Turbo For An Astra  

DZ

Search for stuff for Opels.
The poms have some MAD stuff available and as the Holden Astra is the same car as the Opel something you'll find everything you could possibly want is available.

davo_4_whitty

Yer well you can get Astra Turbo's, so you should be able to find an aftermerket one, or a stock one off another Astra somewhere. Yes opel would be a good idea, as the poms seem to specialise in all that stuff, fiat, opel, clios and stuff

break

Waste of time and money for a Astra CD... the cost to fit a turbo and set your car up for the turbo would be money better spent towards buying a genuine Astra Turbo.

Visit www.opelaus.com for more details... but everyone there will think your mad as well.

xrobrut

What he said

crpstra

Yeah i was looking at finding a turbo engin to just drop in there hard to find. But an aftermarket turbo etc would be sweet, if i can get away with doin it for 5 grand ill be chuffed, already i know i can get most of the parts for 2 of m8's.

BTCHY

do what trevor says

visit the site, there is some useful info there... but you;d be better off buying an astra turbo instead of turbo'ing ur astra...

crazy_bunny

waste of time? lol... CD astra 18 000ish? turbo 35 000+ ... so ur saying that spending 17 000 on engine mods is a waste of time?

crazy_bunny

All Star Tuning brisbane hae done a 1.8 before aswel.. worth checking them out.. 163.5kW ATWS and a 13.7qtr....

break

Straight line speed is one thing... but a car as a whole is another.

I'd prefer the genuine turbo which has better interior, brakes, suspension, insurance costs, running costs, handling etc...etc...etc...

Is the Astra in question a Maroon one, however? If so.... It was quite impressive at Jamboree '04... but still... i'd prefer the genuine turbo.... but thats me.

But a $5k budget.... yes it could be done.... but what about suspension? what about brakes? Sure you can go fast in a straight line, but you'll soon find the stock suspension isn't turbo friendly... and the brakes are working fairly hard to pull up the now much quicker car.

crpstra

The breaks and suspemsion probably a body kit aswell will be done when and if the turbo or supcharger gets put on it. Not realy any point other wise, apart from asthetics.

45SET

You’re also going to have to look at the engine you've got... How many k's, if it’s constantly having little problems, how old it is.... stuff like that. And as it’s been stated, if you do do it, suspension, brakes, fuel lines and pump, actually seeing if a Turbo will fit and work in the engine bay (you can look at it and say it'll fit, but there is the other think of actually fitting it) and drivability. Insurance is another factor, and if it’s your first car, try and see if you can do another mod. cause if it is your first car... your going to spend 5g's on doing an engine mod which is going to upgrade your power a fair bit (if done correctly) and you might not be use to it.

See its not just about looking at an engine and thinking "hhhmmm... there is space in there, maybe I’ll put a turbo there." You have to think about a lot of other factors before you do it.

Best bet would be to go to a specialest forum (www.opelaus.com) and ask a few question.

Good luck

45SET

5g's isn't going to get you much of that stuff. suspension, brakes and body kit (unsure of why) are going to take up most of your 5g budget.

And when suspension is talked about, its not just lowered springs, it also includes shocks, and some type of braces.

crpstra

5g was just for the turbo etc, parts fitting, Ive been to opelaus its basicly a dead end like this is starting to be. Yes i know one will fit, no the power wont be a problem, yes i know the suspension will haft to be done. But what i asked was, if any of u guys had experience knew where how much the custom work is gonna be, where it could be done etc. The motor is pretty new under 30K no major problems so far................ and yer i would trade up for a sriT but im still paying this bitch of and it wouldnt be worth my while yet.

MuTek

i was under the impression most european turbo's were diesel ? its just a thought anyway if you looking for stuff from opel

45SET

What you should do is ring a few Euro tuners: TCCA Motorsports in Sydney (should be able to get you suspension and brakes) See if they stock aftermarket parts for your car. Join an English Astra forum, see what they say. As there the ones that are modding Astra's a fair bit.

Unless you actually go into a work shop and tell them that you’re interested in turboing your car you're not going to get prices for it. Like most of the people have said your going to have to replace a lot of parts... and whist I was just thinking... new ECU to

Write down a list of all the stuff you need. That way you'll see all the bits and piece’s you need. Then you can either do some research via the net and find some rough prices of parts or go to a few workshops/Euro car specialist and ask for some price's of parts and labour. I’m not sure of where you could get this work done, as I haven’t touched my engine in regard to what you’re after.

And I’ll just tell you know… if you are planning on getting Euro parts don’t expect them to be as cheap as parts for say a Lancer. My suspension (H&R 30mm lowered springs and Bilstein Shocks) cost me over a grand……. just for the parts. So make sure you have more then the 5g’s saved up. I would also recommend you do all the suspension work and brakes first. If you decide to sell the car half way through the build up (before you do Turbo) it’ll be easier to sell it with a good suspension set up then with just a turbo. Plus you’ll properly be really happy with the suspension and you might forget the turbo

Sorry if I seemed negative in my earlier post, but boost has lately been over run by people that have no clue what there talking about. Hope this helps out in any way and if you’re interested in some more Euro shops PM me. Most are based in Syd or Melb.

Good luck

45SET

crpstra

No swet man thx for the info