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Omega Gallery / Catera Led Rear Lamps thanks to CateraMV6

« on: 30 May 2009, 22:54:24 »

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Omega Gallery / Grey Facelift MV6 Leather Seats

« on: 01 October 2009, 18:05:58 »

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Omega Gallery / GTO Calipers Upgrade Thanks to CateraMV6

« on: 02 August 2009, 23:59:07 »

A while back CateraMV6 kindly sent me a pair of GTO calipers, I had them fitted recently with Goodridge braided brake hoses and the results were outstanding! He also sent me a pair smooth wing mouldings to replace my side indicators. I moved the indicators to my wing mirrors. Special thanks to CateraMV6 for his help and guidance throughout these projects!
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Omega Gallery / Re: Omega Led Daytime Running Lamps

« on: 18 March 2009, 10:19:20 »

looks good, what air dam is that? like the grill. maybe could be shaped better if poss, i like the r8 lights, i notice they are spaced further apart?
tidy looking motor

Hi, its the Irmscher front air-dam bumper, the positioning of daytime running lamps were dictated by the free space within the headlamps, allowances had to be made for the heatsinks and mini-fans in the headlamp, so its a tight fit!

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Omega Gallery / Re: Omega Led Daytime Running Lamps

« on: 13 March 2009, 23:08:07 »

I like it, looks different.

I thought of doing something like that to my facelift omega, did you get the leds from ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AUDI-R8-A5-STYLE-HEADLIGHT-BROW-LEDS-30CM-15-LED-X2_W0QQitemZ190292196903QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item190292196903&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1689%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Hi, thanks for the interest, the leds are made by Ring Automotive in Leeds and are packaged as 150mm Daytime Running Lights, they come as a pair, although you need two pairs. They are sold in Halfords for £70 a pair.

The Drls were fitted into the Omega headlamp with the best suitability option available, due to the size of the Drls, they couldn't be fitted under the main beam light, although that look is more desired.

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Omega Gallery / Omega Led Daytime Running Lamps

« on: 10 March 2009, 09:48:07 »

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Omega Gallery / Re: Omega 262bhp Turbo Petrol Engine Transplant

« on: 07 April 2009, 21:10:11 »

Nice a z20let motor?

I am going to put a c20let motor in my omega, i am hoping of reaching numbers nearly 400 horses at the wheels.'

You are using the orginal Electrict for the motor. Or you using Data sprut?

This is where the transplant became complicated, the original Canbus system of the Omega had to be wired to the ECU of the Astra Turbo, the chap who did this had detailed knowledge of Vauxhall Wiring Looms, but it still took him a few months to figure everything out.

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Omega Gallery / Re: Omega 262bhp Turbo Petrol Engine Transplant

« on: 07 April 2009, 21:06:12 »

ah right ok....are now power limited by the gearbox??

That is an excellent question, to which i don't have an answer. From memory the standard gearbox was good for the quoted bhp and torque but not much more. The power was probably limited by costs of the power upgrades!

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Omega Gallery / Re: Omega 262bhp Turbo Petrol Engine Transplant

« on: 18 March 2009, 10:11:33 »

looks good but surely the intake pipe could have been routed better!??

C20LET is it? id love to see 300bhp....easily possible too

EDIT: just realised its a VXR engine....sweet! but PLEASE at the very least get it remapped!!

Hi, its a Z20 LET with a VXR Turbocharger, its has a 9.1l intercooler and the ECU has been remapped, all in all although the transplant was done over 3 years ago, (the VXR turbo was upgraded later) the engine has been very reliable, and hasn't presented any problems.

sweet, once the engine was in with the special mounts what gearbox was used and was there any issues with it?

The original gearbox was used without any problems at all, mechanically the transplant wasn't too complicated, but the electrical wiring consumed the majority of the time.

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Omega Gallery / Re: Omega 262bhp Turbo Petrol Engine Transplant

« on: 13 March 2009, 23:50:19 »

afaik the mounts are a straight swap, you'd need the engine loom at a guess and just plug and play pretty much into the omega body loom but i'm not sure as i'v never done a later engine 2.2/2.0 into an old 2.0/v6 body!

Hi, the Z20 LET engine mounts had to fabricated to allow the Astra front wheel drive to fit the Omegas rear wheel drivetrain. But the wiring was truly a nightmare for the tuning company to transfer, it took them nearly two months to figure everything out.

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Omega Gallery / Re: Omega 262bhp Turbo Petrol Engine Transplant

« on: 13 March 2009, 23:44:32 »

so what would it take to get a LET in there? or a ZLET?

I guess with the ZLET there'd be more work involved, what with the emisions stuff.

Luckily, i didn't get too involved with the transplant, this was dealt with a specialist vauxhall tuning company who demonstrated  the expertise to transfer the engine, the wiring was the main issue, they had to marry the Omegas loom to the Astra loom.

At the time the transplant was being done i had my reservations about the outcome, needless to say the drive home from tuning company said it all!

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Omega Gallery / Re: Omega 262bhp Turbo Petrol Engine Transplant

« on: 13 March 2009, 23:36:45 »

So you saved a good 100+ pounds off the weight of the car and bumped up a healthy 50+ hp... man that right there might make the MIG one hell of a nice car to throw around corners etc...

I have seen one with a Toyota Supra 2JZ motor... inline 6 3.0L putting out a solid 500hp at the rear wheels... now talk about a sneak attack...

But hey nice motor m8 (I'm too gay and stupid to spell mate) (I'm too gay and stupid to spell mate)!!!  

Now what did it cost you to drop that in there...?

Hi there, thank you. The installation cost just over £6K, there was a lot of work involved especially the wiring as the Z20 LET engine was Fly By Wire, and the engine mounts had to be fabricated to site the engine. It took almost four months to complete.

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Omega Gallery / Re: Omega 262bhp Turbo Petrol Engine Transplant

« on: 13 March 2009, 23:32:18 »

Very interesting so NOT a Diesel

What was the car originally?

How does it drive?

Hi Martin, the car originally was a X20 XEV,  the drive is absolutely fantastic, there isn't any turbo lag and the acceleration is neck snapping. The fuel economy is about the same as the X20 XEV.

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Omega Gallery / Re: Omega 262bhp Turbo Petrol Engine Transplant

« on: 13 March 2009, 23:27:43 »

looks good but surely the intake pipe could have been routed better!??

C20LET is it? id love to see 300bhp....easily possible too

EDIT: just realised its a VXR engine....sweet! but PLEASE at the very least get it remapped!!

Hi, its a Z20 LET with a VXR Turbocharger, its has a 9.1l intercooler and the ECU has been remapped, all in all although the transplant was done over 3 years ago, (the VXR turbo was upgraded later) the engine has been very reliable, and hasn't presented any problems.

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Omega Gallery / Re: Omega 262bhp Turbo Petrol Engine Transplant

« on: 13 March 2009, 23:19:22 »

Looks good that m 8 is it an Astra VXR engine?

Hi there, its a Z20 LET with a VXR turbocharger.