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Title: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 20 January 2011, 14:31:22
Thought it was about time i got some pictures up of the Omega...

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/2011-01-20002.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/2011-01-20005.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/2011-01-20007.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/2011-01-20001.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/2011-01-20006.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/2011-01-20008.jpg)

Hope you like!  8-)
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: SP_3.2 on 20 January 2011, 15:37:48
Looks very nice ... and clean :y :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 20 January 2011, 16:52:26
Very smart indeed Paul. 8-) :y :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: Welung666 on 20 January 2011, 21:07:15
Very nice indeed Paul :y I'd love something like that but it would be re-liveried and used solely as a show car!
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: Amigo on 20 January 2011, 21:22:05
Nice motor. I love white cars.  :y 8-)
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: joshwyatt on 20 January 2011, 23:50:16
You can't get much better than an ex TVP V6 Special. Looks really good  :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: MV6Matt on 21 January 2011, 09:17:19
Nice Car...............the black grill really suits the look of the car......
 :y :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: ted_one on 21 January 2011, 09:31:03
Hopefully you're coming to the Kent meet tomorrow so we'll be able to be real nosey and have a good old look around your ride 8-) :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: Ploppy on 21 January 2011, 09:53:07
Really Nice  !!  Looks great !!

Ploppy   :y :y :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: x25dt on 21 January 2011, 18:31:28
very nice colour, grill matches very well :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: waspy on 21 January 2011, 20:31:42
Now that looks well 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)
I have to agree on the grill, really stands out & looks  :y :y :y :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: GLENNY BOY on 23 January 2011, 14:26:07
looks great :y :y :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: N61AOP on 23 January 2011, 17:53:10
Looks lovely Paul, I really like the big powerful estates.  :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: Omega_Dan on 24 January 2011, 08:37:14
Barny looks Bostin! very nice :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 24 January 2011, 13:55:24
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Hopefully you're coming to the Kent meet tomorrow so we'll be able to be real nosey and have a good old look around your ride 8-) :y

Hi all, thanks for all your replies!  I forgot to set the notification thing so never realised i'd had so many replies! Doh!

Forgot all about the Kent meet :(  Sorry chaps, i sat in on Friday night too!  :-[  Ah well, the next one - Hopefully lol
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 24 January 2011, 13:57:57
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Very nice indeed Paul :y I'd love something like that but it would be re-liveried and used solely as a show car!

Maybe at some point in the future the stealth L.E.D. strobes might find their way behind that grill along with the 'wig-wam' flashing main beam and fog lights  ;)

Even when I'm on the A2 near me people slow right down and creep past me having a look in the car! ha ha! The tinted rear makes it look much more un-marked Police car  8-)
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: STRAWB on 26 January 2011, 13:31:41
Very nice...and the name !! You know my neighbour has one like that complete with interior disco  ::) but I assumed it was an Astra Estate...gonna look more carefully now. That white paint will keep you busy with the polish!!  ;D 
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 05 March 2012, 11:34:59
Not much of an update, but i finally have some new (ish) wheels on!!

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/2012-02-25-033.jpg)

And some of the interior i've had in her for quite a while now, its out of a LHD German Omega Sport Caravan!! Rare as you like  :y

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/13052011203.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/13052011204.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/13052011205.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/13052011206.jpg)

And some pictures from when i spotted her on Car Wars on Sky One...

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/IMG_5749.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/IMG_5750.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/IMG_5751.jpg)

Hopefuly more updates throughout this year  :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: Simon23 on 05 March 2012, 11:40:02
I like this. Sure this is the one I saw for sale on PH last year.
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 05 March 2012, 11:42:06
It prob was mate, i changed my mind at the last minute and kept it  ;)
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: Simon23 on 05 March 2012, 11:43:09
Ahh that's funny I nearly tried to buy it lol
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 05 March 2012, 11:47:02
Glad i did change my mind, shes a keeper!  8)
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: twiglet on 05 March 2012, 11:51:42
Get that bloody spoiler on sunshine!!  :P
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 05 March 2012, 11:57:45
Quote from: twiglet on 05 March 2012, 11:51:42
Get that bloody spoiler on sunshine!!  :P

Got some other things in the pipeline first  :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: b4ndit on 05 March 2012, 15:15:36
Nice car like the grill :y :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: x25dt on 05 March 2012, 18:29:10
seats fitted very well :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: SteveAvfc. on 05 March 2012, 20:13:52
 Nice motor,just bought one of those grills i think they suit the Omega better.
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 29 August 2012, 22:23:45
Ordered my suspension today after much tooing & frowing!  Being made for me to my requirements by a fairly local Co to me  :y

Soon as its ready - in about three weeks i'll update again  ;)
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: albitz on 29 August 2012, 22:42:38
Hurry up then. :P ;D
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: MrMoffat on 01 September 2012, 08:22:50
Quote from: Welung666 on 20 January 2011, 21:07:15
Very nice indeed Paul :y I'd love something like that but it would be re-liveried and used solely as a show car!

Yes indeed  :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: Del Boy on 01 September 2012, 13:34:06
Lovely looking car that :y.
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 23 November 2012, 22:55:00
Well that was a long 3 weeks!  Way back in August!  Well i have the suspension, ive fitted it and i am over the moon with it!!  It has transfomed the ride and the handling of the car!  8) 8)

After a couple of photoshops of how i wanted it to look:

Too low!  Looks good, but function over form!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/2012-05-17025.jpg)

And just right for me:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/2012-05-17024.jpg)

This is how she turned out:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/3084A494-D27A-4FC9-B351-FEF00F38CBD4-7061-000005D9A82994C0.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/B9A7E91C-86FF-4E39-9919-233EDA5B72EA-7061-000005D9AC48C4BC.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/458CFAA2-3F47-4137-995E-EC55111D7839-7061-000005D9B1CFE746.jpg)

More updates in 2013  ;) :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: omega3000 on 24 November 2012, 22:03:54
Looking very nice  :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: Murph on 24 November 2012, 22:11:41
Noice!
Any problems with all them speed bumps over your way?
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 25 November 2012, 15:31:15
Nah not really, sometimes get caught out on those square bumps but otherwise it's fine.
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: x25dt on 25 November 2012, 21:28:35
Looks good  :y how low is it?
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 26 November 2012, 10:59:39
Approx 35mm
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: Mr.OmegaMan on 28 May 2013, 16:42:08
Looks good, Wouldn't like the suspension that low myself with speed humps etc. :o But visualy looks great bet she handles well too  :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 28 May 2013, 16:45:18
TBH I don't really have any issues with speed humps... Does handle ok, springs on the front need to be a slightly harder poundage but otherwise she's a-ok!  8)
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 28 May 2013, 16:50:37
Just a small update for now...

Barny is booked in for a new exhaust system on Monday 3rd June - So watch this space for pictures  :y

And a couple of videos:

A recent track day at RAF Marham: http://youtu.be/IIjXhwl3RAc

And some tomfoolery in a private yard (which no doubt will receive some tutting  ::) ): http://youtu.be/EzwEj_xd1wA
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: omega3000 on 29 May 2013, 13:42:48
Looking good , always liked the lowered look caravans  :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: albitz on 30 May 2013, 00:26:16
Looks superb Paul. :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: Mr.Blobby on 31 May 2013, 18:23:47
Looks great  :)
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 12 June 2013, 01:17:43
Tut tut ::)
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: SR-71Blackbird on 21 July 2013, 23:15:29
Good name for a car
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 09 August 2013, 00:01:45
Good eve,

Its come to my attention tonight that I have done a fair few bits & pieces and I've not really updated my thread with many pictures.... So, get a cuppa and some biccies and enjoy THIS! ha ha  ;D

I (quite a while ago now) had some replacement suspension made by a local company to me 'Gaz' to my specifications and it turned out rather good  8)  You'll see in the first photo one of my rear, knackered self-levelling rear shocks had completely rusted in to two! 

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps82d44f59.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps5aae2ab7.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps6809ac3f.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps06020cea.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps72732277.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps1af3e4ee.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/2A48DAA1-D28D-48F8-89FD-54CA36758070-1002-000000993DDEA851_zps7a608d58.jpg)

Then i changed the paper oil filter to a canister type...

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps71dcd225.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps577c2a6b.jpg)
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 09 August 2013, 00:02:21
A few months ago I thought I'd have a go at a track day up at RAF Marham in Norfolk, it certainly taught me a thing or two!! The Omega is NO track car! ha ha!! But i had a good chuckle and certainly gave the crowd a laugh! I tried to prep the car as well as i could, stud conversion, EBC Yellows up front and Reds at the rear, Goodridge brake lines with 5.1 fluid... Also removed the rear hubcentric adapters....

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/2A2A0BC3-E9DE-434E-ABCB-2373EB3856C9-1002-00000099379E6249_zps6eee046e.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/899BD328-FD79-47A2-B8D2-8667D5327202-1002-0000009930746C0F_zps0332615e.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/E1778EF9-3F23-4190-8CD3-4B19A602F398-1002-0000009929DACE87_zpsf9ad8be1.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zpsdc84987f.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/B1F2A90E-B780-4475-8F04-4F66C2BD4903-1002-0000009922E11E77_zps6b243b7f.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/AB7D38C0-8EA7-4BB2-A4F3-46EB679BB8B1-1002-000000991C9DBF4C_zpse4adc1f0.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/58F28FE8-AF0A-4BB0-BD6F-EF7DE3D8AB43-1002-0000009916160222_zps086190c6.jpg)

And here's some pictures of my track wheels i used (MILES to small and to skinny!!)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/6A1A1644-3DDD-45B5-A642-03E8967A1F69-1002-0000009959A0530C_zpsa2a24545.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/30DA85FD-9F41-474A-A282-0A0764AB2F6D-1002-000000995399BCD3_zps23cf4212.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/9A567BB8-CE67-428D-A64C-24365C580C06-1002-000000995F1FDA43_zpse1ada59a.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/7E1FB277-68D0-4E4A-84B5-6AD33F277A28-1002-00000099649368C4_zpsc2f20f46.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/50F397A0-43D9-4E21-9A9E-5B4727CC210E-1002-000000996AA617BE_zps1bfd8d6e.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/2BBC912C-B499-4BEC-BFF4-EE13FD911EB5-1002-00000099705CEF45_zps24940395.jpg)

All done with rattle cans, i was quite chuffed at how they turned out  8)
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 09 August 2013, 00:02:57
So, after doing the track day my exhaust was really starting to show its age and was blowing left, right & centre so i booked her in for a nice new shiny stainless steel system to be made up by a highly recommended company in Maidstone...

Pictures show how 'exhausted' my old system was and then the making of the replacement  8)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zpse88e53b1.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps36017afd.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps143414da.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps00df2a89.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps9599d40a.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zpsab516bb0.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps8f402678.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps980eac40.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zpsd59c56dd.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zpsad4fd705.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zpsce7d7b38.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps12fc27c3.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps9776853d.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zpsc340f598.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps89ae9c56.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zpse0bfa766.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps09e79e40.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps5b42a648.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps9b2c77f4.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zpsba782897.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zpsfb359dad.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps1633096c.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zpsfdfbde3a.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zpsefab6bf2.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zpse36ee7c7.jpg)

Tailpipes are exactly the same design as the OEM ones but slightly larger and oddly enough from a DB7!  8) 8)
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 09 August 2013, 00:03:20
Gave her a little service yesterday (Oil, filter was done a month ago)

Guess which cylinder the plug on the left came from...?  ::)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps2c9c0cec.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zpsdd3a3278.jpg)

And finally a few gratuitous photos!!

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps3bf57ca2.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps8351be36.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps52b409f2.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zpsdc965dbe.jpg)
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: albitz on 09 August 2013, 00:09:11
You've made that into a really nice car Paul. :y.............bloody low at the rear though. ::)
I believe theres a few more upgrades to come. :)
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 09 August 2013, 00:17:40
Quote from: Albitz on 09 August 2013, 00:09:11
You've made that into a really nice car Paul. :y.............bloody low at the rear though. ::)
I believe theres a few more upgrades to come. :)

Those shots of it where its sitting REALLY low are from the track day, due to the space available in her, I was nominated to carry all & sundries fuel, trolley jacks, tool boxes, axle stands! You name it - It was in the boot!
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 09 August 2013, 00:20:27
Spot the similarities....

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps67ce4dbe.jpg)
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 09 August 2013, 00:22:17
Few more pictures of her I really like....

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zpsd7fd2817.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zpsf1aad179.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps0051239f.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps83af6275.jpg)

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Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: twiglet on 09 August 2013, 15:32:11
Looking really good Paul!  You have certainly put alot of effort into this car, and I commend you for daring to do different!  Fair play to ya fella!  :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 10 August 2013, 10:34:41
Thanks very much James  ;)
Title: Dyno Dynamics Rolling Road results....
Post by: P6UL K on 11 August 2013, 12:22:33
Me & my mates organised a rolling road session at our local dyno... For what is effectively a 10yr old car, 172k on the clock and had very minimal mods I'm very pleased with the results!

Running a little rich but that's prob down to the V-Max fuel and the map not being suited to it, overall very chuffed!!  8)

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Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: albitz on 13 August 2013, 12:24:47
Very impressive indeed for that mileage. :y
Title: Re: Dyno Dynamics Rolling Road results....
Post by: P6UL K on 17 October 2013, 01:54:55
Quote from: P6UL K on 11 August 2013, 12:22:33
Me & my mates organised a rolling road session at our local dyno... For what is effectively a 10yr old car, 172k on the clock and had very minimal mods I'm very pleased with the results!

Running a little rich but that's prob down to the V-Max fuel and the map not being suited to it, overall very chuffed!!  8)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/billycabrio/Vauxhall%20Omega%20Estate%20V6/null_zps7cd21da0.jpg)

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Links broke, so reposted.
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 17 October 2013, 02:19:27
Teeny little update time...

My Irmscher springs have finally arrived so they'll get fitted soon along with the Pedders rear doughnut bushes i had off of Twiglet...

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As you may have seen in the 'Parts for Sale' room I have started to reproduce the Resonator Air Boxes and used my car as trial fit, to be honest i'm rather pleased with the out come!  Judge for yourself....

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I never got to take any photos with the K & N air filter attached and it tidied up so I'll update again when I find 5mins  :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: James Q on 27 October 2013, 19:26:22
Stunning car buddy! Really is gorgeous.
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 27 October 2013, 20:13:14
Quote from: James Q on 27 October 2013, 19:26:22
Stunning car buddy! Really is gorgeous.

Why thank you very much!  :D ;) :y

She'll be coming off the road once the tax has expired in a few days for some winter loving :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 28 May 2014, 00:20:20
The old girl is going into the garage tomorrow for a days work, few bits to do over the coming few weeks too - so watch this space  8)
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 29 May 2014, 00:31:33
In all the excitement today i forgot to take pictures! :'( :o :( :D

But i managed - with the help of my mate.....

Fitted front Coilovers
Fitted rear Pedders doughnut bushes
Fitted complete new OEM gearstick assembly
Adjusted handbrake
Cleared logged codes from ECUs


Theres a few more things in the pipeline but i'm just waiting on delivery of these 'items'

I'll take a few photos as and when and put them up in here in due course  8) :y
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: Spireite on 29 May 2014, 08:59:20
Sounds good Paul, you have spacers then?, are they H&R or Eibach?

I'd seen some 20mm per side H&R's on amazon for 80 odd quid.

What's on yours again?
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: P6UL K on 29 May 2014, 10:57:26
Quote from: Spireite on 29 May 2014, 08:59:20
Sounds good Paul, you have spacers then?, are they H&R or Eibach?

I'd seen some 20mm per side H&R's on amazon for 80 odd quid.

What's on yours again?

I'm not sure on the make tbh, i know they're hubcentric on the back end.... 20mm on the rear and 5mm on the front.
Title: Re: Barny the Barge.
Post by: badmuver on 29 May 2014, 17:45:14
that is very nice  :y