The Astra Nurburgendy

[Xenocide]

I like it how the numberplate pretty much says "SH!TE"

[Si_steve]

Bit of advice on the handling side, swap out them plastic ARB drop links with some metal ones LMF vauxhall do them for £40ish

liking the plans mate

[FLD_WILLIS]

Fair play lads, looks like a lot of fun!!!

I enjoyed reading that, but get some pics of them Corsa's up!!!

[jr@]

sleeper88 said:

Hi i maybe wrong but im sure i spotted this car in last issue of total vauxhall.

haha yes you did, dougie from TV said did we want to stand by it when he took one of the pics, so we went a step further

[randomman]

Love your numberplate!

[minimatt1967]

Top write up, always amazed how my old Astra G handled, I drove it mercilessly it still returned 40mpg and all I ever broke was the rear springs , oh and the steering column.

[OwenK]

Where did you get the structure wheels from? They actually look quite good and I'm finding myself fancying a set if they aren't too dear.
Obviously Vauxhall themselves could supply them but I think they'd probably be pretty expensive - and they don't seem to come up on ebay or on the web anywhere...

[jr@]

OwenK said:

Where did you get the structure wheels from? They actually look quite good and I'm finding myself fancying a set if they aren't too dear.
Obviously Vauxhall themselves could supply them but I think they'd probably be pretty expensive - and they don't seem to come up on ebay or on the web anywhere...

We borrowed them from a mate who works at vauxhall when one of the customers had alloys fitted to a allready stocked car iirc

borrowed in obviously the loosest term

[jr@]

A c&p from the co builder of the astra

[quote]Originally posted by willay
SOOOOO I got some goodies in the post in the last few days with some more to come, I decided seeing as it was valentines days I'd treat one of my loves to some attention.

First off I decided to fit the steering wheel, once you have the boss n ting everything seems rather straight forward, until i found THIS!!



after scratching my head and drinking tea wondering is this important? I removed it anyway and BOOM fitted the wheel, heres the pics



another pic



this is what it looks like from jr and I's point of view



oh another!



Next up was a job I wasnt really looking forward to after much internet research but turned out to be easy peeeeasy! Removing the sound deading, I started from the back and finished the area where rear seats go, still need to do round the spare wheel well, and both foot wells/under the seats

Tools



Scratching paint is a must



and a big bag of crap to weigh in at the end! Always good to know what i've removed and added weight wise for this experiment.



Thats it for today! alot more to remove but I've got a day off tomorrow so I may dedicate a few hours to the car instead of promising myself I'll go to the gym to work on my other weight reduction project :lol:

Plenty of things coming up before I take it out on track again, I've got some special bucket seats coming next week hopefully and I've also put down an order for a custom cages CL4 club cage. Oh and them all important front plastic windows to fk off james. thanks for reading :wave:



[Edited on 14-02-2010 by willay]
[/quote]

[Jam0r]

that sound stuff comes off a lot easier if you heat it up before hand. Can just scrape it off with a wall paper scraper then

[Xenocide]

What are your engine plans?

[Darkslider]

The thing you broke behind the steering wheel is the clock spring/switch. It just connects the steering wheel controls to the rest of the car and normally includes the airbag control as well. Only needed if you've got a wheel with buttons on, i.e horn button or radio controls, but as you've now got neither you shouldn't need it!

[jr@]

Darkslider said:

The thing you broke behind the steering wheel is the clock spring/switch. It just connects the steering wheel controls to the rest of the car and normally includes the airbag control as well. Only needed if you've got a wheel with buttons on, i.e horn button or radio controls, but as you've now got neither you shouldn't need it!

indeed i have told will this

[jr@]

Xenocide said:

What are your engine plans?

with its curretn 118bhp i still reckon theres 15-20seconds in a lap left at the ring, that would get us VERY close to a sub 9, once thats done i would like to V6 it, and will would like to LET it

[jr@]

QUOTE]Originally posted by willay
New year, new plans.

While the Corsa goes through its own personal problems I decided to focus on the Astra, so far its been a award winning platform for fun in Germany and this year I'd like to improve on that and take it to some UK track days.

First mod of the year is plastic windows, decided to start off with the rears only and see how it goes. Lee303 inspired me for the idea and gave me the push for it so big thanks to him.


we used polycarb 4mm thick from the builders, no one does a kit for a mk4 5dr astra funny enough...




Once fitted it was sealed



Lee made a fannytastic bracket



the final weigh in





Thats it for now, next on the todo list:

buy and fit steering wheel (hi rally design!)
remove carpets
remove sunroof
stiffen the shell up abit.

cheers :wave:

[/QUOTE]



[QUOTE]Originally posted by willay
SOOOOO I got some goodies in the post in the last few days with some more to come, I decided seeing as it was valentines days I'd treat one of my loves to some attention.

First off I decided to fit the steering wheel, once you have the boss n ting everything seems rather straight forward, until i found THIS!!



after scratching my head and drinking tea wondering is this important? I removed it anyway and BOOM fitted the wheel, heres the pics



another pic



this is what it looks like from jr and I's point of view



oh another!



Next up was a job I wasnt really looking forward to after much internet research but turned out to be easy peeeeasy! Removing the sound deading, I started from the back and finished the area where rear seats go, still need to do round the spare wheel well, and both foot wells/under the seats

Tools



Scratching paint is a must



and a big bag of crap to weigh in at the end! Always good to know what i've removed and added weight wise for this experiment.



Thats it for today! alot more to remove but I've got a day off tomorrow so I may dedicate a few hours to the car instead of promising myself I'll go to the gym to work on my other weight reduction project :lol:

Plenty of things coming up before I take it out on track again, I've got some special bucket seats coming next week hopefully and I've also put down an order for a custom cages CL4 club cage. Oh and them all important front plastic windows to (Oops I said the F word) off james. thanks for reading :wave:



[Edited on 14-02-2010 by willay] [/QUOTE]

[jr@]

New seats turned up!





Time to pop over to Lee's for fitment!



Lee was already busy spraying some strange poles pink



playground frame





Lee made some brackets



Seat looks awesome! makes it feel faster lol - and yeah the harnesses need to be mounted properly....





Outside view!



Roof lining is out... now to look at the sunroof.



Had a look at how the cage sat.. without looking at the instructions so this is actually the wrong position!



The seat felt lovely but it just wasnt secure enough, I've ordered some Corbeau sidemounts to fit it properly!

Next up was to get the dash out seeing as the cage wanted to go through it






Adult took over with the big boys tools



GONE!




Removed, weighed a ton.


Hope we don't have any screws left



Drove it home that night with most of the stuff cable tied in, was very interested lol! Cage on the weekend and hopefully the rest of the plastic windows. Should be interesting

[jr@]

[QUOTE]Originally ripped off from Lee's thread

so , a fun packed day at the garage today, felt just like old times tbh, caging up a slightly inappropriate yet brilliant car loll

then, we got on with fitting the cage!!

stripped the dash bar out, cut out some brackets, then started mocking up the foot plates


then lots of removing the cage, fitting the cage, getting git in the right place,

then welded the plates fully, and started proper welding

then just carried on with al the bits and bobs


then i tackled the dash bar, seemed easiest to do this



then got on with fitting the seat properly now e have side mounts, and there was much frivolity involing the ant and dec of the car modding world...



so, a pretty good day, will be finishing off tomorrow and hopefully fitting the front plastic windows and passenger seat, and fitting the dash back in
stickered the nova a touch more today too, just to show it some love…

love it...

[/QUOTE]

James did something!!!



Few cage shots few





Even Lee had a go



So yeah cage is pretty much there, tomorrow has the finishing touches inshore swell as the second seat, headlock of a dash installation, plastic front windows and give it a clean with some fairy liquid.

Big thanks to Lee for sorting out the cage using his man skills which he has developed by hanging around with a bunch of drive-thru nova owners.. I also had a go of the welding for the first time thanks to Lee and you can defiantly tell which bits are mine :lol: good fun though! Time for some much needed rest.

[jr@]

[quote]Originally posted by SVM 286


righty, so a bit more shonky fun today, got 99% of the stuff done, just needs some finishing touches now
fitted a harness bar...

and yes, i know they aint quite level with each other, but the cope i did by eye fitted the cage so well it seemed stupid to redo it just for the sake of 5mm lmao

also got the dash back in, its probably not 100% where it was before, but it fits!! lmao

then got on with some sliders and front plastic, once willay had removed the mechanisms and glass




and fitted both the seats



and then it was off for a drive, willay said he noticed how much stiffer it was immediately(wahay!!! ) i had a go and it feels pretty good, a few tweaks may be on the horizon though, as ever once you do big changes you find things you'd like to do to make them slightly better...

did sticker it up though!!:thumbs:


so, a brilliant weekend all together :lol:

[mark_mcd]

Awesome thread. Just shows you can make almost anything a decent track tool with a bit of thought. Can I ask what you've spent on it roughly so far?

edit: and have you weighed it yet?

Edited by mark_mcd on Tuesday 30th March 22:05

[jr@]

mark_mcd said:

Awesome thread. Just shows you can make almost anything a decent track tool with a bit of thought. Can I ask what you've spent on it roughly so far?

edit: and have you weighed it yet?

Edited by mark_mcd on Tuesday 30th March 22:05

ermm Will has spent recently

£600 on seats
£500ish on cage
under £100 on plastic windows

then before hand

tyres and wheels were under £250
suspension around £400
whiteline arb £150ish
braided lines and brakes £150

getting on for 2k easiley but it really is quite a capable car

Edited by jr@ on Tuesday 30th March 22:44