EXPLOSIVE FLAT SHIFTING IN THIS 430BHP *E85 POWERED* ASTRA VXR!
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That’s why we build cars. Each of there own taste and this guy loves his motor, hats off too him, negative comments against a guys pride and joy id say remove the comments and just don’t watch the video
Daniel Tinsley I’m a mk1 focus RS owner and my friend has a vxr and I like them shame the standard gearbox is made of chocolate
And the engine should of been forged being a flagship model
Last of the fun Vauxhall’s as the gtc vxr is way to heavy for it to be competitive weighing in at 1500kg
@@robertpaget809 cant say the gearbox is that bad, had astra OPC with close to 500hp GT3076r turbo setup most bought from courtaney sport UK, it saw the drag strip most wekeends and more racing from new and it was used hard when racing as it was build for it, never had a gearbox failure, but it got quiefe LSD in the first 3 months, burnout in 2 gear to warm up the slick on the drag strip. 2007 model and one time the 4 gear went if I remember right after 8 years of racing.
Also used all days year round full interior, driven in snow on 18" studded tiers and running 17" road legal slicks in the summer,
I think it is all how the driver treats his car if you abuse it and it is not build for it, it will fail on you.
@@fohelle1990 I can honestly say the gearbox is that bad I’ve came across loads of these gearboxes that have failed on the main shaft bearing from diesel zafira to astra vxr,s all carrying the same weak gearbox
From the M32 to the F40 weak and certainly not built for out and out power
@@robertpaget809 i know many gearboxes have failed, and i think that is most to abuse/poor maintance and the driver thinking it is okei the spin/burnout with stock diff, as my experiance it is the diff that failes
All i can say is if you put limited slip diff in the car it will hold, atleast mine did for many years of drag and some time attack racing, 2 gear burnouts on racing slicks, never had gearbox fail on me, one syncro gone bad, in 160.000km
My friend time in 1/4 mile?????
when you show the owner how flat shifting is done properly. his face says it all 🙌🏽
Mate thought exact same Jamie blew his fucking mind
@@JS_R35 mate cracking build though be proud G
So true 😂🙈
what means that flat shifting? please someone ca explain ths
@@alexsilva-qi3sn flat foot shifting is when you do not lift off the accelerator and the ECU is usually programmed to cut spark to help with gear changes and makes it less aggressive on the gearbox
Legit a sound humble guy as well
Putting big money into any car doesn't make financial sense, but that's not the point, we do it because we have a passion for cars and driving! Good on you bud!!
That needs mapping properly. I’ve never seen a astra at any stage of power only rev to 6k. Pipercams on a KO6 Turbo with a built engine needs to be revving to 7.5k no stress at all! I’d recommend going to RND Motorsport for Tuning.
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JS rabbid is very good too have had 2 Astra’s & 2 Corsas mapped by Him 👌🏼 just get it tweaked and get it right mate it will be a different car!
@@JS_R35 Super clean build bro, big up 👍🏾So much potential to come 💯
Yeah those extra revs will help get extra power as well because the turbo comes very late and their isn't much revs to get the power down
@big Daddy presumably you mean rnd??? When there cars go on other rollers and make 40hp less😂😂
Jamie knows this road so well that he full sends everything that visits his chanel 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Hats off to this guy.. a man after my own heart.. nothing like transforming your own whip into a beast.. Only a true petrol head would understand why an individual would spend tons of money on their car putting their own stamp on it!! Jamie love your channel man.. guaranteed to get your fans buzzing with your content!! Keep it up!
this is by far the best lookin body stylr astra looks so mean
Personally I prefer the curvier looks of my shape, but the previous shape are a lot more driver engaging and lighter, only let down by the gearbox
Agreed the new astra is like the vxrs boring dad 😂😁
Saj-Kun best looking but going around corners was fuckin horrendous with 5he torque steer 😱😱🤞
New vxr Astra’s are kinda ugly ngl but the mk1 gte mk2 gte mk3 Sri and mk4 Sri is wicked
RatRaceProducing boring dad ? What does that mean lol also I think you’ll find every Vauxhall’s is boring not sure I’d say they are anything like a dad though 🤔...
Think you have some issues to work out 😍
i think if jamie tried 0-60 in that car he would’ve got into the 5s.
See this guy driving around all the time. It’s savage
what area is he from, it rings a bell too
@@Muwahhid1003 its in mexico
Think ive seen him in essex
0-60 in 6-7 seconds is not savage, my remapped jeep does it quicker than that lol
@@bigmatt2896 0-60 is irrelevant in a powerful fwd car. From a roll it would be a monster.
Can’t say I’m a fan of it cutting at 6k but flat foot shift sounds mad 😂😂
Especially with such a laggy turbo lol
Dom A og didn’t want to drive for long cos it looked slow
Mapping is not finished, it will be reving higher for sure once they finished mapping
Just to clarify some mistakes in this review:
The limiter is 7500RPM, the power peaks around 6500RPM
and there is no early limiter.
Why is it limiting or cutting earlier? Because of driver error, by riding the clutch pedal you engage the clutch switch which will trigger flat shift when you don't want it. By removing your foot from the clutch pedal completely and not riding your clutch you will have no issue. Flat shift begins at 5000 with a timing retard and fully engages by 6000 stepping up to a ignition cut and fuel cut to hold the target RPM.
For a demo view this video: th-cam.com/video/ebhCm_inTr4/w-d-xo.html
We're only able to show you this now has John has just brought the car in for a health check after some 6 months on the road, it has performed perfect all this time, has been to the Nürburgring and is actually making a tad more power now.
Needless to say John is more than happy and the car is great, may not be for everyone, but everyone likes different things and we build what we like.
Cant wait to get to the point when I can come to you guys with mine it’s gonna be new year tbf but works in progress 🙌🏽
Love the build this guys done if I get to 80% I’ll be happy 👍🏽
The smiles and laughs when you were flat foot shifting make it all worthwhile the work and money that's been put into it. Better than spending all your cash at pub or in bookies. Two top blokes, great upload Jamie! Cheers 👍 Jack 😎
Jamie showed him how to drive his own car.
He does this often
Jamie's flat shifts were definitely on point 💪
@@Saif0412 for someone that just has started getting into driving what is flat shifting ?
@@alexanderdanielsson6049 when you change gear while still accelerating
@@MrFreebieJeebs do u know how it works.
Decent motor, £10k tho...good for him, each to their own & a proper genuine/humble & honest guy!
That map is grim.
needs to throw the tune away and start again, find a new tuner. sounds like it's gonna break something
Rabbid for you 😂 didn’t have enough time to map it, usual excuse for a shite map.get it over to RnD for some proper magic!
@@nelson3228 where’s rnd?
I’m surprised it’s been this long for an Astra VXR feature there’s hundreds of big builds out there haha! Fair play to this guy, a good amount of mods to the engine and nothing crazy on the outside. I think it could/would potentially be less laggy, higher revving and overall smoother to drive if it was mapped differently with possibly a lower peak power but for longer.
Don’t let this be the last one you feature Jamie, they are “just a Vauxhall” but when they’re built strong, setup well and mapped right, they drive better than just any Vauxhall, with a rear anti roll bar and decent coilovers they debunk all the myths and actually go around corners too...
Alright you can’t bray it like a k20, it won’t suck corners flat out like an Evo, but they’re definitely capable of having a go.
One of the best looking Vauxhalls of the past decades especially in this color. Awesome build sounds wicked.
This car has so much more to offer can tell it’s just being held back way too much!! Sick car looks awesome, I like how he’s kept it OEM+ on the exterior, absolute sleeper if he sorts that 6k thing out!! Them flat shifts are fucking brutal🥵🥵
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DMO Deejay are you being racist?
17:42 priceless reaction from both. Loved it hahaha
Hes thinking "i didnt know my car could do this" 😂😂😂😂😂
Seeing his face driving passenger says it all the cars his pride and joy such a good vibe to watch car is a beast mate round of applaude!
The guys face when Jamie is flat shifting 🙌🏻
😯😯😯
I have the same passion this dude had and I want to do +/- the same build, I don't care if the car is shit or if is it going to break soon, i want this car so bad, congratulations bro and thank you for gaving me motivation to keep grinding in life at the end what's matter, it is if you are happy with the car! Much love from🇵🇹🔥
@@JS_R35 Sure mate, because here in Portugal VXR/OPC it's such a rare car, the model Opel Astra H OPC it only exists 12 in the whole country, I think I will be the first to put such a power to this model, and because no 1 never build something with this model, definitely I will call you out, just tell me your Instagram, cheers mate 🤙🏻
The fact that this man enjoys it makes me smile👌👍
That 6k cut off is killing it. Nice car though
I appreciate anyone who puts money in to there car and does it up. Doesn't matter what car it is. It becomes a hobby, and gives you a purpose to work, and something to look forward to. However getting a 0-60 time, the same as standard. After putting 10 grand into a car must of been devastating :/
Mad vxr, such a soft spot for these. I think the low limiter is a drawback and would be nice if it could rev to 7k+ but still, this car is sick.
the VXR probably can go that far but as you can tell OG driving it compared to the owner is completely different the 2 different driving experiences. I just with the owner would off opened it up or push it as much as Jamie did
Definitely have a soft spot for these. When you do proper research on them you learn just how competent they really are.
Nurburgring fwd record holder after all
Keep em going Jamie🙋♂️
18:29 Nice shifting! Even the owner is impressed 😂👍
It ain’t an Astra no more man it’s an Astra super saiyan blue 💫
what a humble guy. Respect ngl.
This guys a hero, fuck what people say bout Vxr's, he's done a brilliant job. And Jamie's shifting is maddd
This channel posts my favourite cars week in week out, content is up there with the best... work rate of Jamie is incredible, vibes? GASSED💥
Mad respect to him working for his passion and love! Loved it bro!
Never been a fan of Astra's, or 99% of all Vauxhall's to be honest, but that looks an absolute weapon, and a proper riot.
Fair play to the owner for creating his dream, awesome stuff.
Sick car bro. Vauxhall’s always getting unfairly disrespected in the scene.
The only clowns that disrespect them are the ones that have been whooped by one or have never driven one.
Dickheads buy them, rag them like a Type R, don’t bother with maintenance then slate/rant when it goes bang...
Happens with a lot of cars but VXRs do get it plenty, Corsa’s probably even more than Astra’s... “chocolate gearbox, piston number 4” ...Waste drivers and shit maps more like! 🤣🤣
Because the Corsa has give them a bad rap for being a nonce car lol
The owners face after the flat shift!!! 😁🤣😆 Class, Nicely done car should be proud of it... It makes all the right noises 👏👌🎶
Awesome lol, this guy loves his car man, good for him, seems even more impressed when hes in the passenger seat lol. He's just super happy with what he's built!!!
Jamie bossed the flat foot shifting lol owners face tho🤣 mad #gassedgang
Owner is a proper lad. Cheers!
astra vxrs are really underrated, people always slate them but in reality they are such great fun to drive.
I've got one at 310bhp and it seems easily as quick as this one though which is odd, the stock engine can comfortably do over 7k limiter, mines at 7200 on stock internals and will do the 0-62 in the high 5s on a ko4 turbo
Seems like it needs to rev out more, by the time the turbos coming on boost he's hitting the limiter, I think this car has loads more potential
Stuart Stokes that’s my thoughts exactly it’s mapped badly so much more potential
Bless him, top guy!! So humble and full of positive energy!!
Jamie!!! Another great feature. This channel is making car tuning great again 😎
That engine cover is just sick!
Absolutely delighted one of these was finally on the channel. Always loved this cars and this one is sick 🔥
Those bangs between gears must feel good 💥😙
Bro, that is a sick build and respect to the owner, Sounds So Sick man , proper sound ! Respect Peace !
I love when the people are nice as well as their cars it just makes the vid 10x better
Not a massive fan of the Astra VXR but my god respect to this guy how much he has put into that car, also love the sound!.
Absolutely delighted one of these was finally on the channel. Always loved these cars and this one is sick 🔥
One of a kind vxr Astra right here.
Mans whipping a vauxhall! I think I now like Vauxhall's... For the first time ever...
He’s the only guy that made it look cool
Nothing wrong with dropping 10k into one of these always have a soft spot for vxr 👍
I'm with you on that, another great 1 I remember shortly after this was the insignia vxr.... what a dream that was
Nice to see a VXR and it sounds proper beasty aswell nice car fella and great review cheers Jamie 👍🏽
Instant like before watching ANY officially gassed video
Respect to the guy Nice car unique and different to the usual German stuff .
Jamie da man flat shifting like a king! Great content bro! Thanks 😎
Real nice guy very humble
At 17.40 when jamie starts DMO vtec shifting i was screaming bwaaaappp bwap bwap 🤣🤣😂😂
Jamie with the flat shifting pure fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I prefer watching these videos with Vauxhalls and Fords etc because the owners seen more genuine like they having fun. He does not care that his car is a Vauxhall , Vauxhall like Ford is a boy racer car company . Like how officially Gassed have variety of cars not just Audi's and BMWs. Big up
I thought the car needed to be fine tuned a lil bit until jamie got behind the wheel,lol!! The owner was right. Jamie was def driving it better than he was. Props to the owner tho. Proper build my G👌🏽
Man the owners reaction to you driving it gave me an ear to ear grin. He seems a right legend
Great build, when it came to the flat foot shifting I was smiling all the way....gosh
Great car but this map is horrible
Yea hard it seems so safe in my opinion, like the limiter needs to be raised 🙃
No harm in ring safe it's defo not slow. My Z20let gsi zafira bangs at 7200 😉
The map is totally fine it seems like hes changing gear too early. Look at how much higher it gets on the 0-60 run. The car bogs down when he launches and changes gear.
@@JS_R35 ahhh I see that does seem odd. You thinking of changing that? Would love to see it afterwards
@@JS_R35 Looks immense mate thatll be one savage car after those few tweaks
I love seeing the passion in the owners face
I'm sure at one point Jamie was trying not to laugh at the guys driving.... Awsome driving from Jamie once again
Happy to see a vxr on the channel.... Awesome 👍 ... Got myself a Arden blue Corsa vxr ... One day I mite get on this channel but a bit more work needed ☺️ running just over 200bhp atm ... More cars like this on here would be great 🙂😜 nice work man 👍
A lot of love, time, and money went into this one a fantastic build and sweeter when the owner knows what he’s talking about ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Its good to see more black youtes genuinely into cars and not just buying the best looking merc or audi. We need more people in the car community.
I literally said this myself, being white myself, I'm genuinely sick of seeing white guys cars, I wanna see more ethnicity
I agree man ❤️🙌🏾🏁
Johnny Hale just need a bit more representation and everyone will be in the car scene. We need it bc im seeing less and less car guys nowadays.
Johnny Hale i love how i can bond with anyone in the car scene and look past and respect our differences
Id love to take part but its a bit too expensive 😭😭😭
I'm really not a vauxhall fan. But to be fair this is modified spot on and actually one of the best sounding 4cyl motors. Bit of a warble rasp really nice
You could tell the moment he drove that car my man was gonna show him how to hoss it, nice safe map for high power chocolate gearbox! sick vid as usual bro
Jamie beat up the cars belly lmao. My guys face was priceless. Hes like “you drive it better than me”. True true lol
Jamie you just showed the owner how to wake up his 10k worth of mods 🤘🏽
Vauxhall Madness baby🤪
Always been my favourite car the Astra VXR. Always preferred to the focus ST. Not sure why just personal choice
Humble owner credit to him he’s done it his own way, sounds mad 🔥🔥
His face when he experienced the flat shifts from the passenger side! 💯😭
This guy out here making LLF look basic🤣 keep up the good videos Jamie!
Fr. This is tv quality we getting for free on TH-cam
Jamie smashing the content lately,hope doesn't change like LLF did and wreck a good channel 👍.🍻
Nice to see the guy know his car so well, no corners cut
Instant thumbs up for Gran Turismo Banner.
Where did this guy come from?? He built this thing so damn well!
And the sounds this thing makes are just beautiful!
Can you get it back when the map is sorted? Would be good to see what it can actually do!
Probably the best Astra vxr around👌👌
Flat foot shift sounded awesome, As the owner said Jamie drove it better than him lol not the first time i have heard that 🤣👍
Ohh my the owners face when Jamie goes for it awesome bro uve built an awesome car I am doing my own astra build at thee mo
The owners face on gear change when using flat shift 😯😯😯😯lolol. Classic 😅🤣😂
Yes! This is a bit of me. Used to own one a few years back and loved it to bits. Changed it for a J VXR after 5 years or so and kept that for just as long. I've always loved my Vauxhalls, sad to see they've jumped so heavily in bed with Peugeot recently. They literally make nothing I'd buy these days.
That 6k rpm cut sounds odd. It sounds like its only just getting going before the power is cut. A new map with increased rev limit and that thing will fly 👌
Do you prefer the J over the H?
@@ARDEN440i ultimately I loved both equally I'd say. My lasting first impression of the J was it was much more stable at speed, the power delivery was more thrilling and the traction with the LSD was much better. It also sounded far better as standard. The H was more usable more of the time and I found it much easier to position on the road/park. Running costs of the H were a lot lower as well.
@@simonbyrne1182 👍🏾👍🏾
Bro...bro..bro again..Haha classic OG sick car
the soundddddddddd 😬😨also love the owners reaction to you gunning it haha
Saw you at the ring the other week!
Really good video. Every day man, affordable car, passion, big smiles. More of please 🙏🏼
I still love the vxr.. want one now
Love the car quality build and owner hope he gets the rev limiter upped💣💥
Wow this Astra Vxr is crazy those bangs from the exhaust on the flat foot shift
Sweet build, German cars for the win :D
Vauxhall is a German car with a british badge. Well it is an Opel for uk market
@@kingofohio5689 actually no, the Opel is German, the Vauxhall is British, there is no taking away where a car company was founded (ps Vauxhall was founded first in 1857, opel 1862)
Absolutely loved the reactions during the flat shifts!!!