Astra VXR Trackday Car
- May 20th. 2012
- By mapw
I bought this 2006 Arden Blue Astra VXR to use as a track day car. It has covered 85,000 miles, but has had regular oil changes over and above the suggested service schedule. A new VXR turbo unit was fitted to it at about 72,000 miles in May 2011, and it had a cambelt and water pump change plus a new uprated clutch and lightweight single mass flywheel at 83,000 miles.
When I bought it it had already been fitted with the following upgrade parts:
- Courtenay Sport Lightweight Single Mass Flywheel
- Sachs Uprated Clutch Cover and Helix Uprated Sprung Disc
- Wavetrac Limited Slip Differential
- Courtenay Piper 76mm (3″) Full Stainless Steel Sports Exhaust System,
- Uprated Courtenay Sport VXRacing Full Height Intercooler (Original Spec with 50mm outlet)
- 18″ Revolution Millennium Alloy Wheels
- DAP Road Springs,
- Whiteline Rear Adjustable Anti Roll Bar
- Alcon 4 Pot Monoblock Front Calipers with 345mm Single Piece Discs
- Courtenay Sport Direct Route Hose Kit and Airbox
- Lower Arm Brake Cooling Ducts
- Foglight Delete Brake Cooling Ducts
- Remapped by Courtenay Sport to 290bhp
which makes it a very good base car to begin with and to improve on.
Foolishly however, I did not many photographs when I first got the car (obviously I was keen to make a start on further improvements!) but here is one (admittedly not a very good one) I do have:
Astra VXR
