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Had the fortune to drive a calibra turbo this week, my friend being a prospective buyer. Im not into slagging cars off really, of any make or genre, but fk me. What a load of crap.
Untunable crap too by the look of it. Although it was claimed (dont you love those claimed figures with conveniantly no graph) 260bhp. Im not sure what boost can be run on these things, but from what i have heard they use an unusually high comp ratio, necessitating forged pistons early on in tuning. Eugh! and changing all 4 tyres at the same time is advised to stop the transfer box from giving in. Jeeesus.
My 200 might not be the best car in the world but its perfectly adequate for its money. The dashboard doesnt creak and rattle, and it appears to have an engine capable of moving the car around at a reasonable pace. 4wd? what a load of c0ck. keep it for the cars with engines powerful enough to need it.
Cavalier in party clothes, for £4800. nahhhh.
bo!
not very often i go on like that. must be something in the air.
Yeah....
Have you asked a vauxhall dealer how much they want to change a clutch in one.............no me neither but a mate needed one for his and it was £600:eek: about two years ago
crackdownuk
30-08-2002, 00:17
Originally posted by Chimp
Had the fortune to drive a calibra turbo this week, my friend being a prospective buyer. Im not into slagging cars off really, of any make or genre, but fk me. What a load of crap.
Untunable crap too by the look of it. Although it was claimed (dont you love those claimed figures with conveniantly no graph) 260bhp. Im not sure what boost can be run on these things, but from what i have heard they use an unusually high comp ratio, necessitating forged pistons early on in tuning. Eugh! and changing all 4 tyres at the same time is advised to stop the transfer box from giving in. Jeeesus.
My 200 might not be the best car in the world but its perfectly adequate for its money. The dashboard doesnt creak and rattle, and it appears to have an engine capable of moving the car around at a reasonable pace. 4wd? what a load of c0ck. keep it for the cars with engines powerful enough to need it.
Cavalier in party clothes, for £4800. nahhhh.
bo!
not very often i go on like that. must be something in the air.
WTF £4800 4 one of them???? is that your car in the sig mate??? what spoiler does it has, look very tasty
A lad I work with has one, he "claims" :rolleyes: 300bhp.
Really weird that, hes done a boost upgrade, chip and hybrid tubby. WTF He hasnt even done a zorst and filter :eek: - the starting blocks of all modding.
He recently threw a piston, he said due to a blocked injector - more like it was getting too hot.
RichSeal
30-08-2002, 08:40
Originally posted by crackdownuk
WTF £4800 4 one of them???? is that your car in the sig mate??? what spoiler does it has, look very tasty
That spoiler looks like a Citroen XM spoiler.... like mine :D
I heard the transmission is unreliable and also expensive to fix also. Someone once told me it was near 1K to replace!:eek:
AshT_200
30-08-2002, 16:12
But.......
A M8 of mine specialises in vauxhalls and had a Cav 4x4 Turbo (Can't be much different from the Calibra, apart from shell) and I have to admit that it went around the twisties quite well.
One word sums up the Calibra...... VAUXHALL... Need I say more?
:D
AshT_200
30-08-2002, 18:10
Some Vauxhalls are quite nice.
VX220, A certain Omega with a Lotus badge on it :D :cool:
I'd have a vauxhaul Carlton with a bit of lotus thrown in.
AshT_200
30-08-2002, 19:28
Originally posted by caleini_350
I'd have a vauxhaul Carlton with a bit of lotus thrown in.
Me to! :D
:D ya there are always exceptions :D unfortunately the squished cavalier.. err.. calibra isnt one.. :)
Pauly_Boy
02-09-2002, 01:26
Chimp, where can i get rear light clusters like u've got from? One of mine is leaking, and so i wanna replace them, probably with something nicer than the standard ones
Cheers
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