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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: mv6copcar on 11 May 2007, 08:21:19

Title: what is a special??is there one...?
Post by: mv6copcar on 11 May 2007, 08:21:19: Just been to the garage to get a punture fixed and the fitter told me i have a MV6 'special'.
i know its a MV6 ex copcar,but never heard of that before-he seemed to know what he was talking about as he used to work on the police omegas.
he also told me that my engine isn't a X30XE, its an X30EF. never heard of that engine no, HAS ANYONE ELSE???
if so whats different about my engine?
or was i being taken for a ride? :-?

thanks
Title: Re: what is a special??is there one...?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 11 May 2007, 08:25:09: He clearly does not know that much then......

It is a standard X30XE with a possible slight remap by Gm Special Vehicles......who build the Plod cars and hence why its possibly considered a special.

They add the uprated springs etc and do the small tweaks requried befre the car is shipped to the local force for fitting out.
Title: Re: what is a special??is there one...?
Post by: mv6copcar on 11 May 2007, 08:26:13: cool,cheers mark, so no engine codes like x30xef or anything like that?

:y
Title: Re: what is a special??is there one...?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 11 May 2007, 08:39:12: No......I can confirm that having owned a 3.0V6 ex-plod estate myself.
Title: Re: what is a special??is there one...?
Post by: Martin_1962 on 11 May 2007, 09:19:09: MV6 Special is a common term from what I have read
Title: Re: what is a special??is there one...?
Post by: palmer3914 on 11 May 2007, 13:01:12: i think the problem is there are to many NON-omega owners out there that think the cop car omega's are modified :-? as in performance wise....... as we all know they are clearly not......

if they are infact faster than a normal MV6 its purly down to the fact i would imagine the police MV6's weigh less than a normal sport seated leather optioned MV6.. and thats it.... :-?

I WISH I WAS WRONG thOUGH :'(
Title: Re: what is a special??is there one...?
Post by: mv6copcar on 11 May 2007, 15:02:19: well thats that then lol
i like the mods you've done, just changed my suspension-what a difference!
where do you track race?
:y
Title: Re: what is a special??is there one...?
Post by: palmer3914 on 11 May 2007, 15:23:52: when you say have changed your suspension what have you changed / done??? :-/
Title: Re: what is a special??is there one...?
Post by: mv6copcar on 11 May 2007, 21:42:25: nothing special, just springs and shock from PI. want coil overs but couldn't pay that much!
got 16'' wheels on her,lowered 40mm all round and fitted new anti-roll bars with uprated bushes.
handles so much better and nakes going round a roundabout much easier ;)
on a privite estate,in an old disused car park or course :o

where do you take your mega, ps-looks so sweet in the pics mate
Title: Re: what is a special??is there one...?
Post by: Omegatoy on 11 May 2007, 22:08:29: DOWN PIPES ARE DIFFERENT ON POLICE SPECIALS THO!!! they are listed if you look but you cant by them!! ;D
Title: Re: what is a special??is there one...?
Post by: palmer3914 on 11 May 2007, 22:12:31: sounds cool..... have you replaced whole anti roll bar with a standard item or uprated item.. and as for bush's on the anti roll bar please tell me where you got them from i cant find any sort of uprated bush for an omega... wthought i was going to have to see what cars share bush's with an omega.. :'(

and that would take ages...

as for down pipes....... well they look the same to standard ones.. as i have 2 sets of each...... :-?

any idea what was differnt.
Title: Re: what is a special??is there one...?
Post by: Paul M on 11 May 2007, 22:24:34: I drove an ex-cop MV6 and it definitely sounded more meaty, like an induction noise. My standard MV6 definitely doesn't have it.

The ex-cop one had at least one owner since being decommissioned though so maybe it had some boy-racer mods ::)

PS love that avatar :y

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/palmer3914/keys9mp0qd.gif)

;D ;D
Title: Re: what is a special??is there one...?
Post by: palmer3914 on 11 May 2007, 22:29:33: now you see mine has also had 1 owner previous to me..... since de-commisioninininininininnnnnn :-/ ::)

and sounded very very quiet still does... as i have kept air box in... and there is no holes in it......... and if you do drill holes in the air box - OH BOY YOU GET INDUCTION NOISE!!!!!!!!

avatar is cool aint it got more !!! fancy a change so il change :y
Title: Re: what is a special??is there one...?
Post by: palmer3914 on 11 May 2007, 22:34:05: hows this 1 ;D
Title: Re: what is a special??is there one...?
Post by: Paul M on 11 May 2007, 23:22:36: Interesting ;D

Are you drawing these yourself? :o
Title: Re: what is a special??is there one...?
Post by: Admin on 12 May 2007, 08:25:45: Quote
Interesting ;D

Are you drawing these yourself? :o

If so, may I suggest you seek professional help immediately! ;D
Title: Re: what is a special??is there one...?
Post by: palmer3914 on 12 May 2007, 09:19:15: ha ha ha......... i do need help your right!!! :o

quite funy though aint they... beat the normal sort of ones.... :y
Title: Re: what is a special??is there one...?
Post by: amigov6 on 12 May 2007, 20:24:31: Quote
He clearly does not know that much then......

It is a standard X30XE with a possible slight remap by Gm Special Vehicles......who build the Plod cars and hence why its possibly considered a special.

They add the uprated springs etc and do the small tweaks requried befre the car is shipped to the local force for fitting out.
:-/If buying an ex plod car how do you insure it as a civvy vehicle should you declare the mods & tweaks you & others have mentioned? Can you get away with saying it's a police spec MV6 or civilian MV6? If you insured it as civilian would you be covered if you pranged & claimed? :o
Title: Re: what is a special??is there one...?
Post by: mv6copcar on 12 May 2007, 20:43:56: Good question, never really thought about it! but come on people, how many of us tell our insurers about mods like alloys,springs,different bumpers/spoilers? :o

but a good point though!
Title: Re: what is a special??is there one...?
Post by: Paul M on 13 May 2007, 13:22:46: Quote
Good question, never really thought about it! but come on people, how many of us tell our insurers about mods like alloys,springs,different bumpers/spoilers? :o

but a good point though!

I do, it's not worth the risk to not declare as they'll use any excuse to void a claim should you need to make one and that's an ideal opportunity to do so. My Omega is pretty much standard other than the dual-fuel (declared of course) but my BMW has a few minor mods and they are all listed on my policy. Only adds an extra £50 or so, no point paying hundreds for insurance that may turn out to be worthless if you claim.
Title: Re: what is a special??is there one...?
Post by: palmer3914 on 13 May 2007, 19:06:41: end of day as long as you insure car as Private car which it is and basically as it says on log book... your covered!!!!!! as mentioned before i used to be motor underwriter for AXA/guardian insurance....... if they was any discrepancy's at all ..... we simply went by log book...... which as long as its standard / any mods declared fully covered!!!!!!!

insrance company's have lists of cars and no matter if its ex-police, goverment liason etc etc if its an elite or and mv6... thats what it is!! :y