Opel Calibra Last Edition Nr.0462 * 400+ hp

[D-Man]

After being registered here more that two years I decided to create a thread about one of my Calibras

So Opel Calibra Last Edition Nr.0462 - what is about this name...

This Calibra came into my family in the summer of 2007 after more than 6 months searching for Last Editions in Germany.

Why Last Edition? A little of its history here...

Last Edition – the very last modification of european Opel Calibra.
Calibra Last Edition was produced in limited edition - 984 cars, and was available only for German customers.
All 984 Last Edition Calibras were assembled in Finnish Uusikaupunki, and every car has its own number on the ashtray cover



Last Edition Calibras differs with front bumper, side moldings and lowering, done by Irmscher as well as 16" BBS RX alloys.

So, our car powered with X20XEV arrived in June 2007 as on pic:



First of all awful M-style side mirrors were changed to originals.

Next, car was debadged and lip spoiler was mounted onto the back door.
Lip spoiler is the only non-original part of exterior in this car, however I think it looks very attractive.





Later number surrounding plate by Hella was painted in body color and installed



That's it about exterior

Since we owning this car, it participated in following more or less noticable events:

Car magazine's "Forsaza" Calender 2008



Calibra Cup 2008 1st stage





Baltics Calibra owners meet Vilnius Grand Meet 2008





Cars exhibition during Battery Drag Meeting 2008





Cars exhibition during DrinkMe Drag Race Cup'09





ClubCalibra.net Calender 2010



Park&Party 2010 vol.1





And a little more of nice pics











To be continued...

[Shnoop]

Lovely car mate

[D-Man]

Thanks mate

[MadOnVaux!]

That looks superb.

Kinda makes you wonder if they were planning to keep it in production with a facelift?

[tazz666]

aye gm got it right all those years ago

[D-Man]

Now some pre-stage pics

















Guess what's coming next

[superfox233]

A turbo........ love that front bumper!! Uber rare!! Not sure about you spraying the rear plate surround though. Dont get me wrong - It loks really nice....but just dont know!! :S

[maid marianne]

Lovely looking car

[James_Mould]

Looking very nice

[Aljans]

D-Man, Cali is so awesome! Keep it at the same way!

[D-Man]

Thanks for your comments

A turbo........

STAGE 1

Some of you may remember that I have two Calibras in my garage - one was '93 Calibra with C20XE M2.8, and the other is as described above - Last Edition with X20XEV.

I decided to build a turbo in Last Edition chasis, but on C20XE basis.

So, engines were pulled out



Of course there was a big deal inside, because '97 Calibra is equipped with immo, that had to be installed to '93 Calibra together with X20XEV engine and loom



And photo of engineless Last Edition with my friends Andrey and Valera

[D-Man]

Then C20XE engine was disassembled, and engine block was sent for rebore.

Meantime IC was mounted

[BAD63R-V6]

Looking great mate, lovely car.

[D-Man]

Engine block is back



Some goodies are ready to be installed



JEPistons + H-rods



After couple of minutes



New water pump, tensioners etc.

[D-Man]

It's time to put the head on.

Thing many 16V owners would like to have, but not everyone has



Head and turbo are on their places