daern

Friend of mine had one of these and it was fast as hell. It also got crushed a couple of years later when plod found out that it was nicked

MrV

prob had a calibra engine in it fairy straight forward transplant

jcp

Guys were all missing the point here surely. Rough value of a GTE 1k, rough value of an S?

Dude must have been laughing-hope he blew his engine!

Pontio

them cars are very fast for what they are, they dont weight much and are easily modified.

supers2k

Anyone can buy a cheap reasonably quick car and mod it to hell to make it seriously quick or up to S2000 standards.

At the end of the day, you are going home in your stunning marvel of Japanese engineering and he is going home in his er......... H reg Astra GTE with an approximte value of a set of new Muz mats and with the prestige of a bowl of rice

AGW don't take it so hard, you would have murdered him round the twisty stuff. Also sounds like he had the momentum on you as well. Besides, it is not worth getting too frustrated as there will always be someone else out there with something quicker then you.

Chris Type R

I remember when these came out in South Africa - you could have red, black, or yellow. They were *very* desirable when released. I've blown one of these away with ease, so either you encountered a modded version, or I encountered a slow one (could have been a silver repainted one ).

Chris Type R

Or, you could follow a similar route, and buy a low mileage MY99-MY01, add a supercharger, and for 20-22k have a 335+ sleeper(ish*) motor.

* problem being that the S looks fast, simply parked up / .

Nick Graves

I saw one being built at what was Blydenstein Engineering in Shepreth.

It was an Astra van shell, but the Subframes etc, were pure Cavalier/Calibra 4X4 Turbo!

That must've woken up a few people!

zero_to60

c'mon guys...don't knock the guy for modding an Astra....we were all young once ya know