I polished my car at the W.end so thought I would put some more pics up

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Don't worry I didn't dehydrate in the sun


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My new exhaust


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Looking good, classic mongoose, sticks out a mile, love it

 

looking good mate, still no news from Burtons

Gonna give them hell down the phone AGAIN Tomorrow. just waiting on the fan and hoses, If you can could you order one, just to see if its only me that is having trouble or if its a general thing lol
I will be up at SCA in norwich again soon so will order the hoses there, fed up with the time wasting from Burtons. I am sorry its taking this long, i need the rad out of my way aswell, its gathering dust in my dining room.

 

Don't worry about it Scott

I've brought all my bits and pieces from Ford at the W.end. Gasgets, nuts n bolts, fuel filter etc. Came to Ł57.00 in the end

I'm headin up to Sheffield this W.end so I could pop in to your on the way through and drop off the intercooler to ya.

Is the rad ready then as I thought you had to get the mounting points for the fans welded on?

 

Thats why i am getting seriuosly pi$$ed off with Burtons, i need the fan so i can get the rad finished

Tried phoning again today and they say they are still waiting on the bits to be delivered

 

Mint

 

still looking lovely keep it up

 

looks stunning mate
should of gone for a 4 incher tho rather than that pee shooter

 

Mike are you planning on taking that sunroof deflector thingoff ?? looks a bit

 

Dont look like a pee shooter to me it looks great

 

I'm well chuffed with the exhaust. Cost my Ł160.00 off of a guy off the RS Owners Club and is brand new bargain.

A four incher would have been nice but couldn't justify the extra Ł140.00. The tail pipe doesn't actually stick out much at all and looks spot on to me. I've seen some S1's where the tail pipe sticks out a mile and looks really crap.

I'm not sure whether to take off the deflector or not. One it may leave a mark on the roof and two, it does help protect the sunroof. I might take it off when I do the full rebuild but will leave it on till then me thinks

 

good thinking batman

 

that is superb mate! big big fan of the s1 turbos always loved um for as long as i can remember thats why ive signed up so i can look at some pics of them and find out some info.

i own a cavalier turbo and a astra gsi at the momment im seriously thinking of getting rid of 1 and buying a s1

 

Sell them both! Get a nice S1!

 

thinking of it but i love my cav t and ive got a 4 month old daughter so its alot easyer with it being a 4 door if i get a s1 it will just be for me no kids not even the missis!

 

Very nice example, D reg series 1 must be worth a few quid nowadays

 

I must get it valued actually

One of my mates has a cav turbo. Bloody quick and very in my opinion. Shame they made them with a 70/30 torque split though. My mates is running around about 240bhp and kicks my S1's ass. Then again my S1 is only putting out about 170bhp

It up to you mate. Depends what you want from the car. A S1 is alot cheaper to run and modify. Cav's cool and quick as standard but expensive to uprate and the 4x4 can be very expensive when it goes wrong. Totally your choice, both cool cars

 

my cav put out 240bhp last time it was on a rr def keeping that i just want a s1 to go with it

 

love ya series 1 mate, love ya mongoose top shine on it, keep it goin

 

Fair play chap your motor looks mint !!!! You cant beat a mint s1 !!!! Just by chance does anybody know how many d plate S1's did they do ????

 

I love series ones they look miles better than its younger brother! more raw, mean. Withe right mods though series 2's are nice, but out of the box the ones win!!

Nick

 

Not too sure how many S1's were produced on a D plate but I'm sure I read not that long ago that there are only 24 left on a D plate or something like that

 

Sh*t !! So there like rocking horse poo !!! Ive got a D plate series 2 wrong colour and wrong shape !!!! Thats the nearest ill get to a S1 !!!! My mates got a cav turbo he spent Ł12k on the engine at Regal last month !!!!!! When its run in 400-450bhp maybe more !!!!

 

Nice mate thats an expensive way of getting 400bhp though!

I've also got a mate with a MKIII Astra which has had a 2.0 turbo conversion. I think he spent around about 7K on the engine, but it is a full race spec jobbie. Thats running just under 400bhp but is capable of more. He has just left it at that for reliability and doesn't feel the chassis could handle any more.

 

If i was gonna spend 12k it would have to go on a Escort cossie or a saffie cossie not a cav turbo (sayin that though my everyday car is a 51 plate astra 2.2 sri) !!! But everyone has there own opinion !! I have a mate in stoke who has a 450bhp 3 dr cossie in moonstone blue and that spins in 4th with low boost !!! So that would be a good race between the two !!!!

 

Looking Good mate.


My aim is to get a D Plate S1 to add to the collection of other RS's ive had in the past.


bradz

 

Looks stunning mate

 

looks mint every time i look at it

 

i took mine off mate cos people were sayin the same thing and im glad i did looks much better there dead easy to take on an off so even if it is marked you can always put it back on but it looks well mint i was after a d plater but couldnt find one so i just got a late c plate instead

 

Speechless mate, always loved the S1's

Makes me want to sell the cossie & get one for summer

 

Cheers for the comments

Did anyone see it at Castle Coombe?

 

Mint

 

Last time I was up at Ians he had a D-Plate Series 1 in for breaking!!

 

I didn't think he was going to break it

I think it was D777 SWL or something like that. I thought he was going to restore it

I was speak to Derek the S1 registar and he said there was only 11 D plate S1's left so Ian would be a T**T to break that.