big_pete
RMS Regular
So after banging on about not wanting a boring daily and diesel being the fuel of the devil, I had to face facts that we needed a van for PMG.
Default choice would have been a caddy for its aesthetics but I care more about the drive and a caddy is dull. Having had a few astra H sporthatches I always liked them, so the hunt was on for a 1.9cdti 150bhp astra van.
After looking at a few dogs, I found this one owner van, owned by a dent man from new. It's one of the cleanest vans I have ever seen!
Owned it for all of two days and it was down to autotune for a map to 185bhp lol
So far I have ordered a set of 18" Team Dynamics pro race 1.2s through @BBSBOY
I have a set of coilovers sitting and some Toyo T1Rs for if. Also have a full VX XP styling kit to go on it once the wheels arrive.
I absolutely love it, I drive the wheels off it and it's a genuinely entertaining drive as you can drive it to its limit all the time and have fun lol the 40odd mpg isn't bad either!
Had @blackwatergraphics logo it up for me.
The immediate plans is to get it up to 250bhp. Have an airtec intercooler on its way and then I need to source a full turbo back exhaust. I've a few nice carbon goodies from CR Carbon in the works too
Future plans are
- tarox big brake kit
- whiteline ARB's
- rebush the whole van, find polybushing too harsh
- corsa VXR recaros
- VXR steering wheel
Going to do a drag day and a track day in it for a laugh. I thought I would hate having a van but I can't believe we went so long without one. We ended up buying a caddy too that ricky drives.
Anyway a few crap pics for now. Bit of a dull project for some but I genuinely haven't enjoyed a vehicle this much in years lol!
Default choice would have been a caddy for its aesthetics but I care more about the drive and a caddy is dull. Having had a few astra H sporthatches I always liked them, so the hunt was on for a 1.9cdti 150bhp astra van.
After looking at a few dogs, I found this one owner van, owned by a dent man from new. It's one of the cleanest vans I have ever seen!
Owned it for all of two days and it was down to autotune for a map to 185bhp lol
So far I have ordered a set of 18" Team Dynamics pro race 1.2s through @BBSBOY
I have a set of coilovers sitting and some Toyo T1Rs for if. Also have a full VX XP styling kit to go on it once the wheels arrive.
I absolutely love it, I drive the wheels off it and it's a genuinely entertaining drive as you can drive it to its limit all the time and have fun lol the 40odd mpg isn't bad either!
Had @blackwatergraphics logo it up for me.
The immediate plans is to get it up to 250bhp. Have an airtec intercooler on its way and then I need to source a full turbo back exhaust. I've a few nice carbon goodies from CR Carbon in the works too
Future plans are
- tarox big brake kit
- whiteline ARB's
- rebush the whole van, find polybushing too harsh
- corsa VXR recaros
- VXR steering wheel
Going to do a drag day and a track day in it for a laugh. I thought I would hate having a van but I can't believe we went so long without one. We ended up buying a caddy too that ricky drives.
Anyway a few crap pics for now. Bit of a dull project for some but I genuinely haven't enjoyed a vehicle this much in years lol!