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[Martin_1962]

If you are going down the Diesel route with the MV6 you may be better off looking at other engines rather than the 2.5TD.

LOL   Makes me laugh.... I've only ever had good experiences with the 2.5TD and I've had 4!!!

See THe Boys Tractor project, also you do read stories about the 2.5TD lunching itself, also a big difference in performance between the lumps, personally if I was going to this trouble I'd either put MV6 bits on the TD or look at scrappies for a larger capacity or more up to date similar physical size lump - perhaps the replacement for the 2.5 TD with 24valve head.

I just think it will be almost as much work as the RATs Omega going the way you want to.

I think virtually everything under the bonnet will need to change as well as the pedals.

Good luck though

[Markjay]

I don't know about the Omega, but a few years ago I was driving a Ford Escort 1.8 Diesel which was a company car. The vehicles were poorly maintained, and sure enough one night while driving I heard a bang and even before I left the driver's seat I know it was the cam belt. The car was towed to a local garage (after it was first towed away to the car pound by the traffic wardens, they don't take notice of 'broken down' signs on the windscreen... but that's another story and anyway I got the fine money back! eventually...) and the engine was declared dead beyond economic repair. Problem was that second-hand 1.8 Ford Diesel engines were in great demand and short supply at the time, while 1.6 Petrol were cheap and plenty... so on the garage's (ill-)advice the company decided to replace the Diesel engine with a used Petrol one.

And this is where things started to go wrong... the 1.6 Petrol engine sourced was second-hand and what is known as 'short engine' so all the ancillaries needed to be sourced separately, then the fuel pump, fuel tank, and fuel lines needed changing, and for some reason the new engine fouled the suspension so some modification was needed there as well (and following that, the car was, as Ralf Nader would put it, 'unsafe at any speed'...). The result was that the piecemeal process ended up costing much more than the car was worth.

The lesson is that there is always more than meets the eye with these type of projects....

[IrmscherKris]

markjay: I hear you mate, unlucky!  

I have just been speaking to a mate who thinks it is completely doable.

The engine loom is fully self contained bar the tps - still looking in to this.

STUFF THAT NEEDS SWAPPING

Engine loom and ecu inc pump and ancillaries etc...
Relay box in engine compartment?
Rad fan and pipe work
Tank with in tank pump
Diesel lines
Exhaust
Transponder chip and pick up sensor
Clocks

Tech 2 session to enable the GID to display correctly.

[Markjay]

markjay: I hear you mate, unlucky!   ...

Not me, the unlucky one was the proprietor who picked up the bill. But as he never maintained the company cars properly in the first place it was only expected. I stopped driving them and bought my first Omega in 1997 when the 'exec' Granada Scorpio I was given instead of the Escort had the rear disc disintigrate from the hub due to rust. Lovely car that is was, 2.9L and all, I prefer to stay alive...

[Martin_1962]

markjay: I hear you mate, unlucky!   ...

Not me, the unlucky one was the proprietor who picked up the bill. But as he never maintained the company cars properly in the first place it was only expected. I stopped driving them and bought my first Omega in 1997 when the 'exec' Granada Scorpio I was given instead of the Escort had the rear disc disintigrate from the hub due to rust. Lovely car that is was, 2.9L and all, I prefer to stay alive...

VERY Nasty