Im new and just bought a cally turb

[Vxlgsi]

yeah his wife said he was fanatical about it, and he didnt actually want to sell it, she was making him i think

[garyb]

Tidy looking LET conversion on the Corsa; I would replace the wormdrive clamps with Mikalors on the pressurised part of the intake though. What's the tank that sits at the rear, drivers side, under the cowling?

Was the Calibra single owner?

[Vxlgsi]

Cheers, no the clamps are more than enough when done properly, from the day i built it did a year of 20+psi abuse and had no issues at all.

I concentrated on mechanical correctness for reliability over looks.

Unfortunatly the power and grip took its toll on the steering rack, top mounts and track rod arm bushes so it needs some tlc before it goes back on the road.

That tank is brake fluid resevoir.

Company car, then went into the name of the guy that had it as a company car, then it was swapped into the name of his wife.. but in reality its only had 1 person use and maintain it so to speak.

[garyb]

I concentrated on mechanical correctness for reliability over looks

Me too!

[Vxlgsi]

nice

[ryan_warman]

lovely looking calibra mate few little touches would be nice nothin major tho

[Vxlgsi]

Nothing exciting bought some bits, just need a miint turbo badge and a vauxhall badge and im there, and an oil pressure sender for the gauge.



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Next purchase is gonna be £££

[Vxlgsi]

So now the snow is gone and the nights are getting longer i can make a start on my poor neglected cally.

started today by cleaning and adding some leather care to the seats, removed the battery and stuck it on charge (maybe afew months to late to save it oops) and compiled a long list of stuff i need to order up!

if anyone has a standard exhaust rear tail trim i can buy then i can start making a stainless steel replica?!

[Vxlgsi]

So work has begun on the calibra at last.

Air filter swapped



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1 majorly knackered rotor arm



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and 1 majorly knackered distributor cap



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And some very tired GM plugs, so atleast thats the random missfire that i had when i drove it home fixed!



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[Vxlgsi]

Wheels off for a clean



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ready for these to be fitted



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started on the tail pipe.



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also carried out my usual quick fix.

Pop you gear gator up and push the clip to the left to undo it


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then pull the clip/pin towards the back of the car to release the gearstick.



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then replace the black rubber bush (50p from vaux)



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then lube up with silicone grease (must be silicone grease)



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and refit for a nice non sloppy gear change

[Vxlgsi]

then gave the bay a small clean, but i think ill probably get a steam cleaner in there at some point and do it properly



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[v6 steve]

why do yo have 2 washer jet bottels?

[Fraz]

its an early type so will have headlight washres

[Vxlgsi]

dunno, cos i have headlight washers??

[v6 steve]

but if you have the under wing one there would be no need for the upper wing one, has anyone else got both ? my v6 has under wing and the turbo upper wing type