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[Dan McIntyre]

As some of you may know I previously owned and drove an Irmscher kitted Vectra, until my disability prevented me from driving manual cars.

Well just thought I'd show you all if I may.  This car was used in a Total Vauxhall guide to the Vectra B back in May 06.









Every bit of kit on the car and the interior was genuine Irmscher, except the eyebrows which were RGM.

I absolutely adored that car and was gutted when it was sold just before Christmas.

[ohmegod]

Very smart, as it happens i missed buying a blue one of these from the same garage i got my mv6 from by about 5 mins.....lol .Never mind............

[tunnie]

not a bad veccy that... i do like the colour!  

[Del Boy]

Thats a tasty lookin car

[Chopsdad]

Nice kit and nicely polished Dan, it's a credit to you  

[nixoro]

Very nice Dan 8-) its a shame you had to give it up.

[Tina]

Very nice car,  

can i show mine now                                        kiddin  

[Markie]

Really like that - i do really like the sporty vectras.

In fact ( whispers) when i get the 2,6 sri vectra fixed i may keep it and sell the mv6

[Paul M]

Ouch.... Selling the MV6 :O At least the Vectra will have the "driver involvement pack", consisting of an extra pedal and a gear lever that works . Never fancied the handling of the Vectra though, and of course the evils of FWD

That model still looks loads better than the "new" one though, which is just plain hideous. I must say though I much prefer the 4-door variant as it looks more touring car and less Tesco car park than the 5 door. That one does look really well modified though, I particularly like the wheels.

[Markie]

I know theres many reasons NOT to keep it but i really like the look and i can only imagine how quick it is on a manual with a 2,6 engine in a car smaller than the Omega  

And its 3 years newer too...time wil tell though :-/

[Paul M]

I know theres many reasons NOT to keep it but i really like the look and i can only imagine how quick it is on a manual with a 2,6 engine in a car smaller than the Omega  

Probably about as quick as a 3.0 Omega with a manual box

Book figure is 8.5 secs for the 0-60, but these tend to be quite conservative for the manuals and you'll easily knock the best part of a second off it if you're prepared to give it a bit of revs on launch and have good tyres. Book for the manual MV6 is 8.0 I think and I know that can be beaten 8-)

[Martin_1962]

I know theres many reasons NOT to keep it but i really like the look and i can only imagine how quick it is on a manual with a 2,6 engine in a car smaller than the Omega  

Probably about as quick as a 3.0 Omega with a manual box

Book figure is 8.5 secs for the 0-60, but these tend to be quite conservative for the manuals and you'll easily knock the best part of a second off it if you're prepared to give it a bit of revs on launch and have good tyres. Book for the manual MV6 is 8.0 I think and I know that can be beaten 8-)

I can get my Omega auto 2.6 under 9 seconds so I reckon under 8 for a 3.0 manual is correct

[Paul M]

Impressive, VX quote 1 second difference between the manual and the auto for the 0-60 in the 3.0, so assuming it's the same for the 2.6 the manual 2.6 will be around 8 secs in the real world. That bodes well for the 3.0 with an extra 30 BHP.

I wonder what the official figure is for the manual 3.2 is. Not easy to find seeing as VX in their typical insanity never released it to the public, only the cops . But it's obviously going to be the quickest standard model, not much of a power jump over the 3.0 but still enough to shave a few tenths off the 0-60.

[Martin_1962]

Impressive, VX quote 1 second difference between the manual and the auto for the 0-60 in the 3.0, so assuming it's the same for the 2.6 the manual 2.6 will be around 8 secs in the real world. That bodes well for the 3.0 with an extra 30 BHP.

I wonder what the official figure is for the manual 3.2 is. Not easy to find seeing as VX in their typical insanity never released it to the public, only the cops . But it's obviously going to be the quickest standard model, not much of a power jump over the 3.0 but still enough to shave a few tenths off the 0-60.

The main reason the 3.0 auto is sluggish is gearing, the 2.6 is lower geared so up to 30 or so is actually qicker than the 3.0. I can't see the manual 2.6 being much quicker than the auto.

[Paul M]

Impressive, VX quote 1 second difference between the manual and the auto for the 0-60 in the 3.0, so assuming it's the same for the 2.6 the manual 2.6 will be around 8 secs in the real world. That bodes well for the 3.0 with an extra 30 BHP.

I wonder what the official figure is for the manual 3.2 is. Not easy to find seeing as VX in their typical insanity never released it to the public, only the cops . But it's obviously going to be the quickest standard model, not much of a power jump over the 3.0 but still enough to shave a few tenths off the 0-60.

The main reason the 3.0 auto is sluggish is gearing, the 2.6 is lower geared so up to 30 or so is actually qicker than the 3.0. I can't see the manual 2.6 being much quicker than the auto.

No reason it shouldn't be, the manual 3.0 is hampered a bit by gearing too (obviously much less so than the auto with the benefit of a clutch and 5 gears). The manual 2.5 has noticably lower gearing than the 3.0 so I'd expect the 2.6 manual is similarly lower geared.

I did consider getting a diff from a 2.5 for the lower gearing, but it's a combination of the diff and box so diff alone would only get the gearing around half-way between that of a 2.5 and a 3.0.