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nz member
hi all , i have an 2006 astra
i think some call this model the GTC it's the 2 litre turbo
, so i have almost completed the debadging and opelizing .
parts prove a little difficult to find and most have to be ebayed from UK
i have stage two bluefin map fully decatted and a K&N cold air intake and dropped by a set of H&R springs next hit will be intercooler set up from tophat to turbo then will move to the VXR turbo , injectors and AFM
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...es_drive12.jpg
will be good to bounce some feedback of you guys/girls as over here these cars arent well known here (can be good can be bad) on what my next mods will be
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very nice mate :thumbs:
and welcome
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welcome mate ........ very nice ride mate ...... looks hot
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Welcome to the site mate, nice lookin car
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Welcome buddy! Theres another GTC on this forum to look out for!
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cheers guys , yes really happy with progress thus far
just recently (well in august) had her dynoed to see where i was at
at a club event and got a reading of 145 kw not too bad
but was a little disapointed with the drop off at 4k apparently its were it dumps fuel to cool turbo (didnt really understand that i just jump in and drive :cornut:)
anyways the bluefin map is a bit rich (ok alot), will get this sorted when i get to stage 3 as its not damaging anything then when i have that done will get it dyno tuned to clean up the curve
from what i here with stage 3 map i will probably get it through thorney motorsport
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...g?t=1255839809
VIDEO OF DYNO ON YOU-TUBE
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Welcome! Like your signature... I want one like that :).
Our cars are pretty similar, I've also got the VXR splitter/foglights + OPC grill, but I'm running an EDS map. Interesting comparing the two, I'll let you draw your own conclusions:
http://i29.tinypic.com/fz9csh.jpg
That's everything stock bar intake (I have the 1.9CDTI airbox) and remap.
Was your dyno run on the fully decatted exhaust? Would have expected a little higher, but it's possible the vxr-online rumour that decatting the exhaust costs low-mid performance is true. (Possible due to cats heating the exhaust, exothermic reaction and all that - still not sure if I believe it).
Nice looking car but :) if I do say so myself..
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yeah mate signature is from a track day at Taupo racetrack (me attempting a clover) the precat was done pretty much almost as soon as i got the car, the second cat was removed the weekend prior to dyno , also the day before i installed some NGK iridium plugs
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looks the goods mate.
sig might be considered a lil big by admin tho, maybe just scale it down a little bit.
keen to watch your trans-tasman progress :D
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sweet will scale down sig tonight when i get home (dont wanna russle any feathers :rolleyes:) will leave that for the road
is anyone hear familar with the forge intercooler kit , i have been seriously looking at getting it just allot of coin so wanna make sure its all good before grabbing one