calibra turbo

damo1 · 15-08-2007, 10:27

hi guys here is my 1994 calibra turbo

it started life as a standard 2.0l 16v redtop c20xe lump i had her for 1half years before the modifying bug got me....

i worked at a company called leeds commercials so as you can see being a mechanic helps alot first to do was the wheels swapped for 17" rs khans then suspention was next with a full set of bilstiens shocks and springs then full powerflow exhaust twin tailpipes, next was magnex de-cat pipe and airfilter uprated ngk sparkplugs and leads, engine superchipped and remapped and finally window tints..

i thought i would finish there but 3 of my work mates started to buy turbo's in the likes of a vw corrado g60 2ltr supercharged
subaru impreza wrz
and an imported nissan pulsar sunny gtir

at this point i was really pissed off no longer have a quick n/a car and all those dump valves going off in my head i decided i wanted more power so lucky for me my uncle just had his cav turbo written off by rear damage crash so i bought the engine and gearbox dropped it in over the wk-end and had it in ever since

but then stated to have probs it blew up 2 6sp f28 g'boxes so now running f20

head gasket blew and now replaced with triple layer regal metal 1

mods to date
full engine rebuild
k&n cone filter
eds phase 2 software
head ported and polished
new valves all 16
6.2 frontera intercooler
reiger front bumper
full powerflow 3" exhaust system with 5" tailpipe
no cat
limited slip diff

to come
eds phase 4 software
uprated turbo and tublar malifold
modifyed f28 box
charge cooler and water spray
VXR injectors

Nemesis · 15-08-2007, 14:32

Sounds like a good project, got any pics of it? Certainly beats putting it in any other car

Dom · 15-08-2007, 15:35

Makes a change seeing a Calibra not being used as the donor car

astra16V2004 · 15-08-2007, 15:37

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Originally Posted by Nemesis

Sounds like a good project, got any pics of it? Certainly beats putting it in any other car

i bet mate.anyway sounds like you have put alot of hard work into it.hopefully it works out for you.if not put the engine in a nova.

Nemesis · 15-08-2007, 16:04

Nah he's backed the right horse!

astra16V2004 · 15-08-2007, 16:11

.im only messing mate. its just the same old story from you about calibras.they handle like boats and always will do.even my mate(Mr cheese) bangs on about he would cane me round a roundabout,just because its 4x4.lol

Nemesis · 15-08-2007, 16:13

Handle like boats? They are the same as any other Vauxhall of that era really, they are average from the factory and really good when sorted. That includes Corsas.

**Add_Gee** · 16-08-2007, 12:13

Oi, dont ruin this guys thread with calibra drivel banter.....

sbd16vastra · 16-08-2007, 13:14

does sound interesting

very very surprised you broke 2 f28's so then went to a f20

f20 is a much weaker box and you will have more problems with that than a f28.

Nemesis · 16-08-2007, 13:40

Exactly! F28 is normally one of the strongest parts of the car

astra16V2004 · 16-08-2007, 14:02

maybe he just managed to get bad boxes when he bought them,just bad luck really.but as said cant understand why he would put the f20 on it instead

chip · 18-12-2007, 09:57

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Originally Posted by sbd16vastra

does sound interesting

very very surprised you broke 2 f28's so then went to a f20

f20 is a much weaker box and you will have more problems with that than a f28.

Read his other replies to posts, and you wont be surprised at all

bux · 18-12-2007, 16:05

just wot i was thinking chip...........he was on a mission this morning posting random stuff to random posts.....lol

wot lsd you using mate? wot did your engine build consist of??

Dave Dempsey · 18-12-2007, 16:12

Reading his posts lists makes for entertaining reading, he must read faster then Johnny5 given the potsts he;s read and the time its taken to reply. 1minute per post is an awesome average

fennyLET · 18-12-2007, 16:16

I didnt no that vauxhall made a 6.2 derv engine to fit the Frontera

bux · 18-12-2007, 16:21

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Originally Posted by Dave Dempsey

Reading his posts lists makes for entertaining reading, he must read faster then Johnny5 given the potsts he;s read and the time its taken to reply. 1minute per post is an awesome average

pmsl...........most of the stuff he was posting was a repeat of wot had already been put lol, someone asked about a mount question, i replied about a week ago and he replied exactly wot i put this morning, either taking the pis* or like you say not reading the posts!!

EY · 18-12-2007, 16:28

He was building his posts up to 50 so he could sell something, a mod noticed what he was doing and deleted them all as spam

fennyLET · 18-12-2007, 16:30

Well hes at 52 now

bux · 18-12-2007, 16:33

arr right makes sense now then! still talks crap!!!

Dom · 18-12-2007, 16:52

I'm sure it will be manually adjusted down as soon as a member of Admin gets in and spots it

mr cheese · 18-12-2007, 17:17

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Originally Posted by astra16V2004

.im only messing mate. its just the same old story from you about calibras.they handle like boats and always will do.even my mate(Mr cheese) bangs on about he would cane me round a roundabout,just because its 4x4.lol

as i keep telling you if you have changed suspension you have changed handling i.e do corsas go round roundabouts well standard no they are shopping carts and yours aint even fast + you cant drive i.e who rolled a van and you have never driven a calibra what do you know apart from how to buy a car thats already been built for you and tell stories like i beat a ford focus today wow shut up and get your ass back to the carpark so all the 13 year old girls you hang about with can go wow your cars great

philip2 · 18-12-2007, 17:29

tbh i had my mate raving on about how good cali 4x4 was....i went out in the car....completely ****e

well un impressed!!!

EY · 18-12-2007, 17:32

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Originally Posted by philip2

tbh i had my mate raving on about how good cali 4x4 was....i went out in the car....completely ****e

well un impressed!!!

Yes in comparrison to a FWD Corsa i can see how you would be left feeling unimpressed

mr cheese · 18-12-2007, 18:38

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Originally Posted by philip2

tbh i had my mate raving on about how good cali 4x4 was....i went out in the car....completely ****e

well un impressed!!!

yes because standard corsas are well impressive compared to a standard 4x4 turbos arent they you stupid chav

philip2 · 19-12-2007, 12:04

well i thought my corsa handled better than the cali...we went round aroundabout by us, he must of thought we were going quite quick, but it understeered......complete ****e no grip at all!!!