Would this work on a Calibra????

[BAD63R-V6]

Hi guys, quick question. As some of you know I'm after one of these for my V6. I met a guy down the pub the other day who has an Astra (GTE shape) who has got the C25XE from a calibra in it. He has put in a strut brace from a 2.0 Red Top GTE and it fits perfectly.


My question is, can you fit a Calibra Red Top strut brace under the hood of a V6 similar to what this guy has done?????
Need to know as I can get a Sparco one for £30 and it's only been on his car for about 2 months so it's still mint.

[Rusty_CallyT]

think it would foul on the inlet manifold? and it'll be made more for the car than the engine fitting wise

[RobbieV]

We are talking two different engine bays and one reason the strut fits the Astra could be that the C25XE sits lower then in the Calibra ? Hard to say for sure.

I bought an alloy strut of ebay, some people will say being made of alloy its not strong enough to do its job, again i dont know !

Can you not "borrow" the strut to see if it fits ?

Pic of mine

[BAD63R-V6]

I could but it will be a b****** as he doesn't want to strip anything til he knows he can sell as he will need to get a new car asap. As far as the strut being made of alloy, I thought they were all made of alloy???

[RobbieV]

There are strut braces that are made of steel or carbon and of course alloy [img]/smile.gif[/img]