Omega Owners Forum
Newbie Area => Newbie Welcome Area => Topic started by: countrywoman on 28 April 2020, 15:02:33
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Hi , I am located in south Worcestershire. Now have been a hot rodder since the 70s (old fart) and have owned an 1951 Austin 10cwt countryman since mid 70s . As a mechanic since the age of 15 (and still an MOT tester) have never had a standard car till recently . Point of this story is the countryman is being rebuilt for the 3rd time, it started in 2002 when (and by then took over the garage I was trained at) it needed a tidy up that turned into a 3ins channel . A customer of mine had a 3L v6 Omega estate ex police that we maintained and serviced (but it turned out his history was false ) and the timing belt tensioner collapsed causing the belt to jump. So after a quote for heads off it was going to scrap, bought it for £50 as a downer for the Austin. Fast forward a few years after losing garage and working for others I have managed to strip Omega of all the parts to go in the rod. Keeping the ABS , hubs engine and box , diff and thinks like door locks , window mechs and instrument cluster. So will be asking a lot of questions when stuff doesn't work!! like has anyone fitted a stand alone ECU . Keys have long gone and don't want to run EGR , the original ECU is chipped as apparently police spec had extra 20hp ish . So hope no one minds me joining just to pester !!!!
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Hello and welcome to OOF :y
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Welcome to the OOF :)
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Thanks
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Any engine ecu, ignition transponder ring and key chip from a 2.5 or 3.0 Vectra B or Omega will see it running without issue.
That engine has successfully been dropped in to various things, including Scimitar and an MGB, so should be straightforward enough. Egr delete is also easy enough to do.
I wouldn't put too much stock in the extra 20bhp, especially as the ecu is a brick without the chip. Hopefully you have the bulk of the wiring loom to go with it.
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Hello and welcome to the forum :y.
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Yes have the complete loom , will need a bit of reconfiguring but that's never been a problem for me . Worse bit is the bulkhead multi plugs as they a huge . Can get a chip for key according to local tech (the one we use at work when we cant work out faults) but reader coil has been broken .
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All three parts are matched, and what you spend on programming will more than buy you a matched set ;)
Re the loom, you can readily thin it down, so plug in what you need and dump the rest. Once you have finished :D You probably won't be using the dash, so once you know what you need and that it works, you can cut the loom down to fit and bypass the plugs. ;)
The Haynes manual for the Omega covers the 3.0 wiring with proper diagrams, so shouldn't take too much head scratching ;)
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This thread will probably be of interest and use...
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=137211.240
The engine only needs the chip, ignition transponder, ecu and two relays to run. Of memory, there's only a handful of other wires that connect the engine to the rest of the car. Ignition 12v, temp sensor, rev counter, battery, oil emissions lights and OBD2 port from memory.
Speedo is the Blue/Red wire from the ABS ecu.
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yes its a basic early style , did fit a Carlton 2L engine in a Chevette and that was just 5 wires
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Not much more than that to throw an LS1 into an Omega... electrically speaking 8)
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Welcome! :y
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Hello and welcome :y.
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Interesting project, we need an update please!
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Hello and welcome :y.
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Is the Austin basically the pointy nose A40 van with windows and a fold down back seat, and van type rear doors?