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Omega General Help / Re: v6 Cam Cover parts and TC

« on: 25 July 2014, 10:30:48 »

Now , its probably been discussed but there is a Saab V6 i think uses the same engine as the Omega V6 so has anyone tried buying the Genuine Saab ones at a lower price  Just a thought 

Edit : Just spotted the engine , its true 

Looking at that picture, if the cambelt is on the left (offside) then when the engine is rotated 90 degrees to fit in an Omega then the plenum would be the wrong end

The cam belt can't be the nearside end as the gearbox wouldnt fit.

So if they have changed the plenum what else has been fiddeld with? Buying SAAB parts for a car thats not a SAAB but same 'family' is a big risk that could be expensive.

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Omega General Help / Re: v6 Cam Cover parts and TC

« on: 25 July 2014, 10:19:40 »

I do know a man who has a pair of brand new X engine cam covers if you are interested.

With a Y32 and Z28 now these are surplus to requirements and the pair will be cheaper than the £120ish they are likely to cost you each.

:-)

 

The actual cam covers themselves, not gaskets, just to clear that up

Theare TWO types of gaskets, with the 'later' gaskets the two 'halfs' are joined together, they can be split for the earlier X covers, but as above if its the older 2 part are used on the newer Y & Z engines it will need a gum up bodge

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General Discussion Area / Re: Omega 2.6 MV6 auto performance.

« on: 24 July 2014, 14:00:12 »

Vectra C and Signum, as well as the Inshitnia

Vectra and Signum come in Elite, police special or VXR (and i think in design spec in the Signum) with effecively the same engine, some are 230, some are 255 and some are 280bhp.

The odd thing is no matter which version you start with they all end up with around 400 lb-ft torque and 290ish BHP after a simple 'stage 1' remap, but thats by the bye, in standard form even the 230 is, suprisingly, considerably quicker than the Omega, and the Signum in elite spec is 1670kg!

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Omega General Help / Re: v6 Cam Cover parts and TC

« on: 24 July 2014, 13:49:57 »

I do know a man who has a pair of brand new X engine cam covers if you are interested.

With a Y32 and Z28 now these are surplus to requirements and the pair will be cheaper than the £120ish they are likely to cost you each.

:-)

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General Discussion Area / Re: Omega 2.6 MV6 auto performance.

« on: 24 July 2014, 08:33:25 »

Omegas are not slow, but they are not quick by modern standards.

Look at the Vauxhall alternative from the Omegas death, a 2.8 V6 engine with a 30-70 time of circa 5 seconds, weighs about the same as the Omega but considerably quicker.

I will be having a play at some point to see how close it is to 5 secs but with a 0-60 time of 6.2 seconds and nearly 300+ lb-ft torque I would be fairly sure its not a million miles out, even with an auto box :-)

As I also currently own a 3.2V6 Omega I can speak from direct comparison and know the Omega doesn't come close on in gear acelleration

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General Discussion Area / Re: omega sport

« on: 17 July 2014, 16:13:41 »

Since this thread, last night parked next to my car in Morrisons car park in Basingstoke I saw my first ever Omega Sport!

It was sitting on late facelift Elite alloys, from a distance it looked quite tidy, then i saw the boot and it all went wrong - 2.2 :-(

 

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General Car Chat / Re: Sports cars . . . .

« on: 16 July 2014, 14:11:36 »

Modern cheap sports car? Obviously an Elise or a VX220, both cheap (ish) now.

Older then its a Morgan +8, TVR Chimera, Alfa Spider or a Marcos

The Caterfield 7 things are another obvious choice, but there is always the MR2 for a bit more cheapness

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General Discussion Area / Re: Bl**dy Audi..... 'Embarrassed'.

« on: 09 July 2014, 07:40:57 »

He also said that the were useless from cold and in the wet

This is the reason why the brakes on the Mercedes McLaren SLR continually 'pulse' lightly on and off to keep the brakes warm and reduce the chance of an expensive hedge interface

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General Car Chat / Re: Jetex

« on: 08 July 2014, 13:48:06 »

So its £519 AND you have to fit it yourself?

Don't see the point as for a lot less you could have a custom stainless steel supplied and fitted!

My old 3.2 V6 Signum cat back with twin rear boxes, not a duplex system, in full stainless with tail pipe of my choice was less than £400 fully fitted! The Jettex version (with the twin round twin pipes) on the Demon Tweaks website is £635 +delivery +me fitting it!

Doesn't make sense buying off the shelf at that price, but each to their own i guess

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Omega General Help / Re: onstar message

« on: 08 July 2014, 13:31:00 »

In my old Signum that had the NCDC 2015, colour screen and telematics to stop it flashing up it needed a sim card in the slot.

Wasn't actually a working sim just an old out of date PAYG one.

As you need the telematics to connect to OnStar then assuming the Omega one works the same as the Signum did it should solve the problem

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General Discussion Area / Re: Kids TV programs (every so slightly NWS)

« on: 07 July 2014, 10:36:51 »

They must have known what they were suggesting.

Remember Captain Pugwash with Seaman Stains, Master Bates, and 'roger the cabin boy'.

You won't remeber it as they never existed, the bloke who wrote it sued the papers who made the false claims.

IIRC he was also on one of the 'best kids tv top 50's' or something similar and confirmed its urban legend

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General Car Chat / Re: V W P

« on: 27 June 2014, 17:26:55 »

They are only a few miles from me, London Road in Grays, used them a quite few times, picked bits up and made use of the 'free local van' delivery.

Always been good with price and delivery on 'non stock' items

Its actually based on a 2nd hand car lot, was (think still is) called the CaVectra centre, funnily enough they mainly sold Cavaliers then Vectras now they do all makes with a few oddities thrown in.

They generally have at a guess 30-40 cars for sale.

They also have what looks like a small garage/ workshop on site and guess they do the mechanics on the cars before they sell them thats why they have gone into the parts business

They are cheaper than the Vauxhall dealers only a few miles further down the road at Lakeside

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General Car Chat / Re: Tyres suitable for omega

« on: 24 June 2014, 08:16:37 »

Has anyone any experience of using Nexen budget tyres?

Have a pair of N800's fitted to my Signum, 225 45 18 95Y XL

Done about 2k with them and they are as good as the old Falkens that were on there. But I have never really liked the Falkens when I had them on my MV6 or on my old Signum, but on this one they seem better

The Nexen's have a very wide gap between tread in the centre of tyre which I think helps them perform in the wet and seem to grip fine in the dry. As for wear rate, only time will tell, but pushing between 260 - 280 BHP through the front wheels its unlikely any tyre will last too long!

They are noticably noiser on some road surfaces - mainly concrete on the M25 around jct 8-12 area :-)

To be honest I only got them by mistake, but £85 each mobile fitted if they only last 10k I won't be too worried

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Parking Sensors Constant Tone

« on: 18 June 2014, 11:19:42 »

Does it do it when its wet?

Do you have a towbar with a plastic cap?

My old Signum used to go funny in the wet, a wipe over helped, it also had a removable towbar and with the swan neck in place it was fine, but if I put the plastic cap/ cover on and it was on a bit of an angle it used to cause the constant tone, luckily with the Vectra C/ Signum theres a button on the dash so you can turn it off!! (or indeed on if you are travelling under 10mph forwards)

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General Discussion Area / Re: TB's Garage thread

« on: 12 June 2014, 17:46:27 »

Block and beam floor is required in clay to avoid ground heave.

Although clay can dry out it and shrink it can also get wet and expand, this would then 'push' on the floor if it was a floating slab and crack not just the slab but put pressure on the footings and possibly damage the whole structure

It can be overcome with clay board that compresses, but as the clay shrinks back it can leave voids. As its a garage the floor will be designed to take a lot more weight than a domestic house floor and voids would potentially be a bad thing.

Making the oversite and concrete slab thicker then becomes cost prohibitive, hence the block and beam or suspended floor

A lot of cracking in buildings isnt due to subsidence but actually ground heave

Of course if you can chat up the builder with a suspended floor and a bit of extra dig/ design/ hide from building inspector you could have a nice pit to work in under the car