well I've not seen his name mentioned on here for years - thought it turns out it has been quite a few times, as a quick search revealed earlier... but it made me chuckle anywayOriginally Posted by Jonny Wilkinson
...and Stidi made my day just by mentioning Bodley and R21s:
Cheers man, yea this one is totally standard with 68k genuine miles! no faults or rust anywhere! When i took it to MOT the fellow was determined to fail it, he said "i tried to find something wrong with the car but couldnt" lol made me laughThey were a good car in the day,and your's is looking very nice especially in white
their down fall aside from the rear arches rust issues was the recalls for the transfer box doing weird things as it was an electronic controlled hydraulic system that switched to 4wd when fronts started to spin or some thing like that
still nice to see a good one these days,hide it away if you can
Last edited by gaswizards; 27-03-2013 at 17:44.
A friend of mine had one of those caliber cavs and it was awesome. And surprisingly quick for a big car with only 150bhp
Calibra turbos are so rare because so many nova boys broke them to fit the engines in there novas for silly quick tin boxes.
Amazed at first at the shape until they got common.
Did look at a 16v, uninspired by the Cav dash, the bonnet weighs a ton and 0 front wheel traction, spin, spin, spin.
Thankfully if anyone was stupid enough to modify a turbo 4x4 it had the decency to self -terminate.
Had a v6 once, fantastic to be fair
I seem to remember the main issue with the V6 cav's and calibra's were that they had such a long ratio gearbox. 3rd was about 120mph
me too looks aceJw I really like that
That must have been before my time. Did he have a 21 fetish?
...and Stidi made my day just by mentioning Bodley and R21s
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Just do a trawl of Bodley Tunes posts. He used to troll the mods and would regularly bring completely unrelated threads round to an argument about 0-60 times and how much better his old Renault 21 turbo was compared to a 200. He got banned in the end. Some people (myself included) found him entertaining but the mods didn't seem to see the funny side. IIRC, after he got a temporary ban, he tried to come back un under the radar a few times but got caught so got a fairly permanent ban.
Calibras seem to have the marmite thing going on "You either love it or hate it"!!
Was quicker than you thought as they only had 130bhp
Ford always had a knack of piping vauxhall to the post! Dont get me wrong i respect fords but i love my classic vauxhalls! My big bro had a tuned rs2000 mk4! The amount of torques steer it had was unreal and the note was to die for!but got seduced by the blue oval instead
Only 250 left! It doesn't seem like long ago when they used to be everywhere
Last edited by stu_; 28-03-2013 at 10:59.
Yep they dying out pretty fast, good investment if you can find a good one at the right money!!!!Only 250 left! It doesn't seem like long ago when they used to be everywhere
"a determined understeerer and at high speed not as precise as you'd wish"
Think he means the Turbo ones, not Calibras in generalOnly 250 left! It doesn't seem like long ago when they used to be everywhere
Indeed i do!
Not my cup of tea but respected the speed of a modified one
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