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Anthony in Madrid

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Performance chips? Worth it?
« on: 28 August 2011, 16:01:59 »
Hi everyone :y
Has anybody chipped their Omega B 2.5 V6?
Does anyone know if it's worth it?
Your opinions too please.
Cheers.
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« Reply #1 on: 28 August 2011, 16:04:15 »
I had looked in to it in the past. works well for diesel but opinions for petrol put me off. Having 3 litre cams instead. a Much better option for a similar price.
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« Reply #2 on: 28 August 2011, 16:13:48 »
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I had looked in to it in the past. works well for diesel but opinions for petrol put me off. Having 3 litre cams instead. a Much better option for a similar price.

"Having 3 litre cams instead. Much better option....."
Please explain what you mean?
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« Reply #3 on: 28 August 2011, 16:22:09 »
the camshafts from a 3.0 litre engine.. (only the inlet cams -marked as G cam (you need 2) , A cams are for exhaust )

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152565319
« Last Edit: 28 August 2011, 16:23:06 by cem_devecioglu »
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Re: Performance chips? Worth it?
« Reply #4 on: 28 August 2011, 16:27:27 »
I would go with what Dan says.

You can get quite a decent increase in power by fitting the cams out of a 3 litre Omega engine into your 2.5 litre - maybe 20 more bhp. You would need access to a cam timing kit or buy one S/H for about 60 pounds. Best to do the job at the same time as you change your cambelt and waterpump. Every four years or 64k km whichever comes first.

Otherwise getting more power out of the V6 isn't that easy or cheap. The best tuning you can do is make sure it is well maintained. Oil, filters, Idle Control Valve and so on. 
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Re: Performance chips? Worth it?
« Reply #5 on: 28 August 2011, 17:20:34 »
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the camshafts from a 3.0 litre engine.. (only the inlet cams -marked as G cam (you need 2) , A cams are for exhaust )

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152565319

the extra power is most noticable from about 4k revs upwards,below 4k not much difference to standard
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Re: Performance chips? Worth it?
« Reply #6 on: 28 August 2011, 17:28:44 »
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the camshafts from a 3.0 litre engine.. (only the inlet cams -marked as G cam (you need 2) , A cams are for exhaust )

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152565319

Thanks henryd ;)
So just changing only "2" inlet camshafts (not the exhaust ones) from a 3.0 gives you the 18 bhp as stated in the "Vauxhall College Manual" link you sent?

Oh and....Is it an easy job to do?
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« Reply #7 on: 28 August 2011, 18:39:59 »
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the camshafts from a 3.0 litre engine.. (only the inlet cams -marked as G cam (you need 2) , A cams are for exhaust )

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152565319

Cheers Cem :y
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« Reply #8 on: 28 August 2011, 19:25:22 »
Diesels yes. Petrols no.
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« Reply #9 on: 28 August 2011, 19:45:47 »
Best price/performance upgrade for 2.5 is the 3.0l cams as stated. About £100 for parts.

I had a Powerchips (I think, it was over a year ago) - £400 iirc - in Goldie, which also had 3.0l cams, and I was unimpressed with the chips TBH, as on paper, the claimed increases with the cams and the chip should have put it somewhere in the region of my 3.0l. But it wasn't.  And I shagged it seeing what it was capable of  :-[
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« Reply #10 on: 28 August 2011, 20:02:18 »
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Best price/performance upgrade for 2.5 is the 3.0l cams as stated. About £100 for parts.

I had a Powerchips (I think, it was over a year ago) - £400 iirc - in Goldie, which also had 3.0l cams, and I was unimpressed with the chips TBH, as on paper, the claimed increases with the cams and the chip should have put it somewhere in the region of my 3.0l. But it wasn't.  And I shagged it seeing what it was capable of  :-[

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« Reply #11 on: 28 August 2011, 20:08:14 »
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I had looked in to it in the past. works well for diesel but opinions for petrol put me off. Having 3 litre cams instead. a Much better option for a similar price.

"Having 3 litre cams instead. Much better option....."
Please explain what you mean?
Cheers
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Sorry. I was meaning to say i am having 3 litre cams fitted next week myself :y
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« Reply #12 on: 28 August 2011, 20:15:58 »
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I had looked in to it in the past. works well for diesel but opinions for petrol put me off. Having 3 litre cams instead. a Much better option for a similar price.

"Having 3 litre cams instead. Much better option....."
Please explain what you mean?
Cheers
Ant :y


Sorry. I was meaning to say i am having 3 litre cams fitted next week myself :y

Great..Keep me updated :y
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« Reply #13 on: 28 August 2011, 20:21:32 »
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I had looked in to it in the past. works well for diesel but opinions for petrol put me off. Having 3 litre cams instead. a Much better option for a similar price.

"Having 3 litre cams instead. Much better option....."
Please explain what you mean?
Cheers
Ant :y


Sorry. I was meaning to say i am having 3 litre cams fitted next week myself :y

Great..Keep me updated :y


Yeah will do :y
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