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[05omegav6]

Interesting reading though alot of the content from the German link is straight from that Canadian build

One interesting thing from a skim read, was that the intended Gearbox was the 4L60E with a king great big oil cooler under the left hand headlight.

Right hand exhaust manifold looks to be a touch compromised though

And the sales pdf within
http://www.opel-infos.de/downloads/omegav8_geneva_e.pdf

Which says, the omega v8 was available exclusively with automatic gear box. (Or would have been)

...and brakes capable of 10 stops from 100kph. (not mph)

Brakes aren't a deal breaker though  

[Andy H]

caliper-squeezing handbrakes are crap.

SWMBOs Golf has a caliper squeezing handbrake - it works far better than the crap handbrake on my Omega.

[chrisgixer]

That manifold is exactly why I'm trying a rack. Its just wrong IMO.

If there was ever a mechanical reason, as opposed to a political one, why they binned that project, those manifolds would be it for me.

I know other manufacturers have done similar, but really...

[chrisgixer]

caliper-squeezing handbrakes are crap.

SWMBOs Golf has a caliper squeezing handbrake - it works far better than the crap handbrake on my Omega.

Then the omega one needs sorting.

Caliper squeezers hold a hot disc. Which can loose grip when it cools, and the car rolls off down a hill potentially.

Where as a hot drum shrinks on to an already expanded hand brake mechanism, thus the brake holds tighter if anything, not looser.

Ask a Honda civic (?) owner if their car has rolled after parking up. I can give you two.
(Think its the civic )

[chrisgixer]

The problem is compounded by gay or female owners btw.

[Andy B]

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Ask a Honda civic (?) owner if their car has rolled after parking up. I can give you two.
(Think its the civic )

I remember some/all of the PSA group cars having problems with handbrakes that didn't hold 

The caliper handbrake on SWMBO Hyundai's handbrake were THE proverbial PITA to do anything with 

[05omegav6]

Had issues with my first Vectra C with that set up, and my 2007 Seat it was a crap design when Ford stuck it on the Mk3 Granada 28 years ago and they're still shit

[Andy H]

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Ask a Honda civic (?) owner if their car has rolled after parking up. I can give you two.
(Think its the civic )

I remember some/all of the PSA group cars having problems with handbrakes that didn't hold 

The caliper handbrake on SWMBO Hyundai's handbrake were THE proverbial PITA to do anything with 

Don't use civic or PSA parts then.

I can only speak as I find. I have been driving Omegas for 12 years and the poxy handbrake still catches me out about once a week. The problem is the that the lever that applies the brake is at the bottom next to the fixed post. Once the brake is applied the shoes move away from the post and the car can move slightly and take the tension off the cable.

[chrisgixer]

Right, so they're shit! That's that sorted then

Koz I've done cock all else with the project so far. ....tomorrow! Lift engine, swap subframes, blocks to replicate engine mounts, slide it back and forth as required (ooh er)

[05omegav6]

About on Saturday?

[05omegav6]

Right, so they're shit! That's that sorted then

Koz I've done cock all else with the project so far. ....tomorrow! Lift engine, swap subframes, blocks to replicate engine mounts, slide it back and forth as required (ooh er)

box off or bring a hammer

[chrisgixer]

Probably wont get that far.

Remove heat shields and sound deadening, mark up where to "adjust it"...

[henryd]

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Ask a Honda civic (?) owner if their car has rolled after parking up. I can give you two.
(Think its the civic )

I remember some/all of the PSA group cars having problems with handbrakes that didn't hold 

The caliper handbrake on SWMBO Hyundai's handbrake were THE proverbial PITA to do anything with 

It was the front disc handbrake on the citroen Bx that did that,the factory recall was to grind the bottom two teeth of the handbrake pawl so owners had pull it up harder

[05omegav6]

They obviously learnt nowt, iirc, that was a Xantia speciality too

[henryd]

They obviously learnt nowt, iirc, that was a Xantia speciality too

There may have been a mod done on them too,I've owned two Xantia's and a Bx and had no brake problems with any of them.