Astra 888 Coupe
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Astra 888 Coupe
Went in my mates 888 yesterday, he has had a long succession of quick Astra's but this thing is mental, maybe I have led a sheltered life compared to you lot, not been in that many quick cars but this was fun for the sheer comedy value of how quick it accelerated and then stopped. Been in a few standard Scoobs and it was massively quicker, its difficult to tell but it seemed quicker than the bug eye Sti I went in. Impressive as it still seemed very drivable apart from the suspension, apart from the rear wing which is a bit too much for my advanced years (37) its a looker as well.
Ok, far, far from standard, basically just shy of 300 bhp, massive brakes, uprated suspension, if thats what 300 bhp feels like, what's 400, 500 like.
My 9-3 Aero felt very flat in comparison, got to order that remap now !
The one below isn't the one, just for illustration, the actuall one doesnt have the lower grille just a massive Intercooler.
Ok, far, far from standard, basically just shy of 300 bhp, massive brakes, uprated suspension, if thats what 300 bhp feels like, what's 400, 500 like.
My 9-3 Aero felt very flat in comparison, got to order that remap now !
The one below isn't the one, just for illustration, the actuall one doesnt have the lower grille just a massive Intercooler.
Last edited by J4CKO; 17 November 2007 at 09:49 AM. Reason: Correction
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the 888 copue was a standard astra coupe 200bhp petrol turbo, with diff wheels and spolier.
I used to own a ACT before my scoob and it felt quicker due to being fwd.
0-60 is 7secs
Lije I say, they feel quicker but they are not!
I used to own a ACT before my scoob and it felt quicker due to being fwd.
0-60 is 7secs
Lije I say, they feel quicker but they are not!
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My mate used to own one (well an SRI Turbo)- in fact sold it and bought an Audi TT which he now regrets, it was pushing 218bhp and although it was not as sure footed as my Scoob it handled pretty well for a FWd and once rolling was a match for my car.
Not as bad as people make out
Not as bad as people make out
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i had an sri turbo and a coupe turbo,the triple 8 is vauxhalls equivelant of the 22B or P1.100 made all prepared by 888 racing who do/did run the btcc team for vauxhall at the time they were made,been out the vaux loop for a while but that was the other car i wanted when i was looking for a new one,but couldnt find one and scoob won,very underated cars
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Yeah, my mate didn't spend that, he bought it second hand, I think that includes suspension and brake mods.
Still, a lot of money, but a lot of performance when bought secondhand for less than the mods cost.
He is after an M3 now but I don't think it will be aggressive enough after that based on people experiences I have read about on here with the last model M3.
Still, a lot of money, but a lot of performance when bought secondhand for less than the mods cost.
He is after an M3 now but I don't think it will be aggressive enough after that based on people experiences I have read about on here with the last model M3.
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Old shape Coupe is a petrol turbo with 200bhp.
New shape is a 200bhp/300lbsft diesel with the same engine as my car. I could remap mine for £250 to the same power but the chassis isn't up to it and it would probably blow the car up (it's already suffered total engine failure at 39k revs - fixed but with dire service) - No more Vauxhalls for me.
New shape is a 200bhp/300lbsft diesel with the same engine as my car. I could remap mine for £250 to the same power but the chassis isn't up to it and it would probably blow the car up (it's already suffered total engine failure at 39k revs - fixed but with dire service) - No more Vauxhalls for me.
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Old shape Coupe is a petrol turbo with 200bhp.
New shape is a 200bhp/300lbsft diesel with the same engine as my car. I could remap mine for £250 to the same power but the chassis isn't up to it and it would probably blow the car up (it's already suffered total engine failure at 39k revs - fixed but with dire service) - No more Vauxhalls for me.
New shape is a 200bhp/300lbsft diesel with the same engine as my car. I could remap mine for £250 to the same power but the chassis isn't up to it and it would probably blow the car up (it's already suffered total engine failure at 39k revs - fixed but with dire service) - No more Vauxhalls for me.
But seriously did they improve the suspension etc on the diesel triple 8's, i seem to remember that one garage did the work to create the diesel triple 8.
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That was Thurlby and they have now released a T9 with more sorted suspension and brakes.
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