'92 Opel Calibra RWD 5.0V12 - karmo

[karmo]

Hello!

I would like to show u my humble build:

In 2007 i bought with 640€ a 1992 2.0 150bhp 4x4 Calibra.
It looked like that:






Now it has BMW E28 axles and a rear wheel drive. And the engine is going to be aswell from BMW. 3.5l M30 engine and i am adding two turbos aswell to it.

Nowadays it is looking so:






Sorry my english, because im from Estonia and its complicated to translate all in english.

Soon i will update this theard as it is in Estonian forums.

Best of you! Stay Tuned!

[karmo]

Little update. Im puting my car together that i can move it from my garage to Pärnu, where is my friends garage, where im gonna rip of one of my bmw to get my calibra an engine and all else what in need to get it running.

[Randomofodication]

This looks really promising. Never seen one of these before but it definitely looks like a cool little car

[Oh Damn, it's Sam]

I remember seeing these the first time I was in Europe and thinking that they had neat lines. Looking forward to seeing this project come together!

[rnitch]

the doors and door handles, the side profile of the rear, and the rear ass shot in general remind me so much of an e31 bmw. cool looking car man

[parttimeprojectionist]

one of my favorite cars from gran turismo 2(i think it was gt2) was the calibra touring car. this could be awesome.....

[karmo]

thank u all for the good words

in the beginning of the build it was really hard to think where i should start. but few weeks thinking and i was allready cuting my car.

looked so.











and te rear axle:





I have a lot of thoughts, in the beginning i wanted to put a M60 engine but i did not find transmission to it and then i sold it.



that was my first donor car:



and the other is BMW 535i, but dont have any pics of it.

the real pain in the ass is for my car suspension and brakes, because i dont know that does E28 coliovers fit to my car or not. and i dont now how big and witch brakes im coing to add.

[karmo]

the engine is no in my garage about few weeks, but still in wrong car whit the gearbox, sadly

[karmo]

hei all.

long time no updates.

planes are little differetent now, possible that the M30 engine does not go to aunder my cars hood is big, because guys in here are buying those engines a lot biger priice then i bought my e34 so thats why im thinking to the other engine witch is possible to be a M70 engine.

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a little of plans: e34 535i brakes, they are bigger then e28 brakes
e34 or e32 front axle lover arms, typ210 diff, and e34 535 rear axle arms.

but first of all i need to meld alot the chassies.

Best for u by Karmo from Cold Estonia.

[meech]

blew my mind... what an awesome swap

[Max399]

Hey neighbor, greetings from Lithuania
Love the project, wish there were more updates to it.
RWD is what i have always been missing in one of these things
Here's a local calibra that we have here, i'd say its the nicest looking one, aside from the big-spoiler-ricer-shit ones we have here.



EDIT: Oh, and heres some inspiration for your build, a Zakspeed Calibra 4x4
Speedhunters have a nice article about it, heres the link - http://www.speedhunters.com/2013/08/...speed-calibra/

[karmo]

thank u for positivity.

i wish that i have more money to but in to my car, thats why not so much updates.

the M70 engine is and bmw made V12 5.0 litre engine, i have always liked it, but the problem is that should i to it automatic or swap some r6 transmission to it and made it to manual.

Best wishes from Estonia!

[karmo]

so today i sold my 3.5 M30 engine to a friend who puts it to an e30 320 to swat it to 335.

and now i plan to move my car from my home to my work, because there is much more opportunities to build it.

and i must now get my V12 engine as well.

[Zacne_4]

Shame about the e28 ending its life to become a part of calibra (which aren't high on my 'favourite' list) but on the other hand well done for undertaking such massive swap and trying to make something what may just end up being the first calibra that I will actually like!

Good luck with it, make it epic!

[karmo]

im not shame, because the E28 was in very bad shape.

and now i have engine that is going under my Calibras hood





Some peple think that im mad and crazy, but who knows, maybe i am