid of mine I am looking at the Focus RS as a great and possibly THE hot hatch contender. Your car is looking good though Shane, enjoy it
As for the RS, I like it and I don't, I just cant quiet put my finger on it, to be honest I prefer the the mk1 Focus RS! We did come to decision time late last year and considered the RS but then also the R26.R kept popping up, if the astra was to go, the R26.R would have been the replacement for me, its what I was looking for hence the changes made to the astra. Did consider selling one of our properties and going a GT3 RS LOL ........
I can't believe the difference your black spraying has made to the look of the rear of the car.
One of my issues with the Astra VXR was that the back end looked too much like a standard SRi, but by spraying the trim panel and 'diffuser' area, it looks the business!
Vauxhall should've had the diffuser black as standard...
One of my issues with the Astra VXR was that the back end looked too much like a standard SRi, but by spraying the trim panel and 'diffuser' area, it looks the business!
Vauxhall should've had the diffuser black as standard...
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