Engine management light is on more times than it is off.
4 wheel drive failed - faulty underbonnet valve. Bought a secondhand one for 70 (they are 1200 from a main dealer).
Voolant bottle split.
Driver's electric window motor came loose.
Had 2 fuel pump relays.
The ABS warning light occasionally lights.
The 4 wheel prop shaft came loose and needed re-threading.
I've taken the cat off, added a ram-air panel filter, increased the boost to 13psi and taken the 1st gear boost limiter away which has given it 240bhp and a 0-60 of 5.6 seconds, going on to a true top speed of 159 mph.
The handling is better than the reviews say, but for grip then that's a different matter - this thing will grip as well in the wet as it does in the dry - 10 out of 10 for performance.
Depends if you can live with unreliability - there is a big bill if your 4 wheel drive fails!
Does this use the same 4x4 system as cav, if not is it more reliable. I want a 4x4 conversion for my mk4 astra.
Why were the AWD systems so unreliable on the calibra and cavalier turbo's?
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