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Title: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: fiend61 on 31 October 2011, 07:05:01
hi all

i can get a 3.2 veccy elite for a stupidly small amount of cash (right place right time) ;) has sat nav , full leather etc etc, what i am wondering is the cambelt changing intervals, is it the same as the mig 40k or 4 years or are the veccys different???
TIA
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: The Red Baron on 31 October 2011, 08:15:10
hi all

i can get a 3.2 veccy elite for a stupidly small amount of cash (right place right time) ;) has sat nav , full leather etc etc, what i am wondering is the cambelt changing intervals, is it the same as the mig 40k or 4 years or are the veccys different???
TIA
i would imagine, same engine...wrong way round. :y
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: Del Boy on 31 October 2011, 08:24:28
40k for cambelt I believe yes, as said its just turned the wrong way round :y
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: fiend61 on 31 October 2011, 08:29:46
thanks  :y
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 31 October 2011, 12:45:59
hi all

i can get a 3.2 veccy elite for a stupidly small amount of cash (right place right time) ;) has sat nav , full leather etc etc, what i am wondering is the cambelt changing intervals, is it the same as the mig 40k or 4 years or are the veccys different???
TIA



How much ......and what year? :y
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: fiend61 on 31 October 2011, 16:19:36
03 plate and silly money £400 cash ermmm lad was a little bit desperate  for money, as said right place at right time with cash in my pocket  :y
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: sticka_v8_init on 31 October 2011, 16:22:00
03 plate and silly money £400 cash ermmm lad was a little bit desperate  for money, as said right place at right time with cash in my pocket  :y
Buy it  :y
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: fiend61 on 31 October 2011, 16:26:44
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Buy it

buy it ?????????????? i nearly chewed his hand off  :y  couldnt get money out quick enough  :y
sitting outside my house now looking very smart  :y  oh if anyone wants a 3.2 vectra elite 03,full leather, colour sat nav etc etc im open to offers ( not really admin) this is a keeper  :y :y
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: sticka_v8_init on 31 October 2011, 16:30:00
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Buy it

buy it ?????????????? i nearly chewed his hand off  :y  couldnt get money out quick enough  :y
sitting outside my house now looking very smart  :y  oh if anyone wants a 3.2 vectra elite 03,full leather, colour sat nav etc etc im open to offers ( not really admin) this is a keeper  :y :y

 ;D ;D Good bloke.....when you getting pictures on?
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: fiend61 on 31 October 2011, 16:32:44
very soon, very soon  :y
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: TheBoy on 31 October 2011, 17:29:30
You'll soon what to sell it - the first time you present those 3.2GSi's a corner when the roads aren't bone dry....

The chassis is pretty awful.


Quicker than an Omega in a striaght line, once you have the bugger moving :y
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: Lazydocker on 31 October 2011, 18:28:27
You'll soon what to sell it - the first time you present those 3.2GSi's a corner when the roads aren't bone dry....
I can imagine... Had enough trouble getting my 2.0 DTi to go around corners in the wet ::)
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: fiend61 on 01 November 2011, 17:04:16
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the first time you present those 3.2GSi's a corner when the roads aren't bone dry

hmm i will find out pretty soon then  ;) :y
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: blackviper90210 on 22 November 2011, 08:43:40
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Buy it

buy it ?????????????? i nearly chewed his hand off  :y  couldnt get money out quick enough  :y
sitting outside my house now looking very smart  :y  oh if anyone wants a 3.2 vectra elite 03,full leather, colour sat nav etc etc im open to offers ( not really admin) this is a keeper  :y :y

I'll take the veccy off your hands :y
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: fiend61 on 22 November 2011, 08:54:19
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I'll take the veccy off your hands

no your ok at the moment  ;D ;D ;D
enjoying it  ;)
had to have a few things done to it i.e broken spring, arb bushes,droplinks nothing to major  ;)
and a few things i want to do ie , cambelt, camcover gaskets (for piece of mind)
new shocks (probally bilstien)
but other than that a good car and errr fast isnt the word  :D :D and still getting an average of approx 29mpg (better than my migs) and thats with me still playing with the accelerator  ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: I_want_an_Omega on 22 November 2011, 08:57:29
They have quite an appetite in front tyres!
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: fiend61 on 22 November 2011, 09:58:22
yup and wierd size, 215/50/17  not many places have them in stock, (wonders what others he can put on) ??
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: albitz on 22 November 2011, 10:06:09
Would have been a stonking car if it had been RWD. Must be considerably lighter than an Omega. ;)
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: blackviper90210 on 22 November 2011, 10:06:48
Go on, let me have her! You've had her long enough now :)
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: twiglet on 22 November 2011, 11:39:59
Would have been a stonking car if it had been RWD. Must be considerably lighter than an Omega. ;)

VAUXHALL VECTRA 3.2i V6 GSi 5dr Hatchback Auto... 2045kgs

VAUXHALL Omega 3.2i V6 24v MV6 Saloon Auto... 2190kgs

 :y
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: henryd on 22 November 2011, 11:45:54
Would have been a stonking car if it had been RWD. Must be considerably lighter than an Omega. ;)

VAUXHALL VECTRA 3.2i V6 GSi 5dr Hatchback Auto... 2045kgs

VAUXHALL Omega 3.2i V6 24v MV6 Saloon Auto... 2190kgs

 :y

They are gross weights,my old elite estate was only 1900 kg when weighed .
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: twiglet on 22 November 2011, 11:47:45
Would have been a stonking car if it had been RWD. Must be considerably lighter than an Omega. ;)

VAUXHALL VECTRA 3.2i V6 GSi 5dr Hatchback Auto... 2045kgs

VAUXHALL Omega 3.2i V6 24v MV6 Saloon Auto... 2190kgs

 :y

They are gross weights,my old elite estate was only 1900 kg when weighed .

Correct, gross weights taken from Autotrader...  :y
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: albitz on 22 November 2011, 14:48:27
Not much in it (fully laden) then. :-\
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: Martin_1962 on 22 November 2011, 15:44:33
Would be worth breaking.

Engine with proper intake on it would be usefull for a real car, body must be worth £200 or so.

Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: fiend61 on 22 November 2011, 15:53:57
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VAUXHALL VECTRA 3.2i V6 GSi 5dr Hatchback Auto... 2045kgs

"ehem" mine is the elite not some run of the mill gsi (turns round with nose in the air)  :P :P
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: fiend61 on 22 November 2011, 16:25:17
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Would be worth breaking
to nice to break martin and only 60k on clock
(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m585/Roger_Short/SDC13338-2.jpg)
(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m585/Roger_Short/SDC13348.jpg)
(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m585/Roger_Short/SDC13347.jpg)
(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m585/Roger_Short/SDC13344.jpg)
(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m585/Roger_Short/SDC13345.jpg)
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: fiend61 on 22 November 2011, 16:26:45
hmmm needs a clean  :-[ :-[
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: Del Boy on 22 November 2011, 16:42:59
Would be worth breaking.

Engine with proper intake on it would be usefull for a real car, body must be worth £200 or so.

Why break a car like that?  :o
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: Martin_1962 on 22 November 2011, 17:45:31
Would be worth breaking.

Engine with proper intake on it would be usefull for a real car, body must be worth £200 or so.

Why break a car like that?  :o

Spares

I am sure one of the failed cambelt cars would want the engine.

Or someone wanting to upgrade a 2.5 or 2.6
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: TheBoy on 22 November 2011, 18:58:36
Yuck, an auto :o

The Vectra 3.2 only works with a manual box.  Its not a bad gearbox either (little notchy, but not bad).
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: fiend61 on 22 November 2011, 19:27:14
its also a semi-auto box (dont know what it is called) knock the gearshift to the left and you can go through the gears like a manual  ;)
but it is one thing i will be looking into changing to a manual box, i do like manual's  ;)
but for the money i paid for it couldnt really turn round and say "ermm sorry its got an auto box"  ::)
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: TheBoy on 22 November 2011, 19:58:07
Sequential ;)

But still auto, unlike, for eg, DSG
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: Kevin Wood on 22 November 2011, 20:15:16
Sequential ;)

But still auto, unlike, for eg, DSG

Not a proper sequential either.  ;)

It's an auto box through and through. and they are best left to change gear themselves IMHO. Overriding the changes only highlights the frustration of losing 2000+ RPM between each gear... IMHO ;)
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: 05omegav6 on 22 November 2011, 20:16:39
Like the saloon, a bit rarer/better looking than the hatch imo. :y Fitting a manual box is probably cheaper/easier than replacing the slush box when the oil cooler fails. :-\ It may be 2011, but pink mayonaise is never fashionable ::) Crap in snow too, won't let you start in a gear higher than third. :-\
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: Martin_1962 on 22 November 2011, 20:44:22
Whatever still wrong wheel drive with too much weight and power.

That engine should have stayed where it belonged
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: fiend61 on 23 November 2011, 06:54:29
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That engine should have stayed where it belonged
wheres that then  ???
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: hotel21 on 23 November 2011, 08:45:10
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That engine should have stayed where it belonged
wheres that then  ???

In a sunbeam/talbot/rootes microbox of some rust ridden persuasion if Martin had had his way!!   ;D ;D :y
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: Martin_1962 on 23 November 2011, 09:19:25
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That engine should have stayed where it belonged
wheres that then  ???

In an Omega rather than a WWD heap ;D ;D
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: Martin_1962 on 23 November 2011, 09:19:55
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That engine should have stayed where it belonged
wheres that then  ???

In a sunbeam/talbot/rootes microbox of some rust ridden persuasion if Martin had had his way!!   ;D ;D :y


No an Omega - it is the Omega engine with different intake stuff
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 23 November 2011, 09:29:46
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That engine should have stayed where it belonged
wheres that then  ???

In a sunbeam/talbot/rootes microbox of some rust ridden persuasion if Martin had had his way!!   ;D ;D :y


 ;D ;D ;D Every time I think of the Hillman Avenger we had on the ghost fleet I shudder - what a dog.
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: hotel21 on 23 November 2011, 10:47:38
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That engine should have stayed where it belonged
wheres that then  ???

In a sunbeam/talbot/rootes microbox of some rust ridden persuasion if Martin had had his way!!   ;D ;D :y


No an Omega - it is the Omega engine with different intake stuff

Really?   :D

Every day is a school day........ :P ;D
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: Kevin Wood on 23 November 2011, 11:07:51
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That engine should have stayed where it belonged
wheres that then  ???

In a sunbeam/talbot/rootes microbox of some rust ridden persuasion if Martin had had his way!!   ;D ;D :y


No an Omega - it is the Omega engine with different intake stuff

Really?   :D

Every day is a school day........ :P ;D

Depends on your teacher. ;) First application of the 54deg V6 was in the Chavalier / Vectra / Calibra, surely? Only later did it get fitted to the RWD cars when the C26/C30 engines were dropped, so one could argue where it truly belongs. ;D
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: hotel21 on 23 November 2011, 11:10:13
I shall now remove my tongue from my cheek re martins edumacation lessin...... ;D
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: Martin_1962 on 24 November 2011, 21:06:08
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That engine should have stayed where it belonged
wheres that then  ???

In a sunbeam/talbot/rootes microbox of some rust ridden persuasion if Martin had had his way!!   ;D ;D :y


No an Omega - it is the Omega engine with different intake stuff

Really?   :D

Every day is a school day........ :P ;D

Depends on your teacher. ;) First application of the 54deg V6 was in the Chavalier / Vectra / Calibra, surely? Only later did it get fitted to the RWD cars when the C26/C30 engines were dropped, so one could argue where it truly belongs. ;D

Who actually cares, anything which lowers the number of WWD cars is a good thing.
Title: Re: 3.2l vectra elite
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 26 November 2011, 21:23:39
I bet the rear cam-cover is a bugger to change.....  :-\