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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: EMD on 28 July 2015, 19:52:30
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How long does it take to swap an engine over on the omega , was thinking of dropping a 3.0 engine in the 2.6 :-\ Facilities available of course .
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3.2 would make more sense... Be plug and play with no need to swap the sensors and intake/throttle gubbins/manifolds ;)
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3.2 would make more sense... Be plug and play with no need to swap the sensors and intake/throttle gubbins/manifolds ;)
Hmm (http://www.en.kolobok.us/smiles/artists/just_cuz/JC_slobber.gif)
Just wondering if it would be cheaper to sell the 2.6 and go for a 3.0 or 3.2 .. must be a day or 2 work to replace an engine and that will add up :-\
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Days work, including tea stops :)
3.0L into a 2.6 only thing to check is make sure 3.0L has late spec heads with holes for coil pack bolts. :)
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Days work, including tea stops :)
3.0L into a 2.6 only thing to check is make sure 3.0L has late spec heads with holes for coil pack bolts. :)
Half a day for serek then. Price would be the thing though :-\
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Days work, including tea stops :)
3.0L into a 2.6 only thing to check is make sure 3.0L has late spec heads with holes for coil pack bolts. :)
Half a day for serek then. Price would be the thing though :-\
I haven't got a ramp. ;)
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Days work, including tea stops :)
3.0L into a 2.6 only thing to check is make sure 3.0L has late spec heads with holes for coil pack bolts. :)
Half a day for serek then. Price would be the thing though :-\
YOUR IN BOX IS FULL :y :y
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Days work, including tea stops :)
3.0L into a 2.6 only thing to check is make sure 3.0L has late spec heads with holes for coil pack bolts. :)
Half a day for serek then. Price would be the thing though :-\
YOUR IN BOX IS FULL :y :y
Sorted :y
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Make sure it comes with the heads and manifolds still attached :-X
3.2 is still the easiest route :y
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Im guessing that the brakes need upgrading too if a 3.2 is put in :-\
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Im guessing that the brakes need upgrading too if a 3.2 is put in :-\
Nope, same brakes :y
Front brakes same even between 2.2 and 3.2 :y
Just vented rears on 2.6/3.2
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I like the 3.0 engine :) 3.2 would be thirsty around town .
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I like the 3.0 engine :) 3.2 would be thirsty around town .
Can't see as they'd be a huge difference has you will be running the same 2.6 / 3.2 engine management as the 3.0 engine management and loom swap would be a backwards labour intensive move.
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Higher compression on the 3.0 might shave a little off the fuel consumption. Then again, the ignition map on the 2.6 ECU might not suit it. DLK did the swap to good effect, though, if memory serves?
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Higher compression on the 3.0 might shave a little off the fuel consumption. Then again, the ignition map on the 2.6 ECU might not suit it. DLK did the swap to good effect, though, if memory serves?
Aye, Daz kept the original Manual box and Diff (previous engine was a 2.6) so the car pulled rather well.
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It takes me days to do an engine swap. I don't do them often enough to remember the procedure, so I always make a 'bible' with full pictures/diagrams. Bagging or returning the bolts back to their holes. Then I give the engine bay a nice clean up with degreaser (makes finding leaks easier later and looks better), before moving over to the parts/bolts which end being cleaned in petrol and/or going on the wire wheel grinder. I also copper slip as much as safe to do on the re-build, as I always assume it'll be me taking it out next time. Then there is torque settings, fluids to sort. You may notice - I don't rush.
Last engine swap took less than a day to get the engine & box out. A day prepping the new engine (IE swapping parts over, cleaning them) and finally a day to get the engine back in. I will say it then took about another 5 hours work as I was swapping a 2004 engine into a 1998 car so the wiring and vacuum pipes took some work. As an added bonus, I converted it to COPs so did away with the coil pack.