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The black one
« on: August 29, 2009, 11:17:01 PM »
Right i'm back, and bloody glad to be!  :P

i now have an L reg black calibra, which i'm liking very much, i bought it knowing it needed some tlc on the mechanical side as it was running rough, so since tuesday i have changed the oil & filter, air filter, pollen filter, fuel filter, plugs, leads, coilpack, o2 sensor, rocker cover gasket and dismantled and cleaned various bits such as the throttle body,

anyhow i only have these pics at the min, as you can see there is some halfords [Censored] on, which is been removed, i'll upload some better pics when its all shiney.








anyhow my main task today was to sort the stereo out, i have no idea what someone was trying to achieve but the wiring was appalling so i ripped it all out and started again...




i was going for the idea of a full install, so i already had a sub and some 6x9s in the shed so i got to work fitting these,




and the first blood of the day.. i cried for 30mins



after an hour or so of tweaking i decided i wanted more sound from than the front than what was currently been produced, so i went out and bought these.



as you can imagine these are rather large so a little diy was needed,

door cards off



and time for trimming




all done and sounding VERY good



so i have been pretty busy this week  8)

more to follow..........




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Re: The black one
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2009, 11:53:06 PM »
That is a nice looking Cally you have got your hands on. I am sure by the time you have given it a bit of TLC it is going to be a real cracker. Look forward to seeing some better shots when it has had a little make over.

Looks like you had loads of fun doing the stereo and inventing new swear words. :lol: those speakers look the biz.

Nice to have you back with us :good:
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Re: The black one
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2009, 12:23:55 AM »
Nice ride and no, I'm not talking about your girlfriend/wife.  :blink:  :D

I think I heard you all the way over here. Didn't know you knew French, at least it wasn't English you were screaming.

Looking forward to seeing some more pictures.
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Re: The black one
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2009, 12:57:40 AM »
Good to see you back with us mate. :good:
Nice project you've picked up there, got any future plans for it apart from some tlc?
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Re: The black one
« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2009, 07:07:08 AM »
im going to further the sound system eventually, at the moment its just general restoration, i prefer them looking standard. im thinking of a 40 drop though :)
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Re: The black one
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2009, 09:55:59 AM »
Saw this one on ebay not a bad looing car.
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Re: The black one
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2009, 03:16:37 PM »
well it went to its first show today, even though i didn't get everything done :(








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Re: The black one
« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2009, 03:20:06 PM »
To say you have only just got the motor it is looking smart and I think it will be a real head turner in the very near future.
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Re: The black one
« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2009, 03:27:33 PM »
i haven't stopped! did a solid 12hours on it yesterday, and much to my suprise it got a lot of attention today :)
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Re: The black one
« Reply #9 on: August 31, 2009, 05:09:56 PM »
mmmm i do like Black now  :D so is it an 8 or 16?
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Re: The black one
« Reply #10 on: August 31, 2009, 06:06:00 PM »
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Re: The black one
« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2009, 06:06:45 PM »
so its a red top then?

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Re: The black one
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Re: The black one
« Reply #13 on: August 31, 2009, 07:51:39 PM »
despite me efforts it still isn't running right, think im gonna get it plugged in for some live data.

seems to like constantly revving at 2.5k :(
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Re: The black one
« Reply #14 on: August 31, 2009, 09:16:53 PM »
have you replaced the icv? when you start it up does it go straight to 2.5k?

throttle cable...have you checked it?

if you post up a problem i could tell you what to check
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