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[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

so 10.5 seconds for 0-60 in real world is nothing to be concerned about?

How do you obtain these figures, Mr Bear?

Speedo and stopwatch?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

From my personal experience, I always found the book times to be conservative, a good running motor always beats them.

Remember on an auto the stall launch method.

Yes.

Autocar magazine and the like test two up and with a full tank of petrol.

They also test in opposite directions in order to give a 2 way average.

One up and with low fuel my Omega 2.6 auto recorded zero to sixty in 8.7 seconds.

[ted_one]

Despite the knockers on here,the Omega is no slouch in a traffic light drag race and surprises the boy racers when they think they're hard enuff! to take you on and also quite a few of the retard must be away first on the green light fraternity. The 3.2 MV6 is extremely nimble when going round corners and again it's an old car that's not a lot of money to buy, but it can certainly hold its own in a street fight and I'm very happy to own and drive them,and in a way with a few upgrades on the suspension and brakes you have got a real handy tool and imho, they are a secret that's best kept amongst ourselves

[EMD]

At some point someone will let me try a 3.2  Id like to see the difference if any to the 3.0  But this mite be dangerous because if the 3.2 is to my liking then i would have to get one or 2   

[ted_one]

There is a difference between the two cars in the way the power is delivered,but the figures stack up fairly closely.In all honesty I have never pushed the 3.0 MV6 since the engine was replaced, although the grunt is definitely there, I just don't want my nice clean licence whisked away just to prove the point.
But having said that,when I first got my 3.2 MV6 back in'04 it had come straight out of service with the Met and luckily for me I actually own a private motorway (the M3) and allow the poor people to use it when I don't need it, and on a quiet day I actually got very close to that cars maximum speed. All I remember looking down at the speedo for a split second and saw the needle pointing north of 140 mph, it was a once only deal and wouldn't recommend it to others.....but a very capable car nonetheless  

[TheBoy]

Book figures should be easily achievable on that era Vauxhall.

[TheBoy]

At some point someone will let me try a 3.2  Id like to see the difference if any to the 3.0  But this mite be dangerous because if the 3.2 is to my liking then i would have to get one or 2   

You'll find the 3.0 quicker (esp if both are autos), although the power delivery of the 3.2 does start lower down.

[Mr.OmegaMan]

Plus omega man. . . . 7.5 secs. How you getting that when the book says 8 seconds for the 3.2?

Could have had the wind in the right direction that day, Saying that there where 2 in the car extra weight might have helped traction??.... As far as what I've done to it nothing much tbh, It has a different air filter now but at the time of the video it did have a custome exhaust apart from that standard.

[ted_one]

The car had 39,000 miles on the clock and has a calibrated speedo,so what I saw for that brief moment I can only say how it was and it would never be attempted again to prove or disprove.The car has only 80,000 miles on it now and I'm trying not to break it

[YZ250]

At some point someone will let me try a 3.2  Id like to see the difference if any to the 3.0  But this mite be dangerous because if the 3.2 is to my liking then i would have to get one or 2   

You should have mentioned it when we met at Billing last year, you would have been welcome to a blat down the A45 in mine. 

What is this obsession with speed........ mine does 0-60mph in 4.8 seconds if that's of any consequence. 

[EMD]

At some point someone will let me try a 3.2  Id like to see the difference if any to the 3.0  But this mite be dangerous because if the 3.2 is to my liking then i would have to get one or 2   

You should have mentioned it when we met at Billing last year, you would have been welcome to a blat down the A45 in mine. 

What is this obsession with speed........ mine does 0-60mph in 4.8 seconds if that's of any consequence. 

Never thought about that  But yours is a fast black one so will be faster than any other colour  Wouldnt call myself a speed freak , the 0-60 is quite handy though . Then again i been told that if i ever owned a 3.2 i would need to lpg it as they are unbelievably thirsty especially when cracking on 

[YZ250]

At some point someone will let me try a 3.2  Id like to see the difference if any to the 3.0  But this mite be dangerous because if the 3.2 is to my liking then i would have to get one or 2   

You should have mentioned it when we met at Billing last year, you would have been welcome to a blat down the A45 in mine. 

What is this obsession with speed........ mine does 0-60mph in 4.8 seconds if that's of any consequence. 

Never thought about that  But yours is a fast black one so will be faster than any other colour  Wouldnt call myself a speed freak , the 0-60 is quite handy though . Then again i been told that if i ever owned a 3.2 i would need to lpg it as they are unbelievably thirsty especially when cracking on 

Sorry, the 0-60 bit wasn't aimed at you personally  . I agree about the 0-60 being handy, especially for traffic light Grand Prix. 

[BazaJT]

Can't think off hand of any traffic lights round here that open onto a 60mph road,think the highest is on a 40mph stretch.So no need-just as well as in 40 odd years of driving I've never done one-for a 0-60 sprint time.

[r1]

one of the best ways to make a car go faster is improving the aerodynamics
so
remove the headrests should give you at least 10mph

[aaronjb]

Everyone knows folding the rear seats down makes it go faster.

(reference .. sadly the old Corsa forum thread that originated it is long gone, probably from shame)