what you lot think of these cars i was thinking of selling my xr2 and getting one i no there 156 bhp and can take a ragging has any one got any pics of them wid diffrent sort of wheels on as all i seem to see are standerd ones thanx for any help

DAN

 

Proper original 80's box shaped hot hatch
My mate used to have one in a minging pearl purpley colour fair play it was quick enough.. (in a straight line ) but it didnt really like roundabouts or corners of any type

 

nah u don't wanna do that. you like little cars. soooo.... and i hate to say it.... if u really want a vauxhall, go for a nova, and drop a 2litre 16v in it. fcuk me, fun box on wheels believe me.

 

The engine is cracking.

Finding a good one isn't easy and they are a little more tail happy than the 8 valver due to the rear suspension geometry being slightly different to accomodate the rear disc brakes. Digital dashboard looks a little dated and tacky but also kinda retro cool at the same time. Rear arches rot out and wheel choice is critical due to the funny offset.

My bro had an 8 valver while we were rebuilding his FRST and it was in all fairness an ok little car.

 

i just wanted some thing faster than my fiesta a bit newer a few mod cons and there cheap borrowed my m8s for 2 days and it flew and was not bad on the handling side dont think there is many cars the same price that would beat it ???? or is there

DAN

 

yeah, nova with the same engine in.

 

heres mine

 

hmmn - can't get my pics up

 

reckon me old cos would give it a run

 

i hate novas and rob cxant see the pics whats the spec m8 ??? could you e mail them to me please ?
dan_frst2002@yahoo.co.uk

DAN

 

i hate novas to, and i love cossies, but lastnite we sat on the ass of a mallard green monte in my mates nova at 150. far more fun doin that in a nova than smoking him in somat that is actually thought to be fast.

 

im getting to old to be putting engines in to other cars lol done that wid fiesta and novas for the last 4 years just want a car to jump in to and drive lol o and take it on the track now and again not really in to sitting on a cossie back end at 150 but we did go past a vr6 at 140 + last night in my m8s 16v hehe

DAN

 

yeh ive got a soft spot for the gte 16v , ive had 3 now , the handling is not as bad as people make out in fact i quite liked it plus you can hit the limiter in 5th all the time and still be reliable. I think rust is a major problem now , plus DIY mechanics working on them and not understanding them especially with electrics so find a good one with service history and at least some rear arches left

courtney sport do a lovely 5 spoke 16" wheel for them

 

but its vauxhall!

 

yea seen them wheels and i no what you mean about the handling there not that bad and it loves the limiter lol


DAN

 

shut it bitch it dont fill like a vauxhall to drive so its ok they do put the fues in the wrong places though





DAN

 

remember the brakes as std wont be anywere enar as good as Ants.

and i dont think you will find one as good as ants for so little money

mike got it cheap and sorted the engine out

i would fit rst engine into the red xr poo good shell just take your time like me and do it propper

 

no shonly idiots who cant read fuse panels put fuses in the wrong place!

 

pmsl @ dan doin it proper! couldnt even change a fuse! (& thats the truth)

 

he helped me bleed my brake system the other day

he pushed the pedal when i said up down up down up down

 

fook you coonts lewis iv put more engines in cars than i care to remember done the red xr2 my self it dont work but its in there lol and yea i no the brakes will not be as goo and stuff but i still made you shit your self just call me tommy hehe


DAN

 

DAN i had one for a short while swop it for a (90 spec frt bumper and a s2 headlight) still reckon they had me over

Good fun to drive and quick power steering nice to drive but it a vauxhall.Had it for about a month canned the fook out of it never broke then sold it.
very good vaule for money

 

yea thats what i need i dont mind driving a vxxxhall for a bit till i can get a cossie next year


DAN

 

heres my old bad boy 196bhp chipped, cam'd, exh inc manifold etc

 

Pug 205 1.9GTi

 

The 2 most reliable cars i've ever owned were both 16v Astra GTE's....... thrash them to within an inch of their lives everyday and go on for ever

Just watch out for pourous heads

 

nova 20xe

 

Here's my beast oh how i miss her!!!!



2.0 16v SBD throttle bodies, cams, ported head.
16" speedlines, calibra turbo brakes, koni shocks.
Full lthr interior, momo wheel e.t.c

YES the plate is REAL

Nick b

 

Deffo go with nova, soooooooooooo much fun thrashing a subarua driver at 140+mph.


I will show you the one and only reason I miss my nova valver




and that was in this






Fun little time machine

 

Arent the heads meant to have some kind of Cosworth development into them.

 

the earlier coscast heads yeah

 

Russell, I'm sure coscast were the earlier ones wasnt they??

 

Lol, if the digi dash says 152, it means 120 max

 

yeah l ike i said

 

Believe me mate, that was nailing the hat on a subaru and he was clearly trying as he followed me into the garage and was certain mine was turbo'd. His face was a proper picture when i popped the bonnet, said "Nah mate, standard 2 litre that. Think your subaru needs a tune up" and wandered calmly into the garage wistling dixie

 

Yep, fitted to the GTE

 

Good cars i used to nail mine every where never gave up not like my turbo

 

I had one for 2.5 years - bought it with 96000 miles on it and sold it with about 118000 on it. Saved parking my Cossie in the dodgy places I work in and a good runabout car
It was a G-reg 16v in Bordeaux red. The engine is without doubt one of the best hot hatch engines you can get. Originally designed to be a turbo set-up the exhaust valves are sodium cooled.They will take a lot of stick - only problems I had with mine was the idling. Burnt no oil and used no water. It was a Coscast head one ( if you lie underneath and look up at where the exh man bolts on to the head you should see a logo stamped between cylinders 2 and 3 I think - Coscast in an oval - these are the Cosworth plant cast heads - later ones were done in-house by Vauxto the same design ) The IACV needs cleaning out every so often -less often if you put a breather trap to stop oily fumes clogging up the roller valve in the IACV. I found the std brakes very good but if you put the 15" Cav Gsi alloys on you can bolt on ( ands it is a bolt on! ) 288mm discs and V6 Vectra calipers wich are excellent if you want to do track days - new parts for that are about £200.
They are more neutral handling than the 8 valve models as they run 2 ARBs at the back and more negative camber - also 10mm lower. I kept the std springs but as the dampers were shot I put on Koni adjustables and got a front strut brace. Improved the handling ( in conjunction with the 15" Cav Gsi alloys (ET49 offset important on the Astra) and Eagle F1 195/50s ) tremendously. At the same time my wife had a Saxo VTS and above 70 the Astra was MUCH quicker and could hold on to my friends hard driven 106 GTi in the bends ( although to be fair that was standard ).
I only sold it to get 4-doors as it was getting hard to lift my son in and out the back as the Astra is 3doors.
It is very torquey for a 16 valve and nothing like the Golf 16valve in engine character.
I miss it really and wish they had made the 16 valve XE engined Sri Cavaliers for a few more years so I could have got one of them as a replacement

If you want to know anything more let me know - If I'd had more space I'd have kept it as I think I had a good example and cars that are raw and fun to drive like that are few and far between these days.

 

BTW you can also tell if its a coscast head from the n/s of the engine, the water outlet on the end on a non coscast will be smooth, a coscast will have a larger edge to it.