Opel Astra J 1.6 turbo 180 hp STAGE 1 & DECAT listening to DJ Sash (half 95 half 100 octane petrol)

This is one of the most satisfying driving videos of mine.

Only during autumn and winter, below 15 or 20 degrees Celsius, it pulls better with 95 octane petrol, actually pulling best with around half 95 octane petrol and 100 mix (the petrol station I go not having 97 or 98 octane petrol pump, mixing them not being a problem).
The white steam with a little bit of smoke when the engine is cold disappeared completely the day this was recorded, unlike the previous day, which was rather surprising.

Also, the turbo actuator is more aggressively tuned, finally.
I tried first with just one half of screw turn extra, but I didn't feel any significant difference, afterwards giving it around 3 quarters of screw turn more (which is around one screw turn and a quarter more than the way it was tuned after the turbo reconditioning, back then feeling even worse than stock).
Now it feels just right, not too strong, especially the turbo lag being apparently as reduced as it can be.
Yet, sometimes at medium and high rpm it feels a little weird, that very slight turbo pressure limitation didn't fully disappeared (despite having a sports air filter, which indeed makes the turbo kick in even more linear, smooth).

Still, even the Dacia Logan 3 1.0 turbo LPG feels better, like having longer gears (less gear torque multiplication), despite feeling obviously slower, especially at high rpm of course (plus the weight difference, of course).
Still, even Ford Mondeo 1.5 Ecoboost 150 hp 250 (270) Nm feels faster, at least the pulls feeling better, but yeah it has around 100 kg less, despite being a bigger car, heh (yet, Astra J might still be more stable, stiffer, hence the extra weight).
Not to mention the 1.3 tCe 130 hp 240 Nm from Dacia Duster 2, Nissan Quashqai 2 and Renault Megane 4, dayum son, that pulls like a mule on viagra, just right, the feel being the best.

Opel, at least during the GM period, didn't care that much for acceleration, the exhaust and the intake being least properly tuned, too restrictive, if not the intake being more restrictive than the exhaust (considering that some people had a 10-15 hp and a whopping 30-50 Nm plus without Stage 1, just with sports air filter and eventually with sports mufflers for the exhaust also).

Yeah, this car requires some investment in some cases, but it worths, being rather very reliable and proper enough quality.
Yet probably my car was more neglected than it seems, no wonder the catalytic converter got clogged at just 99000 km, also the turbo having to get reconditioned then.
But, I heard that even the 1.6 naturally aspired engine can get its catalytic converter clogged or melted, this being the main risk for this car.
Anyways, it pulls impressive, yet not as great as Dacia and Renault turbo petrol engines, they seem to be the best when it comes to acceleration feel, maybe because they might do the best exhausts and intakes.

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