Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Steve Webb on 23 January 2010, 12:42:22
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hi guys,
i noticed a couple of people talking about ex police omegas. are they faster with a biggerengine at all?
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Taking facelifts for reference with the 3175cc engine.
It's the same engine as you'd get in a MV6 or Elite, will have uprated alternator and heavy duty battery.
However, still has the standard 211 BHP.
The automatic gear ratios can be different though, I have two ex police 3.2's atm. The red one has the ratio for quicker acceleration and it is very noticeable, where as the black 3.2 has the standard gear ratio's.
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think the ex police cars ( traffic ) have a limited slip diff that gives them slightly better acceleration because of the different gearing :y
abit slower on the top end though :-/
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i have had 4 ex plod cars. at the moment ive got an ex met one(auto) the manuels should have lsd. if its a true spooks car(VERY RARE) it may be chipped. some met cars do have a different programe in the gearbox for acceleration. rember tho traffic cars and gun cars do get thrashed and trashed just watch the tv shows they are serviced by hours not miles,all parts are genuine that are used.the best ones to get are cheif coumtsables or training cars less miles and not as thrashed.hope this helps you