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[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

.. or do what I did and get a 2nd hand AP22 from ebay for about £40 IIRC.

Works using accelerometers.

I believe that Noah had two of these on his ark, Kevin.

[TheBoy]

Apart from "my knob is bigger than yours" conversations down the pub, does it really matter?

And I suspect most of the horseshit claims are the same as those getting 240+bhp on a rolling road from their Omegas....

[AndyRoid]

I read somewhere the next fast VW golf the "R" version I think can do 0-62mph in 4.9 seconds that's on par with a LC  .. Top end probably will still go to the LC though surely..

My mate's 03 plate R32 is making 267 BHP and does the 0-60 in 5.4 secs, but it is a very heavy car at over 1500 KG's because of the 4WD system (which is outstanding by the way).
Haven't got a clue what his top end is, but we have breached the 150 barrier in it (that's indicated clock speed, not GPS) and it seemed quite happy doing it.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Apart from "my knob is bigger than yours" conversations down the pub, does it really matter?

And I suspect most of the horseshit claims are the same as those getting 240+bhp on a rolling road from their Omegas....

 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I read somewhere the next fast VW golf the "R" version I think can do 0-62mph in 4.9 seconds that's on par with a LC  .. Top end probably will still go to the LC though surely..

My mate's 03 plate R32 is making 267 BHP and does the 0-60 in 5.4 secs, but it is a very heavy car at over 1500 KG's because of the 4WD system (which is outstanding by the way).
Haven't got a clue what his top end is, but we have breached the 150 barrier in it (that's indicated clock speed, not GPS) and it seemed quite happy doing it.

The original Golf GTI weighed barely half that.

Cars have become fat bastards as time has moved on.

[AndyRoid]

I read somewhere the next fast VW golf the "R" version I think can do 0-62mph in 4.9 seconds that's on par with a LC  .. Top end probably will still go to the LC though surely..

My mate's 03 plate R32 is making 267 BHP and does the 0-60 in 5.4 secs, but it is a very heavy car at over 1500 KG's because of the 4WD system (which is outstanding by the way).
Haven't got a clue what his top end is, but we have breached the 150 barrier in it (that's indicated clock speed, not GPS) and it seemed quite happy doing it.

The original Golf GTI weighed barely half that.

Cars have become fat bastards as time has moved on.

It's the 4WD system that makes most of it, although the V6 powerplant probably isn't helping 

[Rods2]

Apart from "my knob is bigger than yours" conversations down the pub, does it really matter?

And I suspect most of the horseshit claims are the same as those getting 240+bhp on a rolling road from their Omegas....

If I was putting the time and effort into improving a car's performance like Chris is, I would want to quantify the improvements I had made, not that I would brag about it down the pub of course. 

Chris seems to have put quite a lot of prior thought into why he wants an LS1 engined car and what he needs to achieve. I have been looking at the 3.6 V6 as a project as that would fit my criteria much better than a V8 and hope to have a go at this in the future. Where the 54deg engine is a poor lump IMHO and seems to have a fragile bottom end (a bit like the old Viva 1300 3 bearing crank engines), how much better would an Omega be with an engine producing more bhp and hopefully with a much better power curve?

[Dan282]

What is your 0-60mph time in your Omega.. Just curious.. So i can compare. ?

very slow 

ive tried to test this out of curiosity.... buggered if I could find a road to actually do it on!

Here's a good video of a 2.5 V6 0-60 Auto, Looks like 7.5 Seconds as well 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMU8WYU2Yc0

Think i remember some years ago a member from OOF made this before selling his omega or something ?

Yeah that was me in my old 2.5 but with a chipped ecu. 

[Mr.OmegaMan]

What is your 0-60mph time in your Omega.. Just curious.. So i can compare. ?

very slow 

ive tried to test this out of curiosity.... buggered if I could find a road to actually do it on!

Here's a good video of a 2.5 V6 0-60 Auto, Looks like 7.5 Seconds as well 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMU8WYU2Yc0

Think i remember some years ago a member from OOF made this before selling his omega or something ?

Yeah that was me in my old 2.5 but with a chipped ecu. 

Good video Dan 

[Dan282]

Cheers mate

I did this one and punched it just as a very old skool chorus came on

 http://youtu.be/UM5_riVHjM8