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Season's Greetings from New Member
« on: 23 December 2007, 06:28:13 »

Hello,

I joined the Omega Owners Forum to find out information about the Omegas and this site seems to have a lot of great info. I am based in Japan (work), so there are not too many Omegas around here, but I like all things Opel, especially the Diesels. I do not own an Omega at the moment.

I am very intersted in the engines and transmissions the Opel (Omegas) use as I also like inline 6 cylinder diesel engines, either petrol or diesel. My most recent car has been a Nissan Terrano 4x4 Diesel 2.7 DTi, (4 Cyl) but I am not really a 4WD person. The economy was average as the Terrano is pretty heavy and 100 BHP is asking a bit much to pull it around.

The nick is from a car bought back in the early 90s when I lived in the US for a year - a Southern  1972 Plymouth Satellite w/ 400 CI 4-BBL (6.6L) to rod around in and which I drove across country twice. The car got 15 Highway MPG on a good day and to fill it up cost $20 for 20 Gallons (back then). I had a ball with that thing and all my extra cash went into the tank. But I blame that on being young and clueless :-)

I am very interested in the technical details of the Opel (BMW) 2.5 TDs and all aspects of TD performance / tuning for this engine family.

Cheers,

Ian B.

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Re: Season's Greetings from New Member
« Reply #1 on: 23 December 2007, 06:58:56 »

Welcome to the forum :y
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Re: Season's Greetings from New Member
« Reply #2 on: 23 December 2007, 07:21:28 »

hello and welcome,season's greetings to you too,enjoy 8-) 8-) 8-)

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Re: Season's Greetings from New Member
« Reply #3 on: 23 December 2007, 08:31:03 »

Hi Ian and welcome to the forum :)
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Re: Season's Greetings from New Member
« Reply #4 on: 23 December 2007, 09:15:48 »

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Hello,

I joined the Omega Owners Forum to find out information about the Omegas and this site seems to have a lot of great info. I am based in Japan (work), so there are not too many Omegas around here, but I like all things Opel, especially the Diesels. I do not own an Omega at the moment.

I am very intersted in the engines and transmissions the Opel (Omegas) use as I also like inline 6 cylinder diesel engines, either petrol or diesel. My most recent car has been a Nissan Terrano 4x4 Diesel 2.7 DTi, (4 Cyl) but I am not really a 4WD person. The economy was average as the Terrano is pretty heavy and 100 BHP is asking a bit much to pull it around.

The nick is from a car bought back in the early 90s when I lived in the US for a year - a Southern  1972 Plymouth Satellite w/ 400 CI 4-BBL (6.6L) to rod around in and which I drove across country twice. The car got 15 Highway MPG on a good day and to fill it up cost $20 for 20 Gallons (back then). I had a ball with that thing and all my extra cash went into the tank. But I blame that on being young and clueless :-)

I am very interested in the technical details of the Opel (BMW) 2.5 TDs and all aspects of TD performance / tuning for this engine family.


Cheers,

Ian B.

Welcome Ian. Omegatoy is your man :y

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Re: Season's Greetings from New Member
« Reply #5 on: 23 December 2007, 09:19:56 »

Welcome to the Forum Ian ;)
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Re: Season's Greetings from New Member
« Reply #6 on: 23 December 2007, 09:21:11 »

 :) Hiya Ian.
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Re: Season's Greetings from New Member
« Reply #7 on: 23 December 2007, 10:12:41 »

Welcome to the Forum mate :)
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Re: Season's Greetings from New Member
« Reply #8 on: 23 December 2007, 13:40:50 »

Welcome to the forum ian from south london, and a very merry christmas to you. :)
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Re: Season's Greetings from New Member
« Reply #9 on: 23 December 2007, 14:39:25 »

Welcome to the forum. :)
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Re: Season's Greetings from New Member
« Reply #10 on: 23 December 2007, 14:55:22 »

Hello & Welcome  :y

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Re: Season's Greetings from New Member
« Reply #11 on: 23 December 2007, 17:03:55 »

 :)Welcome aboard. Interesting selection of vehicles. :y
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Re: Season's Greetings from New Member
« Reply #12 on: 23 December 2007, 19:05:49 »

Hi & welcome to the forum :y
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Re: Season's Greetings from New Member
« Reply #13 on: 23 December 2007, 19:32:15 »

"Hello"and welcome :)
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Re: Season's Greetings from New Member
« Reply #14 on: 23 December 2007, 22:47:30 »

Welcome :)

The Vauxhall Omega 2.5TD uses the BMW M51 tds engine but is detuned to 120bhp to protect the weak autobox.  If you get a manual, or put in a stronger auto, its easy to rechip back to BMW spec, and beyond.
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