Sean's (& Ed's & Scott's) Astor GTi6

[Ed Doe]

Im from Suffolk, about half hour the other side of Ipswich.
Where do you drive it to get the oil so hot, I dont seem to have a problem unless I thrash it for a long time.
You got any up to date pictures?
What mods you got planned for it then?
They are a Team dynamic qualifier but with out the centre caps, think they are an old wheel and they don't make them any more (no chance of people copying me )
I have finished playing with my car looks wise, I got a mint condition Astor Grey front bumper in the shed to replace my stone chipped one when I can be arsed to swap it all over!

Fair doos, yeah that's quite a way away!

Errrm.... to work.... and back....

I have a particularly amazing road to commute. If i get up early enough I can spank it all the way there Honestly the roads near me are gawjus, and I'm incredibly immature, hence the oil does get a bit of a roasting. I did worry a bit that it was the car, but my old car was exactly the same, even when I put proper decent oil in it. I need to get another oil change done on this un though, but that'll happend when I cba to refit the cooler; no point in doing it before then!

I have a few from FCS '12, they're on my phone; I'll upload them when I get in from work this evening Visually it hasn't changed much, except it's slightly higher at the back. But basically I swapped all my shiny new stuff that had done sub 800miles on my old car before I stacked it onto this un

The spec is as follows:

Suspension:
- Meyle HD Wishbones
- Gaz GHA Coilovers, 275lb main springs
- Compbrake Eccentric Top-mounts
- Fully re-bushed front suspension
- Rebuilt Xsara VTS rear beam, lowered ~40mm
- Baker BM Group-N Engine Mounts (still to be fitted)
-Group-N Exhaust Rubbers (still to be fitted)
-Phillipm Lower Strut-brace
- OMP Upper Strut Brace (still to be fitted)

Brakes:
- Brembo Discs all round
- Mintex 1144 pads all round
- Braided brake lines
- Painted Calipers (*To be done in the next month or so!)

Engine:
- 4-2-1 Exhaust manifold
- PTFE Inlet Gasket
- Induction cone fitted
- De-Resonator’d
- Mocal 13-row Oil Cooler with Thermostatic Sandwich Plate (still to be fitted)
- Lightened Billet flywheel
- Lightened Billet Crank pulley
- Griffiths Engineering Quickshift

There are a few bits I really want to do, such as a nissens rad, ds2500 pads or possibly bigger brakes (cause I'm a whore like that), different alloys, and then long-term maybe cams and bodies, or maybe boost, but that is really long-term!!


I'm well jel of your spare bumper though, mine has one slight scuff at the bottom n/s, looks like the previous owner caught a kerb slightly, but I want it sorted! All in time though, I'm prettymuch gonna just enjoy driving it as is for now, and save the to-do list for the winter when it's off the road!

What you got planned for yours, or just enjoying it as is?

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You haven't seen eds driving. He calls it heroic. Most call it pure idiotic!!!

Oh. I didn't realise it was like that

Least I don't put oil on roundabouts so I can look cool going sideways, eh Niall....