calibra faster than sti shock horror ;)
26 May 2005, 12:23 PM
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calibra faster than sti shock horror ;)
26 May 2005, 12:38 PM
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Best car I ever had was a Calibra!!
Anyway, someone post up and say it was Scoobynets 76year old pslewis who was driving the STi!!
You have my permission ... that will silence him!
Pete
Anyway, someone post up and say it was Scoobynets 76year old pslewis who was driving the STi!!
You have my permission ... that will silence him!
Pete
26 May 2005, 12:49 PM
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Quote...'It was one of them "go for it" races! I took off over a hump-back bridge and found everyone had stopped the other side - nearly wiped out a queue of traffic' What a clever chap........ (toss*r)
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26 May 2005, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by IN THE STICKS
Quote...'It was one of them "go for it" races! I took off over a hump-back bridge and found everyone had stopped the other side - nearly wiped out a queue of traffic' What a clever chap........ (toss*r)
This made me smile. Most of us have had a little play from time to time with other cars but on the road its usually the guy who takes the risks that wins out. Not saying thats a good thing but these "I beat so and so" threads are more likely to be best read "I decided to drive like an idiot and endangered other road users in an effort to win"
Bit miffed they are so eager to slag UK turbos
washing hands right now and going to confession 
26 May 2005, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by IN THE STICKS
Quote...'It was one of them "go for it" races! I took off over a hump-back bridge and found everyone had stopped the other side - nearly wiped out a queue of traffic' What a clever chap........ (toss*r)
26 May 2005, 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by IN THE STICKS
Quote...'It was one of them "go for it" races! I took off over a hump-back bridge and found everyone had stopped the other side - nearly wiped out a queue of traffic' What a clever chap........ (toss*r)
I reckon do or die Chav has fed his Braincells to his pet Goldfish 
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One of their astras doesnt seem tooo bad mind
it went past me like I was stationary Tony
Ps it was a £100K TOCA race car on slicks
26 May 2005, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by EddScott
This made me smile. Most of us have had a little play from time to time with other cars but on the road its usually the guy who takes the risks that wins out. Not saying thats a good thing but these "I beat so and so" threads are more likely to be best read "I decided to drive like an idiot and endangered other road users in an effort to win"
I was glad to see that Taysides finest pulled them all over in Blairgowrie.
26 May 2005, 05:32 PM
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The guy even admits in his thread to having a few bad accidents.........WTF is all that about. People usually have one and learn the error of their ways. Unfortunately it seems this lad is only going to learn when he's in a wheel chair or worse.
Lets hope he doesn't take anyone else with him!!!
Lets hope he doesn't take anyone else with him!!!
26 May 2005, 06:26 PM
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Best car I ever had was a Calibra!!
Anyway, someone post up and say it was Scoobynets 76year old pslewis who was driving the STi!!
You have my permission ... that will silence him!
Pete
Anyway, someone post up and say it was Scoobynets 76year old pslewis who was driving the STi!!
You have my permission ... that will silence him!
Pete
told em you pissed yourself at the lights
26 May 2005, 07:21 PM
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I had a Calibra Turbo (red top) once. Only mods were induction kit, straight through zorst and a superchip. Never had it rolling road tested but it was fast and not to be laughed at. Can't say I ever took on a scooby but most cars I raced (cosworths included) were fair game.
Was a great car......... Then I blew a piston
Was a great car......... Then I blew a piston
26 May 2005, 07:30 PM
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I second that. Came up against a white calibra turbo the other night. He wanted to play, so I let him past and prepared to give him a pasting........
Don't worry, I didn't loose! But by chr*st, can they shift! But I suppose, if you do the math, there really isn't that much in it, when rolling atleast.
My sti is running around the 300bhp mark, so if he had, say 250bhp, he had a chance!
It really bugs me when impreza owners think that their cars are better than anyone else's!
Don't worry, I didn't loose! But by chr*st, can they shift! But I suppose, if you do the math, there really isn't that much in it, when rolling atleast.
My sti is running around the 300bhp mark, so if he had, say 250bhp, he had a chance!
It really bugs me when impreza owners think that their cars are better than anyone else's!
26 May 2005, 08:34 PM
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Theres always the odd car that can suprise you and give you a run for your money, its nice to get a proper challenge now and then There is a noble M12 that lives around the corner from me.
**** ME! That moves hehehe.
There is a noble M12 that lives around the corner from me.**** ME! That moves
hehehe.
26 May 2005, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by EddScott
This made me smile. Most of us have had a little play from time to time with other cars but on the road its usually the guy who takes the risks that wins out. Not saying thats a good thing but these "I beat so and so" threads are more likely to be best read "I decided to drive like an idiot and endangered other road users in an effort to win"
) I show any interest in haviing a go. They nearly always jump the lights, squeeze through a closing gap in the traffic, undertake at wild speeds etc, etc, etc....!It seems very few people are prepared to have a genuine head to head without taking serious risk. Hence the dwindling number of times I do indulge (especially when sods law dictates that when, once in a blue moon, something interesting does want a proper play the wife's usually in the car ripping the seat bolsters to shreds....!)
26 May 2005, 09:59 PM
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arr wish i hadn't started that lol
i used to have a cav turbo (same engine as the calibra) and they're pretty quick tbh. the engines were designed by cosworth and 300bhp on a pretty thrifty budget is realistic and achievable.
the problem is they really are big lardy barges tho - top end a 300bhp one will leave virtually any spec scooby behind as the calib is a slippery as a greased stoat but the weight hampers the acceleration a lot (1450kg ish iirc).
the reason i linked it was the inordinate amount of chavness which has taken over migweb now - it's like a suburb out there
i used to have a cav turbo (same engine as the calibra) and they're pretty quick tbh. the engines were designed by cosworth and 300bhp on a pretty thrifty budget is realistic and achievable.
the problem is they really are big lardy barges tho - top end a 300bhp one will leave virtually any spec scooby behind as the calib is a slippery as a greased stoat but the weight hampers the acceleration a lot (1450kg ish iirc).
the reason i linked it was the inordinate amount of chavness which has taken over migweb now - it's like a suburb out there
26 May 2005, 11:00 PM
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Yup I too have been there and had a Cav turbo which got modified a touch, when I got the STi2 Wagon it was quick as std but nowhere near the Cav. That soon changed though. serious Vauxhall tuning is every bit as "cult" to the owners as Scoob tuning.
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27 May 2005, 09:38 AM
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I have just brought a UK turbo
And just sold my Calibra Turbo. The calibra shouldnt be under rated. Mine was running 260 bhp and you dont have to spend a lot of money to get 300 bhp out of one.
even on a standard 205 bhp the 0-60 is 6.4 secs and a tuned on around the 5 sec mark.
I know the diffence in build quality and price is significant but they are still a fast 4WD car what ever way you look at it
I'll get my coat
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And just sold my Calibra Turbo. The calibra shouldnt be under rated. Mine was running 260 bhp and you dont have to spend a lot of money to get 300 bhp out of one.
even on a standard 205 bhp the 0-60 is 6.4 secs and a tuned on around the 5 sec mark.
I know the diffence in build quality and price is significant but they are still a fast 4WD car what ever way you look at it
I'll get my coat
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27 May 2005, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Neil Smalley
Don't forget that a Cavalier with Koni Springs can out drive an Impreza, esp round the corners.