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Newbie Area => Newbie Welcome Area => Topic started by: Mole on 06 January 2007, 14:25:42

Title: hello from Mole
Post by: Mole on 06 January 2007, 14:25:42

hi all. just wanted to say i never gave the omega a second thought before i got one. now i can't see passed it. brief history; did a charity rally(staples2naples) last year in a tartan sierra. smashed it to bits then sold it to an italian chav for 30euros. not having booked a flight home i managed to blag one of the other rally cars to get myself and copilot back. enter Big Rod and the batomegabile(thanks very much again btw).
being a standard 2.0 16v, my first impressions were that it was a big, heavy, slow and wallowy bucket although it drew attention to its self by being mat black with batwings, rocket launchers and an afterburner.
since getting back(via the nurburgring) i've lowered and uprated the suspension, fitted a mv6 lsd and put a k&n filter on it. i've been taking it to track days and fettling it in between times but its still painfully slow.
recently i've taken on more of Big Rod's cast offs in the form of an extremely rusty but running carlton 3.0 24v gsi and am considering a transplant. he reckons it's been done before and the only hasstle was the wiper motor. any input would be welcome
cheers Mole.

Title: Re: hello from Mole
Post by: TheBoy on 06 January 2007, 15:02:11

welcome to the site :)

Sounds like an interesting project....

Title: Re: hello from Mole
Post by: Sir Sideways on 06 January 2007, 15:06:16

Welcome to the site, Got any pix of the batmobile?

Jim

Title: Re: hello from Mole
Post by: Big Steve on 06 January 2007, 16:52:49

Hi & welcome :)

Title: Re: hello from Mole
Post by: Markie on 06 January 2007, 17:01:00

Big Welcome to the Forum  :)  :y

Title: Re: hello from Mole
Post by: Mole on 06 January 2007, 18:47:36

(http://images5.fotopic.net/?iid=yjl29r&outx=750&quality=80)

Title: Re: hello from Mole
Post by: Auto Addict on 06 January 2007, 18:58:51

Welcome to the forum :y

Title: Re: hello from Mole
Post by: Chopsdad on 06 January 2007, 21:53:13

Hello Mole & welcome - does the rear wing help with your track days? ;D

Title: Re: hello from Mole
Post by: Mole on 07 January 2007, 13:04:51

no.
sense of humour failure at knockhill and the nurburgring(expected) meant removal of batwings and rocket launchers. however the afterburner was allowed.
i got bored of replacing the parts and have now de"bat"ed the car. i made the mistake of power washing it the other day and most of the paint fell off.

Title: Re: hello from Mole
Post by: Sir Sideways on 07 January 2007, 14:05:42

Well, its different lol.  ;D ;D.

Title: Re: hello from Mole
Post by: Gwilym on 07 January 2007, 23:11:42

Hello and Welcome to the Forum

Title: Re: hello from Mole
Post by: Bo Bo on 08 January 2007, 08:07:20

Hello & welcome  :)

Title: Re: hello from Mole
Post by: Elite Pete on 08 January 2007, 09:45:35

Hi Mole and welcome :)

Title: Re: hello from Mole
Post by: nixoro on 08 January 2007, 09:52:50

Hello and welcome to the site Mole :y

Title: Re: hello from Mole
Post by: The Barge Captain on 08 January 2007, 14:57:27

Hi Mole and welcome.

Title: Re: hello from Mole
Post by: sounds2k on 08 January 2007, 20:12:19

hi and welcome !

a 3.0 straight six should be able to be fitted, as someone from here (omegatoy) has shoe-horned the lump from a lotus carlton into a GLS-spec miggy - see for yourself here (http://showoffyourcar.com/galleries.asp?carid=1897) :)

although I've read on here that the straight six makes the miggy a bit more nose-heavy than usual ... and yes, you probably will need to go to a single wiper ...

Title: Re: hello from Mole
Post by: bob.dent on 10 January 2007, 10:30:11

Hi Mole and a belated welcome aboard. :y Lots of members in your area on here ;) :)

Title: Re: hello from Mole
Post by: Big Rod on 21 February 2007, 15:06:46

Yawrite Mole!!!!  :y

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i got bored of replacing the parts and have now de"bat"ed the car.

Whaaaaaaaat!?!?!?!? I should've written it into the contract that you'd never to take them off!!

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i made the mistake of power washing it the other day and most of the paint fell off.

Well, I could've seen that coming!!!  ;D

BTW, for the record, I loved that car!!!! What a riot!

Title: Re: hello from Mole
Post by: ClarCE on 21 February 2007, 15:27:00

Welcome!

Title: Re: hello from Mole
Post by: Martin_1962 on 21 February 2007, 15:38:56

Hello & Welcome :y

Look after the Batomegabile