Paul Testa's Astron Powered GC Galant
8.56@157mph WSID
Paul Testa's GC Galant(MR 2600) recently ran an 8.56@157MPH at WSID making it one of the, if not the fastest 2.6 Astron in the country. Paul's Galant runs a 2.6 injected turbo, C4 auto with trans brake and manual shift, 9inch diff, Microtech ECU and a HKS T51R Turbo. Paul has a couple of decades of development and experience with the Astron
motor behind him which is testament to his success with the Galant. Paul offers mechanical services including engine rebuilds & upgrades, custom inlet & exhaust manifold's, custom intercoolers & intercooler upgrades, dizzy covers for coils packs, strut covers, aluminium radiators, bellhousing adapters for Borgwarner bellhousing to C4, Heavy duty flex pates, Water pump block off plates so you can run external Davies Craig waterpump, brackets for Davies Craig waterpump, Balancer and alternator upgrade kits, custom fuel systems etc to complete race packages as seen in the Galant. Paul can be contacted on 0413 318087 during business hours.
A hard launch on the way to another 8 second
pass at WSID. Its fair to say the package Paul
has developed with the Galant is solid as the car
has consistanly run 8sec passes without fault.
The Galants engine bay. All work on the Galant is carried out in-house by Paul.
Currently in the build is one of Pauls customers Black GK GSR Sigma. The photos below show some of Pauls work
including the custom exhaust manifold, custom inlet manifold, fuel rail, dizzy cover, strut covers, radiator, catch cans and more.
