Calibra Turbo Big Brake Upgrade 💨 Fitting Vectra GSI 308 Calipers 💨

#Calibra #CalibraTurbo #vauxhall
00:00 Bad start
02:13 Look at the pretty
02:57 What a transformation
08:00 This time last year...
09:00 The plot thickens...
12:58 Two weeks later...
15:38 HOW MUCH?!
17:51 Will it fit this time?
18:49 It's damn close...
19:58 A big thank you!
In this video, we try to fit Vauxhall Vectra GSI 308 brakes to my Vauxhall Calibra Turbo. Bigg Red did a complete refurbishment on these, taking them from a well used set to as good as new, finished in beautiful Brembo gold.
Tim Watson, known as Our Tim, works with Bob from Pump House Garage to complete a brake upgrade on Vauxhall Calibra Turbo.
My Vauxhall Calibra needed new brakes and I tried Bigg Red Brake Caliper Specialists to refurbish a set of Vectra GSI Calipers and Carriers.
My Opel Calibra Turbo always felt like it’s brakes were lacking, so this was a good excuse to upgrade my opel calibra 4x4 turbo.
Bigg Red Review - the team are absolutely brilliant, providing fast and efficient service. The finish was stunning and I would 100% recommend them and use them again.
I wasn’t 100% sure How to fit brakes, so I went to see my old friend Bob who runs the Pump House Garage in Adderbury, who has also looked after my opel calibra touring car, opel calibra 2.5 v6, opel calibra 2.0 16v and opel calibra dtm.
The Vectra 308 Brake Caliper Upgrade is a popular Vauxhall Calibra Upgrade for Vauxhall Calibra Modified, so I turned to Bigg Red Brakes and Goodridge to help me fit bigger brakes to Our Tim Vauxhall Calibra
Whilst I will rarely do opel calibra 2.0 16v top speed, The Review Big Redd upgrade will help stop me quicker and faster.
Background: Here’s the story. The vauxhall calibra 4x4 turbo needed need brake flexi hoses for the MOT. I got a set from Goodridge and Bob from Pump House Garage in Adderbury fitted them. BUT THEN… when he was bleeding the system, on the very last caliper, the bleed nipple snapped clean off. An so came the excuse to fit upgraded brakes, using larger 308mm set up from a Vectra GSI.
But things are never simple are they? When it came to fitted the new discs on the Vauxhall Calibra Turbo, the passenger side disc wouldn’t fit. The solution? Watch the video to find out!

[@OurTim]

For the keen eyed, yes the discs were on the wrong way round but were subsequently swapped over after I'd finished filming the video.

[@Calibran]

More Calibra content? Yes please! 😍👌

[@shoutaboutitmedia]

That's what we like, tight fitment!

[@simonjackson8642]

Brilliant work buddy but disc's need swopping round the drills and grooves go opposite way lol

[@OurTim]

Good spot. We did notice this and swapped them over after I finished shooting the video.

[@adellisdevelopmen6593]

passenger side early hub and legs driver sude is a late hub
72 v 74mm bearing from memory 9r along them lines.
if you havent already 286mm vectra b rear brakes uprate them from calibra ones along with 308 front set keeps nice balance

[@OurTim]

That would explain it.
Fronts are all done now, rears are on the list.

[@adellisdevelopmen6593]

@@OurTim looks good too deffo looj at the vectra b v6 286 rear or saab93 aero viggen 300mm rear vectra b needs backplates swapping

[@raydiamond-qi3dv]

Very nice car❤👊🏾

[@OurTim]

Thanks :)

[@raydiamond-qi3dv]

I have a Nissan pulsar GtiR 😍👊🏾