Opel Senator 2.3TD project (picture heavy)

[Modlendingen]

Hello. I've got a 84 Opel Senator 2.3 TurboDiesel that is a rolling project. The theme is Black Smoke Racing The orgiginal 2.3TD is turned up, and the original turbo is boosting 1.6 at max, have also had a peak up to 1,9 The goal is 200 whp and perhaps more

I've bought it in December last year, very cheap, and drove it home in the middle of the night, in the first winterstorm But it was worth it

This is how it looked the day after I got it


The beast of the engine




A photoshoot with the new camera The blue head lamps is gone




Mounting on the straight pipe, 3 inch in, and a 5 inch tip Nice sound


The new rims, 7x15 Azev A, painting them matte White






Out cruising in the spring






Had a major disaster, the gearbox couldnt handle the tork, a old 3 speed automatic, so then it stood still for almost half a year, before i found a manual Getrag 240Diesel gearbox 5 speed to put in. Also bought a Sinterclutch kit from ebay


Rust <3


Mounted a 12 inch long airfilter, fitted straight on the old airfilterbox




Minor adjustment on the gearshifter before photoshoot















Plans for it now is:
Change front and rear bumper
Fix the rust
New paintjob
New turbo and intake manifold, new radiator and intercooler
New dieselpump
New rims, Azev A 8,5x17? BBS RS style 8x17 and 9x17?
Lowering springs

Hope for comments

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Some pics of my old car, a 1997 Opel Omega 2.0 16V A fun car to drive on the winter


Used on a frozen lake


Bought some new summer wheels for it, 8,5x18 in front and 9,5x18 at the rear, Keskin Kt5






Used some electrotape and taped the headlights




It's a shame that I sold this car and bougt the Vectra 4x4 Turbo, that car was the best car I've ever owned!

[MadMax]

Love the Senator

1,6 Bar on Stock Turbo is pretty crazy

[OrangeBlue]

Nice project you have there...

Fix the rust asap otherwise it will kill the car, make sure to protect
the car with a good stuff like "MIKE SANDERS".

Some Borbet A, coilovers and car would be perfect imo...


Also i would love to see some pics of the Vectra and Ascona


Greetz of a fellow opel owner

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Thank you As soon as i got time, the rust will be fixed, but it's the time, and money, that holds it back I can see if I can fix some pictures of the Ascona and Vectra too

[MikeyRa]

Holy 4 door fox body Batman!

[coconutt]

I'd love to see this thing slammed.

[Modlendingen]

The Senator? It will be lowered, but here in Norway, we have very poor road standards... So it wont be slammed, yet

But, here is some pics of the Vectra 4x4 Turbo It has new turbo and a bit too big intercooler, and EDS Phase 3,5 chip. 3 inch exhaust that ends in a double 4 inch tip Nice and big

This car will be stripped down, and get new paint, and new bumpers. The transferbox will be upgraded, and diff lock is on the wish list. Hopefully it will get coilovers. And some new rims

Original exhaust


With the original Vectra Turbo wheels




Made a lip to the frontbumper, because it was broken (previous owner)


Got rid of the angeleyes, and bought some new with smoked turning signal


Winterrims










Fotoshoot








Testing some new rims Eiker E1 7,5x17 ET20














And the Zito rims we bought to our 2001 Passat 8x17 Et28







This is it for now, see if I can find some pics of the Ascona

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Found some few pics of the Ascona, this is from May 2012, then it was 3 years since last time it was out of the shed. With jumpercables from the tractor, it jumped to life







I washed it, and then put it back I don't have time, and a place to take it apart yet.

But plans:
Volvo T5 engine and gearbox
Coilovers
Original GT and Sprint details
Brock B1 8,5x17 or 9x16, maybe som other wide cool oldschool wheels

[Modlendingen]

Since it's christmas, i dump some pics of my inspiriation

First, this Vectra 4x4 Turbo, with rims from Omega EVO500. ATS 8x18 I want some of those to mine


And some pics of some Vauxhall Cavalier Mk2, that is the same as Opel Ascona C






Merry Christmas

[superturbodiesel.com]

Du må love meg å ta godt vare på den Senatoren.. kjenner mange som sikler på den, inkl meg selv.. Visste ikke det fantes originalt turbodiesel i dem! Er vel eneste i landet?

[Modlendingen]

Skriver på engelsk eg, siden det er eit engelsk forum

Of course I would look after the Senator I know many who wan't to buy it, but I like it alot, so I don't think I won't sell it I did'nt know they come with TurboDiesel either, but after i bought mine, i've come over 3 more. But I've been told only about 700 is produced

There is very few that has tuned the 2.3 TurboDiesel, so I hope i could reach about 200 Whp But I don't think it will be easy :P

[Chris_McCartney]

Wow only 700 of the TD produced? You're lucky, I would imagine majority of them probably dont exist anymore due to rust or being crashed etc. So that makes it even rarer! Very nice car always had an interest in the Senator and the Omega! If you're ever looking for some inspiration, do a Google search for Holden VK Commodore. They were Australian built cars based on Senator but a few inches wider, and they were available with V6 or V8 engines. Heres a few for ya!

[superturbodiesel.com]

Skriver på engelsk eg, siden det er eit engelsk forum

Of course I would look after the Senator I know many who wan't to buy it, but I like it alot, so I don't think I won't sell it I did'nt know they come with TurboDiesel either, but after i bought mine, i've come over 3 more. But I've been told only about 700 is produced

There is very few that has tuned the 2.3 TurboDiesel, so I hope i could reach about 200 Whp But I don't think it will be easy :P

Ok, I would talk to Dieselmeken in Sweden... dieselmeken.se or google it! I think you can easily get 200 rwhp

[Mad_Maxx]

Nice to see you on here too Modlendingen, i think maybe the block will be the weakest link on the engine (er, maybe pistons and connecting rods too), wasnt the 2.3 diesel just a modified gasoline engine?