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Omega General Help / Re: decat for v6

« on: 01 July 2011, 23:18:25 »

I've now owned 2 de-catted 3.0 MV6's (1 converted by myself and 1 bought already de-catted. I found with both of them the low down torque suffers a lot but the high end power is slightly improved. I believe the torque is lost due to the drop in back pressure. In both instances i've put the cats back on as I couldn't live without the torque and it was too noisy (although it did sound quite throaty). Maybe with a remap the decat pipes could be beneficial.

I still have a pair of decat pipes in the garage if anyone wants to have a go themselves 

*Just to add if you don't have much low down torque your multiram system may not be functioning correctly it would be worth having a look in the How 2 section and checking yours is plumbed in correctly and switchover solenoids are operating 

Thanks for that info, i'll have a look in the morning when I do an oil change.

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Omega General Help / Re: decat for v6

« on: 30 June 2011, 23:45:56 »

To be fair I don't do the work myself a good mate of mine does it in his spare time at his work no fee

I know the gains aren't supposed to be much but i've done it on a lot of previous cars and the results have been pretty astounding in terms of improved driveability and low down torque and my thoughts are that the omega has done 150k on its original cats so they must be pretty blocked up and inefficient by now so a decat should release a lot more than 5bhp and hopefully restore some low down grunt as mine is seriously lacking in that department especially for a 3.0

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Omega General Help / Re: decat for v6

« on: 30 June 2011, 23:02:47 »

Thats not such an issue as i will replace the cats for mots. All I want to make sure is that the car will run ok without them in and not throw up fault codes or run like a sack of poo

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Omega General Help / decat for v6

« on: 30 June 2011, 22:42:21 »

Hi people, just want to know if it's possible to decat my 2000 3.0 v6? I have a mate who can make me 2 pipes in a jig for a measly sum of money, but after looking through the forum it doesn't seem like anyone has done it.

What's the deal?

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Omega General Help / Re: Self leveling shocks for Elite estate F/L

« on: 29 June 2011, 21:11:44 »

Thanks for the above info both of you. I shall PM Darth shortly

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Omega General Help / Self leveling shocks for Elite estate F/L

« on: 28 June 2011, 21:44:00 »

Hi, 1 of my rear shocks is leaking badly and will need replacement. What is the part no. I need to order as my local motor factors can only supply a non self leveling shock? Also what is the cost likely to be as the non s/l came in at £29.00 each which is pretty reasonable? Relating to this can I replace both s/l shocks for the cheaper non s/l ones or will this not work?

Sorry for all the questions but I've being trying all day to get a price and coming up short on the s/l shocks.

Many thanks, Rich

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Omega General Help / Roof Aerial

« on: 28 June 2011, 21:51:38 »

Hi, not long ago the aerial on my f/l estate 'fell off' (just the stalk part - the base is still on the roof) and now the stereo won't pick up any radio at all.

What I want to know is how difficult is it to replace the aerial (headlining easy to remove etc) and do I need to buy a genuine replacement or will any do from a shop wot sells stereos?

Thanks Rich. 

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: New Person

« on: 28 June 2011, 22:21:46 »

Welcome. £20k of reciepts, thats some decent history folder

It is quite frankly ridiculous. It appears to have had everything either replaced, repaired or reconditioned and this level of maintenance has continued up to present as during the last year the previous owner had receipts totaling over £4k    

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: New Person

« on: 28 June 2011, 22:16:39 »

Thanks for the welcome guys

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Newbie Welcome Area / New Person

« on: 28 June 2011, 21:34:10 »

Hi people, bought my 3.0 f/l estate a few weeks ago and thought I'd get registered on here as it seems a really good source of info and parts to keep my car running as it should.

The car is an Elite spec in a light blue with cream leather 2000 X reg with 150k miles and what ads up to about £20,000 in maintenance receipts - I have never seen anything like it and I've had a lot of used cars!

There's a couple of little things I'd like to get sorted with it (roof aerial and rear shocks) but I'll no doubt find the relevant info elsewhere on the forum.

I'll try to get some photos up once it's clean see what you guys think!

Thanks for listening,
Rich.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Samsung galaxy S

« on: 29 June 2011, 21:34:38 »

I've had my SII for 3 weeks now and it's the nuts. Couldn't have come sooner as my laptop has broken and I've hardly missed it since using the phone.

Battery is amazing imo. Spent a weekend at Pod with no charging - made a few calls, used the net for e-mails etc and recorded nearly 40 mins of HD footage on the strip - It still had 25% battery left on Sunday night before bed