EPIC VAUXHALL ASTRA GTE ON THROTTLE BODIES - WHAT A NOSTALGIC CAR THIS IS 

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As I'm 46 I appreciate the old school cars alot more than the new ones it's all about the sound and memories so cheers lads for bringing this Badboy to us this is why I love the channel 👍

There's a lot to be said for cars that don't have a million hp but have plenty of character, that you can give a good kicking without worrying about going to prison.

That's been really tastefully done tbf. These days everyone's too quick to stick a turbo on everything, but you can't beat the sound from bodies or carbs with a spicy cam and other bits. The thing with a car of that power level is you can use all of it, nearly all of the time, just plant it mid corner and not have to worry about ending up in a hedge 🤣

Lovely. From a time when 100 felt properly fast. Those old Vauxhalls always had long gears and torquey engines that revved.

Had loads of nova,s when I was young then went modern ish.... And have gone bk to the 90,s stuff. They just make you feel involved more. Ppl always have that story of "I had one of these" ppl give you the thumbs up. The 90,s cars for me are just a different breed. Loved this vid.

Took many of them in my younger days, had a few great chases in them too, Strathclyde traffic division could verify that lol. Thankfully I was fully rehabilitated back into society and other peoples cars are no longer at risk. Cheers again gents.

Brilliant car..Some years ago, 92ish, lunch time borrowed a friends Astra Gte 8v, while giving it a blast my passenger decided to start playing with the sunroof, then while driving down a dual carriage way..RELEASE.. I see the sunroof in my rear view mirror flying.. Oops!! Hhad to explain that one when handing back the keys. Im 51 and luv my veedubs, old skool and anything retro and nostalgic..Ya vids are so good..highly Entertaining and on point.. Keep up the great Work lads.

What I like about yous guys is that you like your old cars old school and nothing flashy can't best it.keep up the gd work guys ill always be watching

Love the mk2s. I had a red mk1 gte, 309 gti with an mi16 conversion, then moved on to a 3dr Cosworth. They don't make cars like those any more. Super light. Great nostalgic trip.

That's made me miss my old aubergine mica 16v with 45mm throttle bodies. The sound they make 🔊🔊🔊 Absolutely great machine 👌

Nothing else beats the experience of driving a 90s hot hatches. The sound of the throttle bodies is wicked

Brings back memories of when I worked at a vauxhall garage as a trainee technician.these the gsi 2000 cavalier,the nova gte and calibre turbos.a joy to work on and the manager at the time had a monza gsi I think but later on had the lotus carlton beautiful car

Brilliant! Cars from this period are gold. Nice to see the old car still putting smiles on faces & sparking old memories. A lot resonated here with me. "We are those old men now" - yep, 42 here but f*ck it. Going for those crack-of-dawn drives - I do that. Thought I might be going mad. Maybe, but glad I'm not alone! I have a 1990 Audi 90 20v. Had it 21 years, just got it back on the road. No rocketship but sounds great (2.3L 20v NA straight 5). Standard it's 170 hp, 1200kg, 5 speed manual, 7k red line, over 100mph in 3rd... apparently! Good for a bit of fun. It's nice to drive something old, simple and unusual. What irks me a bit though is how bonkers old car prices have got, and there's no consistency. The Audi might be worth 2k, but an Astra GTE 8v is 8k? I remember a mate buying Minis in the mid 90s from Trade-It at £50 a pop to drive around their family farm for fun!

This is my favourite video of yours so far not just for the car but also for the nostalgia and seeing you both reminisce. Only thing missing on this was the Burberry seats 😂. Would love to see a Rover Tomcat on here one day.

Had a corsa sport with 1.6 16v on an sbd 164 kit on and it popped and banged and spat massive flames lol, drank fuel like it was going out of business. It sounded awesome.

car is so good back in the day i remember when i see Astra Gte gap the hell out of a golf gti at crystal palace parade thats southlondon a bit of night racing took place there i was 15 and my mind was blown as i sat in the back of a gold rover v8 VITESSE I am 47 now i love it when you revue old cars as it brings back memory's

Love the sound of a 4 pot with ITB’s just is 👌👌👌

What a great car. Top content as usual guys. I love the fact you cover a wide array of different vehicles, but each one is special in its own way. One of my favourite car channels!

quality the Boyz 90s bad boy kidd the gte like or gsi yemann 💯💪

What a beautiful looking motor that is and that sound is epic

What a lovely example I always remembered how badly these handled apparently the rollbars needed uprating and of course springs and shocks and then they was pretty capable! I always found the mark 1 handled better out of the box but when the m2 gte came out every raver in the country wanted one of these ,,,,them wheels look very nice

Sounds like a MK1 lotus cortina..... Awesome!

Another great video of a car I’ve had the pleasure of seeing first hand. Every bit as nice as it looks on camera. Also, pretty impressed that Hazzard got a little mention! 😉😊😊😊

I love these classics you lads put on the channel... Merry Christmas do a couple of lines for me "burnout obviously" ;)

Bloody Bloody Love Nostalgia stuff!!!! Yes Yes Yes!!!! More More More!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!! 🤩🤩🤩 this is why we are all petrol heads in the first place , so please get more of these ,…i always had a porsche 944 from age 17 ( i worked and saved HARD) but my mates always had nova GTE s and fiestas and Vuaxhall Gtes and sone not so nice stuff but , we all did what we could to make them as fast as poss , i even made a diy supercharger out of a fan for my porsche (NO Bullshit!😂) it didn’t do much but we thought at the time it might have 😂😂😂😂 great times the best times !!!

Had gte 16v when I was 18 (22 years ago) loved it but my god it was a death trap. So much faster than all my friends xr3's golf gti's etc but couldn't go round a corner 😄. Good Times. Top vid and I nice trip down memory lane guys 👍

Nice one gents. Good to see you back on it Owen

LOVE IT......... that motor is immaculate. I had a old 'B' reg Astra was a 1.6 followed by a few letters that can't remember. Loved it man Spent abit of money on her. I was about 22 23 years old. Put a 4 branch manifold on her. 3inch straight tho to a 3.5 inch back box. Kn filter. Better Ht leads and plugs. Bought second hand GTE body kit. Car was black. Got car and kit resprayed black. Rubbed it down and prepared it myself. Was the bees knees when it was done. Bought a set of alloys Of a mate. Came of a Renault 19 if my memory is correct. Fitted straight on. Long time ago. Also owned a nova 1.4 SRi. It had twin 40 webbers on it. Holy shit man. That was fcuking quick.was an old H reg.had a cherry bomb 4 inch exhaust. Could her me 1.5 miles away before you ever saw me. Lol lol. Great times. Had 17inc alloys on it. Think they were 4 or 5 spoke TWS. LOL. Love the one in your vlog. I would buy it in an instant. Lol its worth as much as my 16 plate focus diesel sport. Lol crazy ain't it.

Hi guy's, what a great bit of nostalgia.. go's well, sounds great, looks good. Top marks to the owner, thank you to him for showing us and to you for the video. Keep finding these cars, so much more interesting than brand new boring over complicated electronic creations, this thing you drive by sound, feel and sight, not being rescued by computer modules on board camera's etc..!! Alex.

Omg that intake noise is addictive 😍 👍

Thanks for the blast back to the past lads, wicked video, the car and you two just chatting shite about things you got up to back in the day while cruising really took me back to those days, awesome 👌🏼

Had the 16v back in the 80s, such an epic car, have to say it was one of my favourite cars of all time. Lovely induction noise and just pulled from 2k to almost 7K. The power from that 8v is superb, just looks so much fun to drive. Probably a lot more reliable and easy to work on too.

Really enjoyed this one lads! I had a cavvy and bought an Astra digi dash to go in it. I then proceeded to put the cavvy on its roof in a field before I could fit the dash haha! 20 years ago, STILL got the dash to put into this nova or Astra I’m apparently going to buy one day when I win the lottery hahaha!

Nice ! I had a red top Astra GTE in an unusual / dodgy colour ( depending on personal pref ) champagne silver The didgy dash was so cool back then. I'd love to have a minter red top in either the blue or Bordeaux red

Can't wait to get home n watch this one

What a sick car. Credit to the owner 🤘🏾

That’s really nice Wheels are stunning. Sounds amazing ❤

I have a 1989 Opel Kadett E 2l 8v 3 door gsi that i am in the process of building, the engine, gearbox and wiring came from my fathers old 3 door gsi that i unfortunately had to scrape due to rust and a outdated license. I have it running a 276 cam, full stainless steel powerflow exhaust and a 4 into 1 header, 40 thou over pistons and a Aftermarket ecu that i am yet to tune. Im saving up for a itb setup and to redo all the suspension bushings :)

Now i am a vauxhall fan but i also appreciate other retro cars

Sweet looking Astra lads , great content again looking forward to th next one 💪 merry Christmas to you & your families 🎅👍 x

Loved my GTE 16 valve back in the 90s! Great fun and proper rapid car. I woulda LOVED to get ITBs to unleash that extra 20bhp without any other mods, or upto an extra 150bhp with mods!

Need to bring my car on those roads,

Easily my favourite car you've had on your channel! I'm a 40-someyhing and grew up around cars like this. Dream car for me would be a MK2 golf GTi with an ABF conversion on a set of throttle bodies. If you ever get a chance to get one of these on your channel that would be epic! Lol

Wow awesome video lads 😊 that sound brings back the memories of my dolphin grey red top 16 v monster !! Reg G268 APH, Always fired up first time, All year round and i ragged the hell out of it on the straights but carefull on the corners tho ! Only replaced a few fuel pumps rest was fine, what a legendary car 🚗 🙌 Great content keep up the great work 👏 👍

Great vid as always guys, wanted one of those when I have my little Nova Luxe Plus 1.4 hahahaha so long ago 🤣🤣

Nice one lads, sounds great on the trumpets

My favourite channel currently, proper funny duo! No bullshit just two petrol heads messing about with cars!!!!

Lol I drilled holes in my rover 214si and put a halfords tip on 😃

Had one 8 valve “88” back in the day for 5 years. Only car I remember the registration E99 VEC, sold for £500 😱

What a car 😎 sounds lovely too , nice one chaps 👌

Nice job, another great video 👍

Nice gloves Owens, i need to get some too since my steering wheel is cold in the morning 🤣💪🏽

I always wanted one of them 25 years ago beautiful car😍

Went to test drive a rover 600 turbo with cut springs on a bumpy road years ago my mate nearly flew out the window 🤣🤣🤣 that's was the reason I didn't buy that particular car but did buy every other 1 I went to go look at great cars

Loving the SIM RIG 😁

I fitted aftermarket speakers in the dashboard and that was when I discovered the dash was literally CARDBOARD! I had to cut holes to fit the slightly larger speakers and I did that with a Stanley knife haha! That's how strong the dash was! Pukka cars though, I still miss it!

LOVE IT 💪👍😎 Had a black MK1 8v astra back in the day" bit older than you top lads 😎👍 I loved it ❤ takes me back 🙏😎👍 You lads what can say you make my day much appreciated 👌💯💪😎👍

My first GTE was a redtop amd i was only 18/19 was the fastest thing i owned and i had a Peugeot 309 gti 4dr at the same time but the only problem was i pulled off the sideskirt and the sill came off with it so i had to bits it in the end but i made good money off it and the 309 and then got myself a bmw e30 318is the baby m3 and that was funn i love this channel all you guys are ace love to meet ya all one day

Proper hot hatch with a proper sound unlike today's "hot hatch" with a pop bang map 😂

Great Opel/Vauxhall m8! Cheers:-)

Had a black and a white Mk1 back in the 90,s recaro fish net seats. bought them both for around £700-900 each.Try and find one now. God i miss Freeads the yellow paper.. if you know, you know

Beautiful,

Nice purchase Owen. I’ve got the m140 same year and tune, really good fun! Save some money on tyres and check out the continental contact sport 7’s, they’re a fair bit cheaper and perform just as well if not better than the Michelins

Love Jon's gte! What a car, nice review boys, would be good to put it up against the likes of a Corsa vxr etc.

That Vauxhall fwd clutch pedal squeak! They all did it! Wasn't it a Nexia or something?

wickid classic and always loved OZ wheels 🙂

Owen you had my white 16v half cage bucket seated one off me in 2004 mate you're memory's bad lol Gaz.

Im 17 about to be 18 and i just bought myself a opel kadett GT from 87, might xe swap it, top video

I have a few years on you two( i am motorclaimguru) it was also the sri and lower versions of all of the hot hstches. Xs rather than gti for peugeot, sr and sri rather than gte, so you had to modify them. But we had an eclectic mix, my mate had a daihatsu gtti ( price them up or try and find one) manta gte, fiat x19 , nova sr , and mine was the quickest, a dutton phaeton with a 1300 crossflow, but lightend, forged, and revved to 8500.. we all used to street race.

This is a car i grew up wanting in white though i love the old gte

Lol Hovers!! 🤣🤣🤣

If you know you know what a car love it lads top draw 😮

Loved my G reg Astra Gte 16v which at 20 years old with a 3 years old I thought I was the dogs didn't love it as much as my next car a J reg Gsi 2000 cavalier this was the only car I was maybe abit upset when I sold it.

My turbo gte used to do 0-60 in under 5 seconds so you can deff get them to grip lol.

Where'd he get the hoodie, that's a blast from the past.

I owned a mk2 GTE 8 valve for 15 years, let it go for f@@k all….. now worth boat loads

Bad boi💙☮️💜

Nostalgia

Not sure I can take to this new Guy, are you going to have him on again? 😉

You should speak to Ambrose Green of Oxfordshire about his epic Vauxhall Tigra Twintop

I love turbo charged cars but as soon as u see normally aspirated engines keep them revs high and corner like its not even there u think that's pure racing

I was a 205 mi16 type of guy smoked everything lol

beast ... the machine golf owners have benn scared of on streets,..

Good old car's they astra gte 16 valve run for year's worth a few quid nowadays

Was that Kirby you used to work for?

The only astra with electric speed gauge my dad had a white gte 8v yes the underseals on the rear rusted bad unfortunately only issues of owning a gte it Shane was decent car at time on top of touring car racing vauxhall lost there spark on the touring gsi became the replacement top end astra followed by now vxr opc

Are they c20xe throttle bodies on a c20ne? Is that possible? Thank you for anyone who replies

Brilliant really enjoyed this one 👍 Got a 16v 205 on carbs if you ever want a pug on your channel I'm not that far from you guys either.

My dad actually had one of these when i was a kid, he'd have no idea who eddie hearn is tho

Was Hoover's kirby by any chance?

As per all FWD cars of this era. Torque Steer for day's. 🤣🤣

My mum had one. I was 7 in 1997

Back in the day you could buy a ruff one for about 150$ lol I live d on a cansil estate in a bad area so no tax mot or insurance good old days 😂

Missing about 8 valves moar revs

🤙🤙😬😬

NA all the way 😊

There’s a mint stock GTE in red on eBay for £18,995 👀

To je KADETT...

Thats as old as me 87 oi oi