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Ricky352
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16th May 09 at 10:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Bought an '88 Astra GTE a couple of days ago and sold my Corsa Sport. What sort of performnce upgrades would you folks recommend which are cheapish and effective?

Also have wheels to paint and rust to sort so dont have a huge amount of money. It is completly standard aprt from a backbox, and its lowered 60mm.

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Paul_Safc
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16th May 09 at 10:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Pictures?
Ricky352
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Will get a quick one now. Havent had a chance to take any
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If you're on a tight budget, not much. You could start by changing the filters, oil, plugs etc to make it run a bit better.
Ricky352
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That could be an idea. The guy I bought it off told me it had been serviced recently, but no proof so....
sam-smith
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change it for a let harhahrhahr
Ricky352
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Few shitty pictures
DannyB
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That looks tidy that mate.
Linch
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Easy, put some nice big Webbers on it
Ricky352
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Cheers, its not mint, but has been well looked after and I have a folder full of receipts etc

Does have 137k on it though
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quote:
Originally posted by Linch
Easy, put some nice big Webbers on it


Price and expected return mate?
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Depends where you get them from, iv seen them as cheap as £70, plus say £100 for a manifold to fit them, then however much spark only is, about 170 to 180bhp if I remember.
Nic Barnes
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looks good from those pics. id love an astra gte 16v again. finding a good one is fair difficult.

 
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