Who can beat an astra?
06 September 2005, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Andy.F
Looks wicked in the video mate 
and I'm sure it's a very rewarding (read scary 
) car to drive !
Have you ever considered making it mid/rear engined 2wd ? Not joking, you would retain the P/W ratio but have no traction issues.
Not as big a job as it may appear if you move the complete cradle/eng/box/struts.
Then you really would have the best of both worlds for drag and circuit use !
Andy
and I'm sure it's a very rewarding (read scary ) car to drive !Have you ever considered making it mid/rear engined 2wd ? Not joking, you would retain the P/W ratio but have no traction issues.
Not as big a job as it may appear if you move the complete cradle/eng/box/struts.
Then you really would have the best of both worlds for drag and circuit use !
Andy
http://miniowners.com/vaux/rwd-nova.jpg
and engine bay shot here from when it used to be just a nitrous's normally aspriated motor:
http://miniowners.com/vaux/boot.jpg
Thats one of my cars at the moment, Same basic engine as Robs (although he is being a little generous calling it 300bhp off gas at the moment, its more like 250 currently) mid mounted using all fwd running gear mounted in the boot, and mounted to a 6 speed gearbox with a quaiffe, almost finished and ready to see the road again, i just need to take a couple of weeks off from my role at Toyota to get it finished over the winter.
Might be a crappy looking nova, but i swear its the most fun you can have with your clothes on
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06 September 2005, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by theotherphil
OK, so how many 60-120 runs can the Astra do before running out of Nitrous? I am not knocking anybody but Nitrous can be fitted to any car to make it go fast. The only downside is it certainly doesn't last long enough to make it viable for anything more than a few runs down a drag strip.
So around 30 times from a single bottle, but the thing is quick enough off gas that unless you are actually racing someone or showing off to a passenger there is no real need to use the gas TBH, its still a quick car (give a 400bhp scooby a good run for its money, so if you have driven one of those you will know what i mean) without the gas.
He's got 3 bottles currently though, so if he wanted to he could T-Piece all 3 in and do 100 runs from 60-120 without a problem, but unless he is at the ring i cant see him ever feeling the need to do so in a day really.
Like any race though, you make sure you have enough fuel/nitrous/clutch material etc to last from the beginning to the end, thats just a case of preperation.
Robs car is slower without petrol than it is without nitrous, and petrol you have to go to a petrol station to refill where as personally i have a nitrous refill bottle in my workshop anyway, so thats no trouble at all.
I guess if you live somewhere remote it could be a problem to get hold of gas though, but i just take it for granted i will always have it to hand.
06 September 2005, 08:14 PM
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Nice one chip
I was seriously considering mid-engining my scoob some time ago in order to save some weight, then the plan changed to twin engine.......but alas never transpired.
FWIW, from a very recent datalog of my current car it ran 80-120 in 3rd (yes 3rd !) in 2.8 secs. That was with a 40 shot of gas on top of 2.2 bar boost.
Keep up the good work creating these wicked machines
Andy
I was seriously considering mid-engining my scoob some time ago in order to save some weight, then the plan changed to twin engine.......but alas never transpired.
FWIW, from a very recent datalog of my current car it ran 80-120 in 3rd (yes 3rd !) in 2.8 secs. That was with a 40 shot of gas on top of 2.2 bar boost.
Keep up the good work creating these wicked machines
Andy
10 September 2005, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by tath
I've got the rear arms, rear diff (x2 or 3!) and a propshaft if you need them. Got a couple of transfer boxes but ones seals have gone and the other is only a GSI one, although they'd do as exchanges to someone like dorfbrunnen or cav16.
Good luck!
Good luck!
12 September 2005, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Swen6
White Astra???, i saw one in Hemel Hempstead friday night, i think it was a 5dr though and that was fookin' quick, bearing in mind i've a V5 type R, in the short distance i put my foot down he didn't get away but then again i didn't really catch him
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.I was hoping you where going to follow me down the duel carridgeway but you pulled off at the next roundabout.
In the very short distance we floored it i was wheelspinning in 2nd gear! Would have been fun to have played a bit more!
It's a 3dr Mk2 Astra SX with low comp cali turbo engine running over 300bhp.
I'll keep an eye out for you!
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