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[mv6copcar]

Just been to the garage to get a punture fixed and the fitter told me i have a MV6 'special'.
i know its a MV6 ex copcar,but never heard of that before-he seemed to know what he was talking about as he used to work on the police omegas.
he also told me that my engine isn't a X30XE, its an X30EF. never heard of that engine no,  HAS ANYONE ELSE???
if so whats different about my engine?
or was i being taken for a ride? :-?

thanks

[Marks DTM Calib]

He clearly does not know that much then......

It is a standard X30XE with a possible slight remap by Gm Special Vehicles......who build the Plod cars and hence why its possibly considered a special.

They add the uprated springs etc and do the small tweaks requried befre the car is shipped to the local force for fitting out.

[mv6copcar]

cool,cheers mark, so no engine codes like x30xef or anything like that?

 

[Marks DTM Calib]

No......I can confirm that having owned a 3.0V6 ex-plod estate myself.

[Martin_1962]

MV6 Special is a common term from what I have read

[palmer3914]

i think the problem is there are to many NON-omega owners out there that think the cop car omega's are modified  :-? as in performance  wise....... as we all know they are clearly not......

if they are infact faster than a normal MV6 its purly down to the fact i would imagine the police MV6's weigh less than a normal sport seated leather optioned MV6.. and thats it.... :-?

I WISH I WAS WRONG thOUGH

[mv6copcar]

well thats that then lol
i like the mods you've done, just changed my suspension-what a difference!
where do you track race?
 

[palmer3914]

when you say have changed your suspension what have you changed / done??? :-/

[mv6copcar]

nothing special, just springs and shock from PI. want coil overs but couldn't pay that much!
got 16'' wheels on her,lowered 40mm all round and fitted new anti-roll bars with uprated bushes.
handles so much better and nakes going round a roundabout much easier  
on a privite estate,in an old disused car park or course  

where do you take your mega, ps-looks so sweet in the pics mate

[Omegatoy]

DOWN PIPES ARE DIFFERENT ON POLICE SPECIALS THO!!! they are listed if you look but you cant by them!!

[palmer3914]

sounds cool..... have you replaced whole anti roll bar with a standard item or uprated item.. and as for bush's on the anti roll bar please tell me where you got them from i cant find any sort of uprated bush for an omega... wthought i was going to have to see what cars share bush's with an omega..

and that would take ages...

as for down pipes....... well they look the same to standard ones.. as i have 2 sets of each...... :-?

any idea what was differnt.

[Paul M]

I drove an ex-cop MV6 and it definitely sounded more meaty, like an induction noise. My standard MV6 definitely doesn't have it.

The ex-cop one had at least one owner since being decommissioned though so maybe it had some boy-racer mods

PS love that avatar

   

[palmer3914]

now you see mine has also had 1 owner previous to me..... since de-commisioninininininininnnnnn :-/

and sounded very very quiet still does... as i have kept air box in... and there is no holes in it......... and if you do drill holes in the air box - OH BOY YOU GET INDUCTION NOISE!!!!!!!!

avatar is cool aint it got more !!! fancy a change so il change

[palmer3914]

hows this 1

[Paul M]

Interesting  

Are you drawing these yourself?