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Omega General Help / Re: Alarm sounding

« on: 24 December 2012, 14:10:14 »

Where is the power sounder located please ?

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Omega General Help / New Gearknob Wanted

« on: 04 May 2011, 18:49:08 »

Does anyone know where i can get a new leather gearknob for my 51 plate manual CDX please ? Would consider an irmscher wood effect knob but don't really want to pay Vauxhalls silly prices.

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Omega General Help / Re: Polyflex bushes

« on: 05 December 2010, 21:54:15 »

I did, it is just that i am a muppet and hands too big for the keyboard 

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Omega General Help / Re: Polyflex bushes

« on: 22 November 2010, 11:40:27 »

Finally fitted them and they are a huge improvement, not going to have the 4 wheels fully aligned and set accurately then see how it drives. If it doesn't drive nice after so much hassle it has given me, it is going and will be buying a Volvo V70 T5

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Omega General Help / Re: Polyflex bushes

« on: 07 October 2010, 01:58:12 »

They both wear but the front bush has more forward/rearward motion control of the arm than the rear and therefor fails quicker.

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Omega General Help / Re: Polyflex bushes

« on: 06 October 2010, 03:17:01 »

Powerflex do bushes for most of the ford escort and fiestas which have the bottom arm bushes just like the rear bushes for the Omega arm so in time they may eventually do them for the rear of the arms too if enough pressure is applied to the manufacturers.

I wonder why they only do the front bush for the wishbone. Is it under more stress ?

I can't see how you'd do the other one as it forms the bottom pivot of the wishbone and pivots in the "wrong" axis. Guess you'd have to use a spherical bearing.

A really big spherical bearing..

Hmm.. there's an idea Not sure how you'd secure it to the wishbone, though.

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Omega General Help / Re: Polyflex bushes

« on: 06 October 2010, 03:04:56 »

They are not expensive compared to replacing the front arm bushes every couple of years or even the arms come to think of that. The Polyflex bushes outlast their rubber counterparts by years and improve the handling massively. I fitted them to my Sierra about 10 years ago and they were incredible in what they did to the handling of the car and that is why i have been on at Powerflex to produce them for the Omega for over 8 years.

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Omega General Help / Polyflex bushes

« on: 01 October 2010, 11:32:16 »

Has anyone had any experience of the polyflex bushes as i am just going to fit them to my car. I have only been hassling Powerflex for 8 years to produce them and at last they do.

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Omega General Help / Re: facelift 3.0 v6 brake upgrade help

« on: 05 December 2010, 21:52:29 »

Dot 4 min spec, 5.1 is just synthetic dot4 so boils at a higher temperature.

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Omega General Help / Re: facelift 3.0 v6 brake upgrade help

« on: 22 November 2010, 11:50:35 »

Good stuff Zombie, thing is they are about the same price as Vaux's own.

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Omega General Help / Re: facelift 3.0 v6 brake upgrade help

« on: 01 October 2010, 11:41:58 »

I had always used gen Vaux discs and pads and have always been rubbish, however, recently tried std mintex pads and it is all of a sudden brakes are like dropping an anchor out of the boot.

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Omega General Help / Re: facelift 3.0 v6 brake upgrade help

« on: 30 March 2009, 14:46:26 »

I notice that people are saying how good the Omega brakes are, I must have a lemon as mine ar utter rubbish, a long brake pedal and they fade like hell, no matter what i do to sort them out they are just absolute rubbish

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.6 to 3.2 conversion

« on: 22 November 2010, 11:30:54 »

I decided to design race cars 3 years ago so yes i have a student loan as i haven't yet finished my degree.

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.6 to 3.2 conversion

« on: 07 October 2010, 02:09:09 »

As i said i have been spannering for 30 years so i realise what it may be, i am also doing a degree in Race Car Design & Engineering so the last thing i am going to do is just do the stem seals on a 150k mile engine, it is a rebuild or replacement, depends on what i can be bothered doing and how far my student loan stretches.

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.6 to 3.2 conversion

« on: 06 October 2010, 03:10:35 »

I like your thinking but just run in is rubbish, just run in was when i bought it with 27k on the clock, the remaining 125K have been hard on it as i t has bee a work horse and Vauxhall got the cam timing completely wrong when i had them fit a cambelt at 40K, they got the cams out by one tooth. It is starting to smoke on startup and accasionally when driving plus leaks oil so i wouldn't say it was anywhere near run it, 30yrs as a mechanic says it is nearly ready for re-build.

I am looking at changing the engine as it has hit 150k on the clock. What would i need to change on the engine ? I gather the ECU and Injectors are essential, Can anyone tell me of anything else please ?

Just ran in!