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Re: How hard would it be?
« Reply #30 on: 29 September 2007, 23:01:12 »
For £1.6k you could rebuild a lump with plenty of uprated parts. Thats what I'd do.
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Re: How hard would it be?
« Reply #31 on: 29 September 2007, 23:11:39 »
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For £1.6k you could rebuild a lump with plenty of uprated parts. Thats what I'd do.

Me too. You could go to town with that sort of budget, have fun rebuilding it, and you'd keep the original engine number if that's important. You probably wouldn't need to, though, because the engine is far from the weakest link on a modern car.

However, if I were after a late, mint manual MV6 I would be inclined to build myself a 3.2 manual MV6, and that might involve an engine change from a 2.6 I guess.

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Re: How hard would it be?
« Reply #32 on: 29 September 2007, 23:18:24 »
It is a mint late mv6 manual i am after. So what i might do is take all your advice and take the engine out and rebuild it with new parts. £1600 on an engine i already have would turn out a batter spec than a new block from vauxhall.

Its a shame these engines dont turbo well (so ive been told) , as that would be brilliant.

And i cantsee anywhere that a supercharger could fit under the bonnet so i guess that rules that out.

Matt  :)
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Re: How hard would it be?
« Reply #33 on: 29 September 2007, 23:27:56 »
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Re: How hard would it be?
« Reply #34 on: 29 September 2007, 23:31:26 »
lol@ronaldmcburgers comment 2 weeks ago. He said use a decent car instead of the multi plagued omega.  hahaha

Is it the same ronaldmcburger who is a member here?

 ;D ;D ;D
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Re: How hard would it be?
« Reply #35 on: 29 September 2007, 23:43:23 »
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lol@ronaldmcburgers comment 2 weeks ago. He said use a decent car instead of the multi plagued omega.  hahaha

Is it the same ronaldmcburger who is a member here?

 ;D ;D ;D

Could there be any other?

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Re: How hard would it be?
« Reply #36 on: 29 September 2007, 23:50:28 »
Please do not take this the wrong way but the replacement of the engine in a car which has covered XXX miles still leaves a car with XXX miles and with a new engine....

Gearbox still XXX miles as is the diff, suspension, brakes and assorted engine auxiliaries/sensors/cooling etc.  And thats not including body/chassis rot after XXX unknown wet/salty miles.....

I applaud your attempt but, truth be told, exchanging the heart does not mean that the brain, legs and skeleton and nervous system of your donor could cope with the replacement ......

Sayeth one who is looking for a potentially new (real) heart.....      :-X
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Re: How hard would it be?
« Reply #37 on: 30 September 2007, 08:43:04 »
Im not going to just change the engine. That would be silly. Im going to change all major parts (suspension, brakes, steering, master cylinder etc

Im not going to do it all in 1 go , ill just keep throwing £1000 every month on it until its in mint condition and had all major parts replaced.

Should be good then

Matt  :)
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Re: How hard would it be?
« Reply #38 on: 30 September 2007, 10:55:46 »
It depends on the mileage you end up with but, TBH, all the mechanicals will be good for getting on for 200k if looked after well so if I were in your position I would concentrate on getting it cosmetically perfect and not worry about replacing mechanical parts that are fine.

I think that will give you a more valuable car with respect to re-sale value if the mechanicals can be seen to be original (although I appreciate re-sale is not your goal).

Just my 10p worth.

To continue Hotel21's analogy changing a heart is major surgery and you wouldn't want to go through with it just as a precaution. You need some symptons followed by diagnosis to ensure all other avenues have been covered beforehand.

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Re: How hard would it be?
« Reply #39 on: 30 September 2007, 16:42:44 »
Hi,

After watching that youtube video, is it me or does it not seem that much faster if at all than a normal omega?

Is turbocharging more effective on the omega engine or is it just because hes only using 4 psi?

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Re: How hard would it be?
« Reply #40 on: 30 September 2007, 17:49:05 »
(talking about V6)
For turbocharge routines the compression ratio on omega is high and must be dropped ..Also have cooling problems..

I read somewhere else supercharging is better and dont have turbo lag and other problems..

Soon someone with these experiences will give more detail..

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Re: How hard would it be?
« Reply #41 on: 30 September 2007, 20:04:16 »
Omegatoy briefly had an Omega 3l turbo, I think it was Courtney but could be wrong...
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Re: How hard would it be?
« Reply #42 on: 30 September 2007, 20:46:05 »
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Omegatoy briefly had an Omega 3l turbo, I think it was Courtney but could be wrong...

THat was the Lotus Carlton transplant wasn't  it?
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Re: How hard would it be?
« Reply #43 on: 30 September 2007, 20:51:05 »
Courtney Turbo did a twin turbo modification for the RUC, if it's a V6 then i'd guess it would be one of these.

If your a member of ABS, there's a pic of one posted by James Waddington entitled 'Dad's new Wagon' in the gallery section.

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Re: How hard would it be?
« Reply #44 on: 30 September 2007, 21:27:26 »
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Omegatoy briefly had an Omega 3l turbo, I think it was Courtney but could be wrong...

THat was the Lotus Carlton transplant wasn't  it?
No, The LC Omega was ages ago.

The turbo Omega was earlier this year.
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