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Title: Opel Omega Irmscher project
Post by: Andy89 on 27 December 2012, 11:28:10

This is my opel omega 3.0l mv6

Before:
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSCF20631_zpsd2ea45f7.jpg)
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSCF2041_zps48cd9f92.jpg)


Now:
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSC_01254_zps641b4518.jpg)
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSCF2277.jpg)

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: b4ndit on 27 December 2012, 12:57:42

Looks very nice like the colour :y

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: jonny2112 on 27 December 2012, 14:03:07

Looking good  :y

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: MarkC on 27 December 2012, 17:16:25

Nice transformation  :y

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: x25dt on 27 December 2012, 19:18:57

Looks stuning :y

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: MV6Matt on 27 December 2012, 20:16:21

Quote from: MarkC on 27 December 2012, 17:16:25

Nice transformation  :y

+1 :y
Matthew

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: omega3000 on 28 December 2012, 15:50:09

Very nice , like the wheels  :y

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: Andy89 on 28 December 2012, 17:41:25

Thanks ;D
Gives me much motivation to work on :)
Still lots to do with the car before i'm pleased, refurbished engine going in this spring, ported heads, 4 bar fuel pressure, headers, C20LET flywheel, iridium sparkplugs, lightweight alloy pulley and maybe a new set of cams.
Heres a picture before it was lowered, and one of the new engine:

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSCF2262.jpg)
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSC_0036.jpg)

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: Toledodude1973 on 28 December 2012, 21:03:02

Engine looks newhttp://images.omegaowners.com/forum/smf2000/Smileys/oofxmas/thumbsup.gif

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: YZ250 on 28 December 2012, 22:47:59

Very nice, I think the wheels suit it. I had an elite estate like that, everyone thought it was blue but it was actually Magic Grey.

I do like the dish on those wheels.  :y

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: RobseyMV6 on 30 December 2012, 23:53:02

Looks great!! love the body kit!!  :y

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: Andy89 on 05 January 2013, 10:54:22

Thanks ;D

I really like the color, but if you look on the "before" pic you can see the car is much more grey from bottom of the windows and down, thats because somebody had done a bad paintjob earlier

Thanks to you RobseyMV6 it is now a full kit! :y

Heres some pics of my porting job for the new engine:
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSC_0078_zpsb3ac615d.jpg)
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSC_0152_zps6dab834f.jpg)

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: dazza88 on 05 January 2013, 21:07:40

nice job mate love the colour did you change that into a manual.  :y

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: Johnny English on 05 January 2013, 21:23:41

Nice job indeed mate! Hats off  :y

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: Damjan_001 on 07 January 2013, 17:16:42

what front seats are those?

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: biggriffin on 08 January 2013, 10:37:15

I think the seats are early mv6 leather recaros.

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: Andy89 on 09 January 2013, 21:14:18

Thanks, have finnaly got some motivation to work on the car lately
Yes i've changed it into a manual, with help from some good friends

And yes those are original early recaro seats

Got the heads back from the workshop skimmed and cleaned, now it time for reassembly, had to grind the exhaust valves.
First head is nearly done only need to fit 6 lifters, but theres no hurry as i'm waiting for some ARP bolts. (It's possibe the car will be supercharged)
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSC_0154_zps7863b7a9.jpg)
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSC_0155_zps0241b4de.jpg)
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSC_0156_zps36beac76.jpg)

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: x25dt on 09 January 2013, 21:38:27

Master piece :y

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: P6UL K on 07 February 2013, 00:14:31

Brilliant!  I do love a carefully modded estate  8) :y

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: JesperKjeldsen on 07 February 2013, 16:27:36

seats look like omaga a 3000 recaro leather seats.

nice car. family container with a twist  ;)

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: Andy89 on 08 February 2013, 20:19:36

Thanks guys  :)

I don't think they do Jesper  :P

Happening something here, but been sick a while and when i got healthy i cut my hand, so I can't work on the car  :-\
Got some cams the other day, so now im just waiting for some ARP bolts and MLS headgaskets
(Don't get hung op on the black line, its just phosphate ;))
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSCF2347_zps735fee44.jpg)

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: Andy89 on 12 March 2013, 19:41:32

The engine is starting to come back together  :)
I have ported the heads as shown and fitted sport camshafts  :D
Can't wait to get it running in the car and see what gains there are, had the car on a dyno last fall and got 200whp, wonder what i'll get this summer with this refurbished engine (last one had bad compression on one cylinder)

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSCF2353_zpse7e87b58.jpg)

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSCF2356_zps6886ec14.jpg)

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSCF2358_zps2cf72984.jpg)

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSCF2359_zps2483d9db.jpg)

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSCF23641_zps0b7f7c5b.jpg)

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSCF2367_zps4ea4f62d.jpg)

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: dbug on 12 March 2013, 20:46:10

Looking good mate & great pics - but did you know steering wheel is on wrong side?  ::) ::) ;)

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: omega3000 on 13 March 2013, 20:41:29

 :o Ultra clean engine , someday all omega's will be this clean  ;D Nice work  :y

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: Johnnyc on 14 March 2013, 21:14:19

Wow,that engine looks stunning!!  :y

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: Andy89 on 22 March 2013, 16:16:00

Thanks guys  :)
Last time i checked my steering wheel was on the correct side  :D
Its really starting to come together now, i'm hoping to have the car running by april
Had a good cleanup in the garage yesterday, got rid of alot of garbage, so now I can get something done this weekend

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: Andy89 on 06 April 2013, 22:29:20

Running by april was too optimistic, but have done quite a bit since then
Due to some wrong parts, I didn't manage to get the engine in until yesterday
But now it's just a matter of fitting the remaining parts except for the inlet parts, which are getting some work aswell ::)
Can't wait to get it on the road, as it's been in the garage all winter :D

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSCF2377_zps87771f1f.jpg)
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSCF2382_zpsee0d149c.jpg)
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSCF2384_zps6495a978.jpg)
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSCF2399_zps13d5b6a0.jpg)
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSCF2406_zps3ecb922c.jpg)
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSCF2408_zps946ede9f.jpg)

And lastly a bad phone picture of how far I got today
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSC_0178_zps68775a17.jpg)

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: Andy89 on 07 April 2013, 21:08:12

Had some work done today as well, but takes long time when i'm so thorough
Managed to connect the ac system, powersteering and some wiring etc

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSCF2412_zpsc84b3cde.jpg)

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: RobseyMV6 on 07 April 2013, 21:18:04

Looks really good  8)

Well done, many hours spent but what a car and engine bay that many here would love  :y

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: x25dt on 09 April 2013, 20:05:28

stunning :y

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: MV6Danny on 15 April 2013, 23:26:47

Love it. Wish I had the time money and equipment to do this to mine. Are you going to be running a supercharger? This is something I would like to see. Very interested in getting more power out of mine. I now have another car so my mv6 can go into storage for a while and hopefully I can do some work on it. Keep up the good work and keep posting more pics of you progress. :y

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: Andy89 on 16 April 2013, 14:56:27

Thanks guys  :D
I was nearly done in the engine bay when I noticed a water leak from the left radiator hose, and when i pulled that off i found out something is wrong with the thermostat as it letting water through, so i just purchased new parts which i'm expecting tomorrow  :(

MV6Danny:
I have a hope of fitting a supercharger, but it's all about the money, if i get the money to next summer i will definitely buy a kit
Can't wait to see the results from the tuning on the dyno, i will keep posting pics  ;)

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: Andy89 on 16 April 2013, 21:25:26

Managed to break the rear camberkit today  :'(
Looks like the car is gonna be in the garage for up to a month more, depends on how fast I can get a new camberkit  :(

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: Andy89 on 21 April 2013, 22:37:31

The engine is now complete and ready to start, just need to fit exhaust before I can fire it up
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSCF2417_zps30b02ee5.jpg) (http://s259.photobucket.com/user/Andygun89/media/DSCF2417_zps30b02ee5.jpg.html)

This is how the car is right now, really need to clean up the mess around the car  :P
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSCF2418_zps44b85e88.jpg) (http://s259.photobucket.com/user/Andygun89/media/DSCF2418_zps44b85e88.jpg.html)

Fitted some second hand grooved and drilled brakediscs  :)
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSCF2419_zps1ab3e2c5.jpg) (http://s259.photobucket.com/user/Andygun89/media/DSCF2419_zps1ab3e2c5.jpg.html)

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: HockeyDave55 on 22 April 2013, 21:10:13

Wow! Your doing a great job there!!!
Take a video of the first fire???? That engine does look great and I have been thinking of doing the same! Keep it going! BTW, that looks like a nice RX7 you have too! :-y

Title: Re: My omega so far
Post by: dazzerM on 22 April 2013, 22:07:37

Looking good mate

Loving the engine pics, looks factory fresh  ;)

Title: Re: Opel Omega Irmscher project
Post by: Andy89 on 23 April 2013, 18:52:40

Thanks guys  :D
A video of the first startup is a bit late, I did the startup today  :)
It started out very noisy on the lifters, but that calmed down a bit
After a while it made a worrying sound from the bottom end, although it could be something loose somewhere, not sure yet
Had a 20 min run at 1500-2000rpm and no major leaks or anything like that, just a very tiny leak from the left side (1 drop of water) I just tightened the jubilee clip and hope for the best  :P

The rx7 in the background belongs to my brother

Title: Re: Opel Omega Irmscher project
Post by: Andy89 on 16 July 2014, 09:41:00

A little update

The engine left a worrying amount of metal shavings in the sump, so it's taken out for a rebuild in the future. :-\ (was actually taken out last year, just after 2000 KM)
That means the old engine is put back in (a stock engine, but wont be for much longer  ;))

Title: Re: Opel Omega Irmscher project
Post by: Andy89 on 17 July 2014, 12:43:35

Well, the engine will be stock, but it will be helped along nicely with its breathing problems  8)

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/9cde9d7a-8726-4e9d-a9ac-786282015262_zps1272872f.jpg) (http://s259.photobucket.com/user/Andygun89/media/9cde9d7a-8726-4e9d-a9ac-786282015262_zps1272872f.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Opel Omega Irmscher project
Post by: Andy89 on 24 July 2014, 14:54:44

Can't wait to get it supercharged  :D

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSC_0028_zpsb7d42b47.jpg)

Title: Re: Opel Omega Irmscher project
Post by: chuftsmv6 on 24 July 2014, 17:29:50

Nice motor mate good job with the mods Im liking those seats what car did they come from :)

Title: Re: Opel Omega Irmscher project
Post by: Delroy47 on 25 July 2014, 06:50:00

A dedicated owner, love the colour. Keep up the good work  :y

Title: Re: Opel Omega Irmscher project
Post by: Muroman on 25 July 2014, 20:22:00

Quote from: Andy89 on 24 July 2014, 14:54:44

Can't wait to get it supercharged  :D

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/Andygun89/DSC_0028_zpsb7d42b47.jpg)

Umm, so what is this exactly? And how it works?
Like your car!

-Mika

Title: Re: Opel Omega Irmscher project
Post by: Andy89 on 26 July 2014, 10:15:45

Thank you, It's pre facelift sport seats  ;)

Quote from: Muroman on 25 July 2014, 20:22:00

Quote from: Andy89 on 24 July 2014, 14:54:44

Can't wait to get it supercharged  :D

Umm, so what is this exactly? And how it works?
Like your car!

-Mika

This is a twin screw supercharger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXVyweyoPfE

Title: Re: Opel Omega Irmscher project
Post by: Muroman on 28 July 2014, 15:12:56

Quote from: Andy89 on 26 July 2014, 10:15:45

Thank you, It's pre facelift sport seats  ;)

Quote from: Muroman on 25 July 2014, 20:22:00

Quote from: Andy89 on 24 July 2014, 14:54:44

Can't wait to get it supercharged  :D

Umm, so what is this exactly? And how it works?
Like your car!

-Mika

This is a twin screw supercharger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXVyweyoPfE

Okay!  Can't wait to see it in place and running! :)

-Mika

Title: Re: Opel Omega Irmscher project
Post by: Andy89 on 04 August 2014, 20:23:43

Me neither  :D
But it's been put on hold as the bracket was a bit off for my liking, so have to get a new one.  :(