yes i know shocking me asking about vauxhalls lol.

what are everyones opinions on thease as i might get one and restrore it in the near future, or have one as a track car along with an xr3i

Cheers gaz

 

love, em proper 80s 90s hot hatch

 

heres a pic of one

 

i had one...LOVED IT

it was a 16v though, never tried an 8v

 

cool cars

 

Here was mine.
Only a 2.0L 8V but had PLENTY of grunt and kept up with a few RS's.

 

i like the old calibras too but i love thease astras

 

Love em, handling is a bit tail happy on standard suspension but a full Spax kit sorts that right out!! Get a Champion edition if you are gonna restore one, lovely motors!

 

calibra's are wrong

mk1 astras were mint !

 

love these cars had a few 16v 's, do they come with rear arches these days?

would love to have the burgundy one with leather recaros

 

L33 BYT
have you got any interior and front pics mate

 

had a 8v best crack fwd apart from a 205gti

 

Where are these cars nowadays ????

cavy gsi's were smart cars aswell ,gotta be vaux boffins got em tucked away somewhere

 

yea i lik the cavalier gsi's but not as much as thease astras

 

mk2 16v is a great car,my brother had one with loadsa stuff done,sbd bottom end,jenvey throttle bodies etc etc 230bhp








i had a mk1 too and loved it

 

i would rather have a mk1

http://www.mk1oc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5692

 

do you not have the escort estate anymore?

could always turn that into a track day weapon instead?

 

scrapped, and the engine living in novas and corsa's everywhere

 

TBH anything xe'd just isnt about that much in there origial form, so so many have been broken, simply as there worth more in bits

TBH i would get a cheap xe'd nova or corsa, as there been just as cheap, more avalible as well

 

My brother had an 8v Astra GTE while he was waiting for an insurance claim to go through. Have to admit I loved it

Mate had a 16v in Silk Violet and that went really well and was cracking fun. Only had it 3 weeks before some light fingered bastard had it off his driveway one night

 

Only older astra id have is one of these

 

my mate Dales Building a Turbo one, pretty cool cars actually...

 

mk1's are the tits.. cant remember the last time ive seen a mk1 or even a mk2 on the road tho

 

heres my old turbo one... few years ago now...


and what i use for work now...


take loads of stick and last for ages...

 

Awesome cars for the money and stupidly capable, handling is normally a bit dodgy now, the suspension setup was ok when new but ages badly in terms of bushes etc, but put some new standard bushes on and a decent set of shocks and springs and you have a car that will lap faster than some pretty expensive kit.
Seriously good power to weight ratio back then, but still good now, roughly 150bhp per tonne, and the engines are tough as fuck, easily a better design than the YB IMHO and spares are everywhere.

 

Had a Mk2 16v for 3 years - very reliable and pretty economical. It had been pretty well looked after, even to the extent of a lot of the bushes being replaced and dampers renewed. I felt it was a bit undertyred as std so I stuck F1s on in the same size that the Mk2 Opel Kadett Gsis had as an option ( and also on the Champions ) but on Cav Gsi alloys thus keeping the all important ET49 offset ( crucial to the handling ). Suspension set up on the 16vs is quite different to the 8vs ( they run 2 ARBs on the back, more neg camber on back etc ) and are much more neutral ....to the extent that if you lift slightly in a fast corner they'll tail out a bit like the 205 GTi.

Engine was fantastic for a 16v - after I had the injectors cleaned, mine put out 169bhp as std ( on the same day, an E30 325i Sport with a stainless system put out 167bhp ).

 

the mk2 16v is quick in a straight line but doesnt handle atal,just like all mk2`s,the 8v has good low down torque

i had a mk2 sri and

a mk1 gte was a great car

 

Haha! That's bizarre Chip - I was writing mine as you must have been doing your post...............and we both agree on the bushes!!

 

i love the mk 1's the best anyone got any pic's ive seen a couple with c20let engines in. look s**t hot.

 

i have the escort, and will have it for a very long time

 

i know

 

Mk1 astras now they were old skool, used to have 1 its was white with manta alloys and the rare irmsher twin headlights.

 

Nothing bizzare mate, its just the truth.

If he asked what 2+2 was we probably both would have said 4, lol

 

I think the GTE was just one of those that people used to hammer into the ground is more to the point - they don't seem to get looked after and maintained like the 205 Gtis etc

 

also what colors did thease cars come in,

i've only seen red white maroon blue and black

 

My mate has one, which is getting turbo treatment...



Cracking looking car i rekon.

 

I had a Diamond black one,great car

Never seen an orig blue one

Came in white,red,diamond black,maroon(bordeaux)and a metallic grey,think thats all

 

i've seen a dark blue one around

 

are they calibra wheels mate

 

Came off a Cavalier GSI but that style was also used on the Calibra as well