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[tunnie]

Well since Jaime is away and can't say i told you so!

I am seriously considering selling the 2.2 Omega, taking the Senator to the Lakes, with 45 stone of weight in the car, full boot with camping gear, clothes, beer, tones of tools ect it still averaged 30mpg at 90mph motorway cruise, and over the 750 miles averaged 28mpg.

On a motorway run to my grandma's in Surrey which is around 80 miles, my 2.2 Omega generally averages 31-34. If i had done the same run to the Lakes in my Omega, i bet it would have been the same on MPG, no better!

Up some hills in the lakes, 1,500 rpm up a 17% incline the Senator pulled like a train.

I want a V6 Omega Elite.

Should I:

A) Sell my Omega now before i go to Europe, then look for a V6 Elite when i get back in mid September and keep the Senator until i find a V6 Elite.

B) Keep the Omega till i come back, then sell both and hunt for V6..

C) Do nothing keep the 2.2

[Admin]

I would wait to change cars until you return. No real point in doing anything until then.

Funnily enough, I am on the lookout for a 24v Senator!

Need a cheap car for a little while, and I have a love for the Senny that means I keep needing one every so often!  

[tunnie]

I would wait to change cars until you return. No real point in doing anything until then.

Funnily enough, I am on the lookout for a 24v Senator!

Need a cheap car for a little while, and I have a love for the Senny that means I keep needing one every so often!  

Mines running sweet as a nut now, it will be up for sale around mid-late Sept  

[Kevin Wood]

If I were you I'd patch up the few areas where the Senator is starting to rust and keep the old girl. Sounds like it's running every bit as good as a V6 Omega would, in fact I think you'd struggle to get that economy from a 3.0 / 3.2 Omega.

If you're sure you've decided to sell the 2.2, do it now rather than have it sitting around depreciating for an extra couple of months.

Be warned that the one time that a big engine will bite, economy wise, is urban driving. If you don't plan to do too much of that, you're OK.

Kevin

[Big Rod]

Don't be fooled into thinking a V6 Omega will give you comparable MPG to the Senator Tunnie!

I made the same mistake when I chopped my 24v Senny in for the 3.2 MV6. The Senator, if I was kind to it, could manage 38 MPG but it was usually around the low 30's.

When I got the MV6, I initially thought there was something seriously wrong with it as it could only muster 24 MPG at best. The best MPG from it seemed to coincide with services, but generally, (granted I don't mess about on motorways at all!), it had 23 MPG showing as it's average.

The best V6 Omega for fuel economy IMO was Bob Dent's old 2.5 V6 manual. It got close to 30 on the drive up from Englandshire, (and it wasn't even running properly!). SWMBO's 2.5 V6 Auto manages about 25 MPG on average.

I say buy a high spec' Omega with a lunched engine in it and install a C30SE from a Senator. But be quick, those engine's are becoming rare. I just happen to be awaiting delivery of one!!  

[Markie]

Punt the 2.2 Tunnie - realise your asset and invest it in a v6 project that you fix and keep  

[Admin]

Don't be fooled into thinking a V6 Omega will give you comparable MPG to the Senator Tunnie!

I made the same mistake when I chopped my 24v Senny in for the 3.2 MV6. The Senator, if I was kind to it, could manage 38 MPG but it was usually around the low 30's.

When I got the MV6, I initially thought there was something seriously wrong with it as it could only muster 24 MPG at best. The best MPG from it seemed to coincide with services, but generally, (granted I don't mess about on motorways at all!), it had 23 MPG showing as it's average.

The best V6 Omega for fuel economy IMO was Bob Dent's old 2.5 V6 manual. It got close to 30 on the drive up from Englandshire, (and it wasn't even running properly!). SWMBO's 2.5 V6 Auto manages about 25 MPG on average.

I say buy a high spec' Omega with a lunched engine in it and install a C30SE from a Senator. But be quick, those engine's are becoming rare. I just happen to be awaiting delivery of one!!  

'Tis true... 2,700 miles of thrashing the Senny round Europe and it still returned 30mpg average across the whole journey!

I cannot get that out of any Omega yet.

As for sticking a C30SE into an Omega.... err no!  

[Big Rod]

As for sticking a C30SE into an Omega.... err no!  

Or a C36GET! Oh, that's been done already!!

Why not though Dave? More tuneable, (to a certain degree admittedly!), than the 3.0+ V6's, the only thing I think goes against it's favour is that it would make it a bit nose heavy.

[Big Rod]

Actually, screw the six pot idea! Shoehorn an LS1/2 in there!! They're just as economical as a 3.2!!!

Or alternatively, stick a BMW V12 in!!

Am I getting carried away?  

[Martin_1962]

They can always be converted to autogas

[Admin]

Actually, screw the six pot idea! Shoehorn an LS1/2 in there!! They're just as economical as a 3.2!!!

Or alternatively, stick a BMW V12 in!!

Am I getting carried away?  

I have often talked with Mark about an LS2 project.  
Now that would be a car I would NEVER sell!  
I will tackle it one day... when funds allow!

[TheBoy]

Well since Jaime is away and can't say i told you so!

I am seriously considering selling the 2.2 Omega, taking the Senator to the Lakes, with 45 stone of weight in the car, full boot with camping gear, clothes, beer, tones of tools ect it still averaged 30mpg at 90mph motorway cruise, and over the 750 miles averaged 28mpg.

On a motorway run to my grandma's in Surrey which is around 80 miles, my 2.2 Omega generally averages 31-34. If i had done the same run to the Lakes in my Omega, i bet it would have been the same on MPG, no better!

Up some hills in the lakes, 1,500 rpm up a 17% incline the Senator pulled like a train.

I want a V6 Omega Elite.

Should I:

A) Sell my Omega now before i go to Europe, then look for a V6 Elite when i get back in mid September and keep the Senator until i find a V6 Elite.

B) Keep the Omega till i come back, then sell both and hunt for V6..

C) Do nothing keep the 2.2

i told you so...