Re: What did you do today?
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 10:46 pm
Nope it was an X25XE out of the Vetcra Gsi, 192 bhp in standard form and the flywheel weight was pretty much halved iirc, It was 15kg ish standard but was machined down to about 7kg, no need for cats either of course. An overtake from pottering in 6th at about 50mph, dropping it down into 3rd and nailing it was really grin inducing. The F28 lasted well, an F20 lasted about 3 weeks until 3rd dropped into the bottom of the box. Initially it was fitted with an F16 but that was replaced as after a while it sounded like it was straight cut.John F wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 12:25 amDo you mean the C25XE engine? It's not that powerful, only about 170 bhp. That's hampered further with the massive standard flywheel, but if the Astra had the f28 6-speed box that'd probably been replaced with a lighter (and smaller) one anyway.Scruffy Bodger wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 6:14 pmThe old man's just turned 70 so not after an out and out sports car. It'd gone by the time we got there so hey ho. The trader seemed ok and is trying to source more so will probably go back and see what he's got. He had a blue one in but had scruffy paint, stonechips and blemishes all over it so no good. Also had a facelift one that was tidy but in that dull silver so walked away.
I know the Z's go well and make a great noise. Years ago I was in my mates Mk2 Astra with a V6 gsi engine in with the Calibra 6 speed box, we came across a Z one evening and it pulled away from the Astra, not by a massive margin but it was certainly no slouch.
A mate's got a 350Z, it's got about 100 bhp more IIRC. It doesn't hang around.
Ah, OK. Sounds like it was the MSD version of the X25XE then, the standard X25XE isn't any more powerful than the C25XE.Scruffy Bodger wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2020 7:00 pm
Nope it was an X25XE out of the Vetcra Gsi, 192 bhp in standard form and the flywheel weight was pretty much halved iirc, It was 15kg ish standard but was machined down to about 7kg, no need for cats either of course. An overtake from pottering in 6th at about 50mph, dropping it down into 3rd and nailing it was really grin inducing. The F28 lasted well, an F20 lasted about 3 weeks until 3rd dropped into the bottom of the box. Initially it was fitted with an F16 but that was replaced as after a while it sounded like it was straight cut.
It was one of the very first X25XE conversions as it turned out because people were struggling with the immobiliser issue, we managed it before most of the tuning* firms did It had a virtually straight through system on it and it sounded like a Nascar at full chat.