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Omega General Help / Re: a better idea for wishbones!

« on: 20 January 2009, 09:42:50 »

We had a discussion in Ukrainian Opel Club forum about that stuff. One bushing from E32 may be used in Omegas. On e32 they have various part numbers for different engines, the larger the engine - the stiffer the bushing
i'll check it out and post numbers this evening, as soon as i get home. there was all the bmw original BMW numbers, as well as Lemforder PN-s and dimensions in that topic...
BTW,  same bushing may be used in E34

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.0 idling between 1200 to 1800 rpm

« on: 02 April 2007, 09:18:45 »

I'd suggest cleaning ICV... Personally i think that it is because piston rings are already not as good as they used to be and there is more oil dust in carter gases that result in more often breathers and ICV cleaning...

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Omega General Help / Re: Whats the difference between.......

« on: 02 April 2007, 08:51:13 »

I don't think there is any significant difference in front springs of same engined saloons and caravans...  

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Omega General Help / Re: Irmscher front bumper. from restyled Omega

« on: 31 March 2007, 09:37:39 »

Yes, that's the one!

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Omega General Help / Re: Irmscher front bumper. from restyled Omega

« on: 28 March 2007, 15:35:03 »

my current desktop
http://www.omega-freak.de/galerie/bilder/bild-1500.jpg
they have nice pics in gallery on that site.... unfortunately i cant speak German.... i was wondering maybe someone here made such mod. wanted to talk about it...

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Omega General Help / Irmscher front bumper. from restyled Omega

« on: 28 March 2007, 10:22:02 »

Will it fit non-restyled car? Well i now it can be done, because i saw may pictures of such cars, is it difficult to do? any custom work needed?
and major question... Where i can get that bumper???! I've never seen someone selling used one cant even imagine, how much does it cost?!

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Omega General Help / Re: X20XEV to V6 swap..

« on: 30 March 2007, 08:41:31 »

Used V6 engine costs here about 2 KUSD

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Omega General Help / Re: X20XEV to V6 swap..

« on: 29 March 2007, 16:27:52 »

Engine swap is easy bit!!! its the little thoings that you have to do that make the conversion that much harder to complete,
for instance, engine mounting are in a different place,

yes, but its stock! easy to get.

there wont be the extra set of exhaust hangers for the twin system on the smaller one,clutch on the big engine is hydraulic small one cable, so the pedal box has to be done

i have hydraulic clutch on X20XEV... it shares fluid with brakes,  maybe SOHC engine has cable?!! ,

the brakes wil need swapping for the big ones ,

nope! late 2.0 have same brakes with 3.0 cars, 296 mm, i dont know how much   it mean in inches, but these are the biggest stock rotors for omega available..  plus after stock discs worn, i changed them for cross-drilled Zimmermans Never tested the difference, but it makes me happier

the axle in the smaller car has the small flange on the drive shafts, so you will have to swap the rear axle for one with the big driveshafts, and to get the correct gearing for the big engine, the dashpanel will have to be changed , along with teh ecu, which means the key etc etc etc  I could go on and on(whatever gives you the idea Ive been there before)
yes its possible to do but its a lot of work and whatever time frame you set yourself add at least 6 weeks to it!
Omegatoy

Yep... i totally agree with the rest... The easiest way is to get a donor car with all necessary parts fitted, it can be bought for relatively cheap - about 3-4 KUSD... Maybe it can even be a Vauxhall i've seen a lot of them breaking in poland

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Omega General Help / Re: X20XEV to V6 swap..

« on: 28 March 2007, 16:21:46 »

Official figures for 2.2 manual from Parkers.co.uk & same on What Car:

2.2 (manual) - 0-60 9.5 seconds
3.0 MV6 (auto) 0-60 8.7 seconds

Both 'official figures'

Recent testing by some members had 8.2 for the 3.0 MV6... and it was leaking cam cover gaskets, and going around a round-about and up hill!!! So even with all that its still faster than official figures.

With 9.5 quoted as for 2.2... i would be able to get 8.7/8.8....

The test i did (which got 8.9) was standing start, 2k rpm dip the clutch, soon began to move press stop watch on the indicator stalk..... NOT with a Mobile phone (which is illegal!!)

and i press stop just after it passed 60.... that was my second attempt...

Ok, maybe Opel officials underestimate their cars, i agree that its possible to do high eights to 60... i fogot about miles-kilometers... i was talking mostly about 0-100 km/h, while 0-60 mph is equal to 0-98 km/h. not a big difference but in many cases it needs extra gear shift
But again, I THINK if you try some per[ch1089]ise  datalogging stuff or GPS you may be a little disappointed  

official figures for my 2.0 Omega Caravan - 12.4   Once i tried to  test (using stock stopwatch), it appeared to be around 10.xx I dont believe in such miracles..
About mobile phones... You must be joking right? How do they control this in your country? In Ukraine its illegal too, but our police has another problems to solve... I'm not proud of it, but sometimes i even write sms ir ICQ messages. but only if its safe and i REALLY need it.

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Omega General Help / Re: X20XEV to V6 swap..

« on: 28 March 2007, 15:15:18 »

I can bet that stock 2.2 Omega never do 8.xx to 60
how much does it take by the book? 11? 10? not less than that!
its impossible to get REAL 0-60 time using stock speedo and stopwatch in mobile phone

about cheap cars... My  98 Omega costs here about 10-12 000 USD is it cheap? i dont think so... mostly it because our stupid laws... its very expensive ot import used car from Europe... in germany such car cost from 3 to 5 KEur...  As for mine - i like everything in it - "sport" interior, manual gearbox, caravan body, climate control, factory xenon lights, boardcomp and so on... The only thing i'm not satisfied with is engine
there are not so many same-equipped cars, but with V6.... Caravans are not very popular here, manual gearbox on V6 is hard to find, not even talking about Sport seats and so on...
And again, because of laws, most of cars are worn and with unclear history, thats why i'm thinking about swap. But if i'll find adequate V6 for sale...  

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Omega General Help / X20XEV to V6 swap..

« on: 28 March 2007, 10:15:18 »

does anyone have info on such swap? What do i need to change? or lets say what should i keep?
i have climate control and full trip computer, and i want them to work properly after swap.. In plans its gonna be manual (as it is now), can i keep gearbox, rear diff and  driveshafts?
is it real in general, or it is better to buy another car with factory V6?

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Omega General Help / Re: 50 Instead of 55 Profile Tyres

« on: 29 March 2007, 16:38:27 »

  here in Ukraine nobody cares (except myself ), what tyres do i use....
of course formally they must do it, but when it comes to real world....  

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Omega General Help / Re: How do i adjust the handbrake on my 2.2 CD

« on: 28 March 2007, 17:53:40 »

There is special mechanism inside rear wheel. It can be adjusted trough special holes in rear discs. If you remove rear wheel, you'll see unused hole in the centre part. If you place it to the top point, you can see regulation star through the hole. All you need is to remove rear wheel and to adjust handbreak shoes with a flat screwdriver. Sorry for my english , if its not clear, i'll try to find how-to...

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Newbie Welcome Area / Greetings fom Ukraine!

« on: 28 March 2007, 07:47:30 »

Hello everybody!
My name is Andrey, i'm from Ukraine and i'm driving Omega already for 6 years!
I have 98' Omega B X20XEV Caravan with "Sport" package,  and i like it very much...
right now i'm thinking about swaping 2.0 motor for v6or to change whole car... for another Omega of course...

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Omega Gallery / Re: GTO / Monaro Brakes on OMEGA / CATERA MV6

« on: 11 July 2007, 08:34:01 »

Thanks again!