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[STEMO]

Here we go then...

'54 Manual Plod 3.2 Estate, 272500 miles, original engine/box/diff, IRS calibrated speedo, level road, 3.0° C, 5/8 fuel, 110kg driver and a 49" Whelen Liberty lightbar on the roof...

This is how you do it Webby

0-60mph in 7 seconds

Pop that in your pipe and smoke it Mr Dbug

Was that going down a steep hill? 
The acceleration is constant, even through the gear change. 

[henryd]

Here we go then...

'54 Manual Plod 3.2 Estate, 272500 miles, original engine/box/diff, IRS calibrated speedo, level road, 3.0° C, 5/8 fuel, 110kg driver and a 49" Whelen Liberty lightbar on the roof...

This is how you do it Webby

0-60mph in 7 seconds

Pop that in your pipe and smoke it Mr Dbug

Was that going down a steep hill? 
The acceleration is constant, even through the gear change. 

Nah,back end up on stands

[Gaffers]

Here we go then...

'54 Manual Plod 3.2 Estate, 272500 miles, original engine/box/diff, IRS calibrated speedo, level road, 3.0° C, 5/8 fuel, 110kg driver and a 49" Whelen Liberty lightbar on the roof...

This is how you do it Webby

0-60mph in 7 seconds

Pop that in your pipe and smoke it Mr Dbug

Was that going down a steep hill? 
The acceleration is constant, even through the gear change. 

Nah,back end up on stands

Last time I saw Al's miggy do that kind of acceleration it was after a curry.  Coincidence?  I think not

[05omegav6]

Here we go then...

'54 Manual Plod 3.2 Estate, 272500 miles, original engine/box/diff, IRS calibrated speedo, level road, 3.0° C, 5/8 fuel, 110kg driver and a 49" Whelen Liberty lightbar on the roof...

This is how you do it Webby

0-60mph in 7 seconds

Pop that in your pipe and smoke it Mr Dbug

Was that going down a steep hill? 
The acceleration is constant, even through the gear change. 

That's called momentum

If anything, it's up a very slight incline... was southbound on the A24 between Great Daux roundabout and Robin Hood roundabout starting from the layby on that stretch...

[05omegav6]

Here we go then...

'54 Manual Plod 3.2 Estate, 272500 miles, original engine/box/diff, IRS calibrated speedo, level road, 3.0° C, 5/8 fuel, 110kg driver and a 49" Whelen Liberty lightbar on the roof...

This is how you do it Webby

0-60mph in 7 seconds

Pop that in your pipe and smoke it Mr Dbug

Still slower to 30 than a milk float

Minimum range: 240 miles

[dbug]

Here we go then...

'54 Manual Plod 3.2 Estate, 272500 miles, original engine/box/diff, IRS calibrated speedo, level road, 3.0° C, 5/8 fuel, 110kg driver and a 49" Whelen Liberty lightbar on the roof...

This is how you do it Webby

0-60mph in 7 seconds

Pop that in your pipe and smoke it Mr Dbug

Perhaps I was a tad pessimistic in my 8-9 secs, although unsure if your ex plod is representitive of a normal non plod car.  However your original statement was also a tad optimistic - "a two ton saloon capable of hitting 60 in 6-7 seconds" - looking at your video I concede it reached 60mph on your speedo (when was it last calibrated?) between 7 and 8 secs.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Still slower to 30 than a milk float

3.2 Maximum range: 240 miles

Yes they say that 3.2's are shit on fuel....   

[05omegav6]

Here we go then...

'54 Manual Plod 3.2 Estate, 272500 miles, original engine/box/diff, IRS calibrated speedo, level road, 3.0° C, 5/8 fuel, 110kg driver and a 49" Whelen Liberty lightbar on the roof...

This is how you do it Webby

0-60mph in 7 seconds

Pop that in your pipe and smoke it Mr Dbug

Perhaps I was a tad pessimistic in my 8-9 secs, although unsure if your ex plod is representitive of a normal non plod car.  However your original statement was also a tad optimistic - "a two ton saloon capable of hitting 60 in 6-7 seconds" - looking at your video I concede it reached 60mph on your speedo (when was it last calibrated?) between 7 and 8 secs.

Opps me you're nitpicky... Speedo calibrated by IRS on install.. Current tyres are the same rolling radius as the factory supplied originals. Video equipment is calibrated much more regularly as it is evidential.
If I wanted to make excuses I could blame the time on the tyres being at their limit (being replaced tomorrow), the practicalities of filming from a breast pocket and of course the 4' 12"x1" plank bolted across the roof screwing up the airflow...

As for plod not being a production representation, a manual 3.0MV6 estate should be broadly similar.

Purpose was to demonstrate that the 3.2 has more potential that naysayers like you care to admit.

[Webby the Bear]

Seeing as though every oof member has nit picked at my practises  your video STARTS when you're doing 10mph! 

[Webby the Bear]

Actually just re watched it and it's about at 0mph on the gauge to be fair. Though I was told on this thread that's not when to start! You start the moment you touch the accelerator.

More work needed 

[Webby the Bear]

Anyways re my speed tests. Got my vacuum gauge in the post today. Will be looking for exhaust restrictions and vacuum figures tomorrow.

Anyone know what the figure should be at idle for the omega?

[dbug]

Here we go then...

'54 Manual Plod 3.2 Estate, 272500 miles, original engine/box/diff, IRS calibrated speedo, level road, 3.0° C, 5/8 fuel, 110kg driver and a 49" Whelen Liberty lightbar on the roof...

This is how you do it Webby

0-60mph in 7 seconds

Pop that in your pipe and smoke it Mr Dbug

Perhaps I was a tad pessimistic in my 8-9 secs, although unsure if your ex plod is representitive of a normal non plod car.  However your original statement was also a tad optimistic - "a two ton saloon capable of hitting 60 in 6-7 seconds" - looking at your video I concede it reached 60mph on your speedo (when was it last calibrated?) between 7 and 8 secs.

Opps me you're nitpicky... Speedo calibrated by IRS on install.. Current tyres are the same rolling radius as the factory supplied originals. Video equipment is calibrated much more regularly as it is evidential.
If I wanted to make excuses I could blame the time on the tyres being at their limit (being replaced tomorrow), the practicalities of filming from a breast pocket and of course the 4' 12"x1" plank bolted across the roof screwing up the airflow...

As for plod not being a production representation, a manual 3.0MV6 estate should be broadly similar.

Purpose was to demonstrate that the 3.2 has more potential that naysayers like you care to admit.

Pot kettle black must be contagious 
Calibrated back in 2003/4 - take it its still "calibrated" as you used it in your video
Agreed, but you don't have the video equipment
And should perform eactly the same as its broadly similar.

Just being "nitpicky" 

[05omegav6]

It's accurate enough As for video, once the VASCAR is fully installed we can put it to the test...

As for the 3.0 comparison, it's the closest retail model, so the broadly similar reference allows for the subtle differences in the way the engines deliver their power.

Wasn't done as a scientific test anyways, merely to demonstrate a point...

[05omegav6]

Actually just re watched it and it's about at 0mph on the gauge to be fair. Though I was told on this thread that's not when to start! You start the moment you touch the accelerator.

More work needed 

Had the camera set on a ten second delay... Hammer went down as it beeped when it started recording

[Webby the Bear]

Actually just re watched it and it's about at 0mph on the gauge to be fair. Though I was told on this thread that's not when to start! You start the moment you touch the accelerator.

More work needed 

Had the camera set on a ten second delay... Hammer went down as it beeped when it started recording

And I trust you had the extra 200kg in weight in the car that Vauxhall used when they tested the motor, you know, for a true comparison ?