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[chrisgixer]

Noooo wouldn't want to see that scratched. 

[chrisgixer]

Have you not finished this yet? 

Shut it you!


This probably won't move much before spring now.

[Kevin Wood]

Have you not finished this yet? 

Shut it you!


This probably won't move much before spring now.

Don't be silly. Give us a shout when Friday is actually on Friday, and a working party will descend. (and, while we're at it, that press of yours.....)

[05omegav6]

Have you not finished this yet? 

Shut it you!


This probably won't move much before spring now.

Nor will Tunnie

[tunnie]

Have you not finished this yet? 

Shut it you!


This probably won't move much before spring now.

Nor will Tunnie

Quite happy in Kingston, fab views. Rent free, no bills and no mortgage. 

Also I get excellent overtime at Christmas, so it's worked out very nicely! 

Assuming we do actually get it 

[SimplePingu]

Hey guys, new to the Forum. My Friend, Webby-The-Bear showed me the thread after I told him I wouldn't mind doing an Audi 4.2 V8FSI swap into an omega. Have to say, CG, good doing so far! Andwering most of the queries and questions I had regarding the matter. Hope all is going well for you.

P.S - How're thyings looking on the ECU/management side of things?

Happy spanners guys!

[Webby the Bear]

...Simple Pingu (or Luke) i believe is getting the Omega bug after i drove him round town today 

[SimplePingu]

Yes, Steve! Last time I was in an Omega was in the early 2000's. In a W reg 2.2 4cyl estate in green. Will look for the photo later.

[chrisgixer]

Hey guys, new to the Forum. My Friend, Webby-The-Bear showed me the thread after I told him I wouldn't mind doing an Audi 4.2 V8FSI swap into an omega. Have to say, CG, good doing so far! Andwering most of the queries and questions I had regarding the matter. Hope all is going well for you.

P.S - How're thyings looking on the ECU/management side of things?

Happy spanners guys!

Ecu is combined for auto box and engine, so prety straightforward. Hard part will be integrating the omega systems with it so everything works.


Anything is possible of course, but keeping things simple is key to save costs.
In my limited experience, re the Audi lump, I think you need to look at the car in two halfs, as in the so called marriage on the production line between the body and running gear of the front and rear subframes/engine and box/prop.
 Pick your body, then pick your running gear, and marry the two.
But be aware of things like front or rear or all wheel drive, Marque and year of manufacture. Try and keep these as similar as possible.

Audi being front or 4 wheel drive, and omega being rear only. So its likely the entire omega running gear will need to be changed. Doable, I guess, but a lot more work... And of course , time and money.

[Kevin Wood]

Plus it's presumably a Quad cam V8, so much wider than the GM V8, so clearance issues in the engine bay will be likely. That said, it's longitudinal in the Audi, IIRC?

[Webby the Bear]

Yes, Steve! Last time I was in an Omega was in the early 2000's. In a W reg 2.2 4cyl estate in green. Will look for the photo later.

Not thread-stealing but worth posting in the gallery

[chrisgixer]

Plus it's presumably a Quad cam V8, so much wider than the GM V8, so clearance issues in the engine bay will be likely. That said, it's longitudinal in the Audi, IIRC?

Yes the main reason for using the ls1 v8 is the narrow foot print, given the single cam push rod engine. It is extremely narrow with little effect on power.

And nothing at all to do with knowing that opel where so close to releasing a production version to the public.

[Keith ABS]

   I lost track of this project for a while, so how far along is it now?
Keith B

[SimplePingu]

Understandable, CG. I think the Audi V8 had quite an acute block separation. However, I'll shut up about that and stop hijacking your glorious post!

Any new pictures available of the whole thing?

Happy spanners.

[chrisgixer]

   I lost track of this project for a while, so how far along is it now?
Keith B

Waiting for the weather to bloody warm up. Where as I was waiting for it to cool down.

Basically I'm happy everything will fit except the space between the engine and side of the engine bay frame rail, where the steering column and exhaust manifold interfere with each other. Ignoring the electrics for a minute, that's the only bit I'm worried about ATM.
Having acquired an exhaust with cats, and some fanimolds to measure, I know have some good reference points to work with. 2woody has a rack mounted on a subframe and a bigger dif mounted on a rear subframe.

Mean time, my attention is on the brakes. Still.

Insignificant things like work are currently taking up all the time though, it's that time of year.