Rio Verde Green V6

[BMJ]

Hi Guys,
I thought I'd start a thread on my work improving my calibra, nothing fancy just a bit of a tidy up and show and tell about what I have done, and also have planned for my calibra.

Well I spent a few weeks tidying up the engine bay, that included:
Respraying the intake manifold, engine top mount brackets, alternator cooling fan bracket, exhaust manifold shield and engine cooling fan bracket in universal aluminium.
Respraying the exhaust manifold flat black.
Spraying the cover between the engine bay and front window in gloss black, and polishing the wiper arms and fitting new aero blade wipers.
Recovering all engine bay wiring with new black conduit, and using cable ties and electrical tape to tidy up ends and junctions.
Polish the engine cover.
Replace all coolant hoses with Roose motorsport hose kits, remove water pump, thermostat, oil cooler, oil cooler bridge, and reseal.
Replaced the power steering mounts with powerflex like new mounts.
Polished what I could of the engine bay, I'll have to revisit this with some cutting compound.
Replaced overflow tank with a new tank.
Replaced all the engine mounts.

Here are the pictures, enjoy.

[BMJ]

OK here goes my to do list:

Recondition the injectors, (awaiting kit)
4 bar fuel pressure regulator fitted
Replace the intake piping with roose motorsport kit, (on its way)
Modify the airbox to accept 80mm inlet piping, (to be addressed).
Modify throttle body to a 68mm internal diameter, (being done now)
Fit courtney performance cams, (on its way)
Fit custom full length extractors and matching exhaust system with high flow cat in stainless steel, (to be addressed)
Fit new quaife limited slip differential, (on hand, to be fitted)
Blank the traction control body, (being done now)
Fit stage 1 panther performance clutch, (on hand, to be fitted)
Fit new fuel hoses to tank and new fuel pump, (to be addressed), front fuel hoses have been done.

Fit racing fixed top mounts, (on the way)
Powerflex bushes threw out (done)
Koni's shocks, eibach springs and whiteline rear sway bar (done)
Replace lower ball joints, (on hand)
Replace complete tie rod units (on hand)

Fit sloted brake rotors threw out and new courtney ceramic pads (on hand)
Fit courntey brake cooling ducts, (on hand)
Fit HEL braided brake lines, (on hand)

Replace rims with 18x8 rims, (on hand)
New tyres 225/18/35 Nankang NS-2, (to be purchased)
Roll and or pump the guards as requiried, (to be addressed)
Prep the cally for a two pack respray in rio verde green.
Plastic trim in either grey or black as per orginal

Fit black headlight unit with angle eyes, (on hand)
Fit led euro style tails lights, (on hand)
Fit led third brake light, (on hand)

Fix the sun roof (to be addressed)
Restore front and back seats, (to be addressed)
Redo the interior in white leather (on order, should be arriving soon)
Fit new black carpets, and sound deadening under lay (on hand)
Fit sound deadening material to the boot area, (on hand, to be done)

New sound system, not sure which brand to buy so I'll be looking into that.

A pretty exhaustive list, but im sure there are other bits and pieces which I will have to deal with along the way

[Mark1]

Car looks good but please don't buy Nankangs, they have to be the worst tyres I've had the miss pleasure to use.

[BMJ]

Thanks Mark,
Point noted about the Nankang's.

[EddeyDancer]

Mate...

Very Impressive Indeed...

[mrvauxhall48755]

work well done ! a billing winner in the making ,nice colour the verde green

[BMJ]

Thanks Guys for the positve comments.

It will take a while as most of the work is DIY but I'll get there I fitted a lower inlet manifold from a X25XE today, as pictured below, and tomorrow I'll start modifying the airbox.

I'd have to agree, Rio Verde is a really nice colour I used have a pearl white calibra, but after seeing a green one I feel in love with rio verde green so a year later I bought a rio verde green calibra.

I think the project will take all up about two months so I'll keep posting progress reports in the mean time until completion.

[STEVA]

Lovely looking calibra mate in the best colour too

Good luck with the project need to get back on with mine!





Steva

[MadOnVaux!]

The one word is saw in all of that was 'Nankang'....which roughly translates into English as "Dont f*cking buy these as you'll end up in a ditch"....well, kinda LOL

[BMJ]

Lovely looking calibra mate in the best colour too

Good luck with the project need to get back on with mine!





Steva

Hi Steva,
I have actually been looking at your cally turbo and it is in a word "amazing", I liked the contrasting interior and so was inspired to go for a white interior similiar to yours. Yeah I love the Rio Verde Green, personally it's my favourite colour. I even have a leather jacket that matches the colour.

[BMJ]

Re the Nankang's
I'm just wonder what so bad about them?

I have actually been using the NS-2 for about 6 years or so and they seem to be a very good tyre in all conditions.

Orginally I was put onto them when I asked a friend, Owen, which were the best tyres around and he said basically go for the NS-2.
Background on Owen, he was part of the fast & furious crowd at that time here in Sydney, these boys were racing skyline gtr's, wrx, m3, rx-7 and the odd 360 and the alike, im sure they went threw their share of brands and compared and Owen told me the NS-2's was what everyone was using.

[matty0785]

i would never fit another nankang tyre even if it was free they are dangerous almost zero grip in the wet and tbh p**s poor in the dry

in the tyre trade around here they are nick named "ditch finders" or "nankang go bangs"

[Fraz]

they just might be OK in a hotter climate than ours....say Australia

[Mark1]

What are you going to do to the air box?

[BMJ]

they just might be OK in a hotter climate than ours....say Australia

It might be the case, because I thrash my car at times and I never have lost grip in the dry or wet. They seem to be fine for Australian climate.