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Title: Anyone have an 8 valve Omega?
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 03 December 2007, 20:38:39
My VX dealer are doing 8v cambelt KITS for £15 inc...
Title: Re: Anyone have an 8 valve Omega?
Post by: TheBoy on 03 December 2007, 21:50:22
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My VX dealer are doing 8v cambelt KITS for £15 inc...
Good price, but they are dirt cheap anyway (about £30 iirc)
Title: Re: Anyone have an 8 valve Omega?
Post by: Jay w on 03 December 2007, 22:20:09
i don't think i have ever seen an 8V miggy, must have been one of the really early GLS's i would have thought
Title: Re: Anyone have an 8 valve Omega?
Post by: Martin_1962 on 03 December 2007, 22:29:02
Bertie CBX550
Title: Re: Anyone have an 8 valve Omega?
Post by: TheBoy on 03 December 2007, 22:33:31
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i don't think i have ever seen an 8V miggy, must have been one of the really early GLS's i would have thought
Rare, but do exist.  Bit like the 2.0 diesel...
Title: Re: Anyone have an 8 valve Omega?
Post by: Revokev on 03 December 2007, 23:30:07
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i don't think i have ever seen an 8V miggy, must have been one of the really early GLS's i would have thought
Rare, but do exist.  Bit like the 2.0 diesel...
Ive seen radios wireless's with more valves than that
Title: Re: Anyone have an 8 valve Omega?
Post by: Jay w on 04 December 2007, 14:32:29
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i don't think i have ever seen an 8V miggy, must have been one of the really early GLS's i would have thought
Rare, but do exist.  Bit like the 2.0 diesel...

2,0 diesel????

what engine is that then?
Title: Re: Anyone have an 8 valve Omega?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 04 December 2007, 14:46:09
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i don't think i have ever seen an 8V miggy, must have been one of the really early GLS's i would have thought
Rare, but do exist.  Bit like the 2.0 diesel...

2,0 diesel????

what engine is that then?

97/98 to 2000 ish....2.0DTi
Title: Re: Anyone have an 8 valve Omega?
Post by: The Barge Captain on 04 December 2007, 22:54:14
Shudder :exclamation
Title: Re: Anyone have an 8 valve Omega?
Post by: Jay w on 04 December 2007, 23:02:41
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i don't think i have ever seen an 8V miggy, must have been one of the really early GLS's i would have thought
Rare, but do exist.  Bit like the 2.0 diesel...

2,0 diesel????

what engine is that then?

97/98 to 2000 ish....2.0DTi

so not the quickest thing in the world then
Title: Re: Anyone have an 8 valve Omega?
Post by: TheBoy on 04 December 2007, 23:03:55
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i don't think i have ever seen an 8V miggy, must have been one of the really early GLS's i would have thought
Rare, but do exist.  Bit like the 2.0 diesel...

2,0 diesel????

what engine is that then?

97/98 to 2000 ish....2.0DTi

so not the quickest thing in the world then
sluggish in a vectra and early zafaira. both lighter cars....
Title: Re: Anyone have an 8 valve Omega?
Post by: Ken T on 05 December 2007, 00:02:12
I nearly bought one, many years ago. It was advertised as "light under bonnet fire", so I went to look. Firstly, the under bonnet fire might have been light, but the burnt out interior meant massive amounts of work, and when I did an HPI on it, I found it had been previously written off. Also he was calling it a GLS, where it was actually a base model, known as "Select". Needless to say I didn't buy it. It sounds like GM didn't have the 16valve engine ready when the Omega was first introduced.

Ken
Title: Re: Anyone have an 8 valve Omega?
Post by: Martin_1962 on 05 December 2007, 09:43:20
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I nearly bought one, many years ago. It was advertised as "light under bonnet fire", so I went to look. Firstly, the under bonnet fire might have been light, but the burnt out interior meant massive amounts of work, and when I did an HPI on it, I found it had been previously written off. Also he was calling it a GLS, where it was actually a base model, known as "Select". Needless to say I didn't buy it. It sounds like GM didn't have the 16valve engine ready when the Omega was first introduced.

Ken


It was an absolute bottom of range thing aming at the Carlton 1.8L market (the 1.8L was dire)
Title: Re: Anyone have an 8 valve Omega?
Post by: TheBoy on 05 December 2007, 17:36:12
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I nearly bought one, many years ago. It was advertised as "light under bonnet fire", so I went to look. Firstly, the under bonnet fire might have been light, but the burnt out interior meant massive amounts of work, and when I did an HPI on it, I found it had been previously written off. Also he was calling it a GLS, where it was actually a base model, known as "Select". Needless to say I didn't buy it. It sounds like GM didn't have the 16valve engine ready when the Omega was first introduced.

Ken
The 16v unit was available.  The 8v was a cheapo special...