I almost feel ashamed to not have updated for so long. But in fairness there's not been much in the way of updates
I now have a beautiful baby girl and as such the Mrs has the
K1 and I use her Astra VxR as a daily.
K1 is 4 door so makes it easier to get baby in and out the seats.
So onto the updates. Car had a major service, cam belt and water pump replaced too at 51k miles. Not had the bumper replaced yet. Money has been needed for other things, I can't warrant spending £1200 on a bumper when the car runs fine as it is.
A good friend works at Ferrari Maserati and was able to get the car in on a Saturday to get the work done.
So that's, new spark plugs, coil packs, cam belt, water pump, oil filter, oil, ferrari spec brake fluid, coolant and washer fluids all topped up, all 4 wheels re balanced and road force tested (fantastic machine, used to simulate the car being on the road while it checks the sidewalls and balance etc ferrari have such cool tools!), 4 wheel track and alignment and a general look around to make sure all is well. I also have a new fuel filter and a new cone for the induction kit to go on next week.
Also, I finally bought a downpipe. I've gone for a 3" Decat pipe with reducer to the standard pipe. Due to be delivered tomorrow/Wednesday and once I've bought a new gasket I shall be fitting it immediately. I also plan to have stage 2 Revo loaded on by the end of the month to compliment the new setup.
On Sunday I found a rattling noise from the back, turns out one of the hangers for the back box has sheared in half and left the back box swinging! Not happy. So it's going in tomorrow to be re-welded/attached and while I'm there I'll probably chop out the middle silencer. Although I'll be making it a reversible fitting so if it's too loud with the Decat i can swap back and then I will be selling the straight through pipe work.
All of this has been sparked by the fact that around 10 of us are heading out to Nurburgring

am so excited. I can't wait to finally get the old girl round the Nordschleife as I intended when I first bought it.
Anyway, I'll get some pics of what's been happening, the broken exhaust and all the work that's coming. Resurrect this thread somewhat ��
Revo stage 2 won't have a graph initially. Not figure chasing so not too worried. If it's loaded on before Sunday then I can find out at the RR day
Thanks for stopping by. Stay classy! ��