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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: terry paget on 22 March 2014, 05:59:12

Title: How does the Vectra V6 3.2 work?
Post by: terry paget on 22 March 2014, 05:59:12

Last Sunday I bought a 2.5 Omega estate that vendor had replaced with a 3.2 Vectra. He showed the the Vectra engine.It sits transverse, has no dual rams, strange semicircular steel pipes either side of the head, and (stepping?) motors at the ends of both heads. Does it have variable valve timing?

Title: Re: How does the Vectra V6 3.2 work?
Post by: 2woody on 23 March 2014, 08:36:34

it does have dual ram - the pipes just look different, that's all

there isn't space for the longest ram pipes, which is why it produces slightly less power. But in essence its the same engine

Title: Re: How does the Vectra V6 3.2 work?
Post by: terry paget on 23 March 2014, 16:02:25

Thank you. So the dual ram is a bit like on the Senator. At least it is spared variable valve timing. I am nervous how they would perform on 15 year old cars.

Title: Re: How does the Vectra V6 3.2 work?
Post by: 2woody on 23 March 2014, 20:15:09

Omega V6 has a three-stage intake system

Senator straight-six has two-stage

Title: Re: How does the Vectra V6 3.2 work?
Post by: tunnie on 23 March 2014, 20:20:39

Ahhh Senator, I'd have another one of those  :-*

Title: Re: How does the Vectra V6 3.2 work?
Post by: henryd on 24 March 2014, 14:03:52

Quote from: terry paget on 23 March 2014, 16:02:25

Thank you. So the dual ram is a bit like on the Senator. At least it is spared variable valve timing. I am nervous how they would perform on 15 year old cars.

Honda's seem to cope ok :y