GRJ-355 Opel Astra SRI Turbo

[GRJ355]

Hey everyone!

I am new here... I have an arden blue Opelized Astra SRI Turbo...

:) I love it... (will post photos later)

I do plan to add some mods, although some have already been done on it... am open to suggestions ;)

Nice to see that there is a forum for us...

-Jess

[sooty]

Welcome to the forum!
Post up some pics when you get the chance, where abouts are you from?

[GRJ355]

Sydney :)

Thanks for the welcome!

[boorny88]

welcome mate hope you enoy your time here on OA

[Snotty]

good to see the car is back, its been a while :)

[Nurb608]

Welcome to the site mate, enjoy :)

[btm]

howdy and welcome to the site!

[GRJ355]

Whose car was it before???

[03srit]

Welcome you'd find handy tips on this website just like I did.. Enjoy the car..

[sooty]

Whose car was it before???
Jay's i believe (OPC is his username)

[Valve Bounce]

Hey Welcome Jess! There's tons of clued up guys on here so I'm sure whatever it is you want to know about your car, they'll be able to tell you :) Enjoy

[HoldenAstra]

haha.....you are the guy I spotted twice!!!I posted here before after I spotted you!

and this Tuesday, I think you saw me too, I am in the black Astra AH, followed you to CF IBM, hoho....

your car really sounds good!!!

[guy 27]

Welcome to OA

[chrissn89]

welcome to Opelaus Madam enjoy :)

EDIT: dude to Madam

[poita]

just in case you guys arent aware, its not a dude ;)


Welcome to the forum, glad to someone is enjoying Jays old car

[GRJ355]

...I am in the black Astra AH, followed you to CF IBM, hoho....

You work at IBM @ CF??? Hahahahaha I WORK THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... that is too weird...

Hahaha and thanks for the welcome guys... any suggestions on particular mods that most people do??

I am repositioning the air filter so it gets cooler air and boxing it as well cus it is currently unboxed... also thinking of getting a boost controller... vxr injectors and a retune... any other ideas??

THANKS!

[btm]

i think jay will be quite jealous of you :)

[GRJ355]

i think jay will be quite jealous of you :)

hahaha why??

[btm]

this car still holds a soft spot in his heart i believe

[GRJ355]

awwww :) well i can understand why... it's so much fun :P

[HoldenAstra]

You work at IBM @ CF??? Hahahahaha I WORK THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... that is too weird...


that day I saw you from the Silverwater Road,haha....

do you have particular parking spot in the Forest? the birds drops and the things drop from the trees are really annoying me, make the car really really dirty. if you have special parking spot, could you please let me know? then I can just park next to your beast and admire the 'OPC'.

looking forward to seeing you next time, where ever you are: A B C D E F G

Kai

[OPC]

ahaaaaaaaaaa there it is

fuk me ive seen this thread and just breezed straight past it

welcome aboard jess... glad you like my old car BTW how many k`s on it now ?

you definatelly need to get it tuned... preferably by spiro at autotech cos he knows the car inside out

do ya wanna sell it ?

id love to see it again :(

[GRJ355]

do you have particular parking spot in the Forest? the birds drops and the things drop from the trees are really annoying me,
Kai

Yeah I park in the undercover parking right at the back... you go in the first entrance and then follow it all the way to the back. What's your department?


OPC: It's at 146000. Not sure how many owners later I am from when you had it. I bought the car from this guy who works in north rocks last year. And naah not selling it. I love it. :) And will def get it retuned... will look into spiro at autotech... do you have contact details???

:)

[OPC]

OPC: It's at 146000. Not sure how many owners later I am from when you had it. I bought the car from this guy who works in north rocks last year. And naah not selling it. I love it. :) And will def get it retuned... will look into spiro at autotech... do you have contact details???

:)

gee its been 4 years roughly and only 40 odd thousand ks
im pretty sure you are the 3rd owner after me

ahhh spiro is at autotech engineering at granville... www.autotechengineering.com.au tell him jason sent you refer to me as the short fella with all the tattoo`s he should know
( joe will remember me from the ride home i gave him )

[GRJ355]

gee its been 4 years roughly and only 40 odd thousand ks
im pretty sure you are the 3rd owner after me

ahhh spiro is at autotech engineering at granville... www.autotechengineering.com.au tell him jason sent you refer to me as the short fella with all the tattoo`s he should know
( joe will remember me from the ride home i gave him )

great :) thanks for that! hahaha if you ever see me driving around be sure to say hi :)

[OPC]

great :) thanks for that! hahaha if you ever see me driving around be sure to say hi :)

Ok i will
I hope the previous owner told you that the car is running a uni chip

[GRJ355]

Ok i will
I hope the previous owner told you that the car is running a uni chip

Nope the previous owner didn't.... Well he didn't make special mention of it. I know in his ad for it he mentioned something about the ECU... but nothing about a uni chip.

[OPC]

Nope the previous owner didn't.... Well he didn't make special mention of it. I know in his ad for it he mentioned something about the ECU... but nothing about a uni chip.

yeah well its got one and thats why its a quick lil car... take it to spiro and he will retune it for ya and i bet it will feel alot better... spiro is the person who installed the unichip for me

BTW you wanna sell me that short shifter i put in there... oh and the intercooler aswell ?

[CNBLU]

clear your inbox Jay!

[OPC]

clear your inbox Jay!

hehe clear now

[HoldenAstra]

Jay, this car was first discovered by me, you should thank me for bring it here,hahahaha.....

[HoldenAstra]

Yeah I park in the undercover parking right at the back... you go in the first entrance and then follow it all the way to the back.

well, i checked out there, i think that's the place for early birds, i usually arrive at 8:50, i dont think there will be any space for me at that time, so SAD.......my poor AH....

[OPC]

Jay, this car was first discovered by me, you should thank me for bring it here,hahahaha.....



thank you for re-aquainting me with the owner of my old car... can you get the B&M short shifter and intercooler back aswell ?

[GRJ355]

thank you for re-aquainting me with the owner of my old car... can you get the B&M short shifter and intercooler back aswell ?

HAHAHAHA... hrmmm I think they will stay in... sorry!

HoldenAstra: Yea I get to work at 8.30 so there are plenty of spaces. Apparently if you follow the road that passes the carpark there is another one around the back of the IBM building??? You could try there?

[maloo97]

How much you buy the car for ?

[delemonte]

Welcome to the site!

Has the car changed much since it left Jay? Pics soon?

[OPC]

Welcome to the site!

Has the car changed much since it left Jay? Pics soon?

the only thing that ive seemed to hear is its got a heavy duty clutch

[GRJ355]

Welcome to the site!

Has the car changed much since it left Jay? Pics soon?

nope not many changes... some will come but nothing too crazy... :)

[OPC]

nope not many changes... some will come but nothing too crazy... :)

if i was to have the car back i would lower it and put a rear sway bar on... that would be the first things id do...

then get a retune... possible a new turbo cos that one would be on its last legs

[maloo97]

Jay its your lucky day lol

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=9368068&keywords=opel&__Ntk=CarAll&__Nne=15&__Dx=mode%20matchany&__No=15&__D=opel&silo=1011&seot=1&__sid=123BABFB8500&__N=1216%201247%201252%201282&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32|1||pCar_PriceSort_Decimal |1||pCar_Make_String|0||pCar_Model_String|0&__Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&Cr=3&__Ntt=opel&trecs=32&__Qpb=true

[AfterBurner]

Good price too considering the mods etc... Not cheap but not dear either, very realistic...

[maloo97]

Good price too considering the mods etc... Not cheap but not dear either, very realistic...
This car has been sold atleast twice in the last 2 years for atleast $3000 cheaper than the asking price lol

[AfterBurner]

i woulda thought 12G was about the average for a good 1...

Cheapest i saw was 10K for a repaired write-off, only had 60K km's too...

Spose it has done some K's & the turbs would be pretty close to farked by now...

[GRJ355]

Hey :)

Now it's 10k... *Sigh* such a good little car!

Yea I had the exhaust manifold gasket replaced on it recently and I asked them to check the turbo and my mechanic said it was fine... so yea :)