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ferrari jason

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Car failed mot today
« on: 18 October 2011, 22:22:06 »
I think its time to bin the mig failed on a cracked front chasis leg today  >:( bloke showed me and its bad  :'( I`m thinking of getting a signum 2.0 turbo elite any off you guys know of any bad points on them apart from being fwd  :D
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Re: Car failed mot today
« Reply #1 on: 18 October 2011, 22:25:22 »
Quote from: ferrari jason on 18 October 2011, 22:22:06
I think its time to bin the mig failed on a cracked front chasis leg today  >:( bloke showed me and its bad  :'( I`m thinking of getting a signum 2.0 turbo elite any off you guys know of any bad points on them apart from being fwd  :D

yes... not an omega!!!  :y

sorry to hear the news mate.

here's TG's review of the vectrasignum..........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phm6fREnK-A

apparently the storage is excellent for your celery  ;D
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Re: Car failed mot today
« Reply #2 on: 18 October 2011, 22:28:45 »
Quote from: ferrari jason on 18 October 2011, 22:22:06
I think its time to bin the mig failed on a cracked front chasis leg today  >:( bloke showed me and its bad  :'( I`m thinking of getting a signum 2.0 turbo elite any off you guys know of any bad points on them apart from being fwd  :D
Based on Vectra C. Thus awful.

If you want one, get a 1.8 petrol or 2.0DTi. Anything else is too powerful for the chassis.

(engines stated are for Vectra, all Signum engines are too powerful for the awful chassis)
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Re: Car failed mot today
« Reply #3 on: 18 October 2011, 22:32:17 »
Your putting me off now lol thought the 2.0 turbo would be fun  :(
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Re: Car failed mot today
« Reply #4 on: 18 October 2011, 22:34:14 »
Quote from: ferrari jason on 18 October 2011, 22:32:17
Your putting me off now lol thought the 2.0 turbo would be fun  :(
There is nothing fun with trying to lay down more than 100bhp on that god awful Vectra-C chassis.
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Re: Car failed mot today
« Reply #5 on: 18 October 2011, 22:39:13 »
Cant be as bad as a plod 3.2 on a damp road lol .Gonna go back tommorrow have a proper look and drive it will make a change to own a car with no dodgy wires left hanging
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Re: Car failed mot today
« Reply #6 on: 18 October 2011, 22:43:23 »
Quote from: ferrari jason on 18 October 2011, 22:39:13
Cant be as bad as a plod 3.2 on a damp road lol .Gonna go back tommorrow have a proper look and drive it will make a change to own a car with no dodgy wires left hanging
Ol' boy, are you in for a surprise.  The turbo provides slightly less power than the 3.2 plod, but on that chassis, it will feel like a million times more power ;D
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Re: Car failed mot today
« Reply #7 on: 18 October 2011, 23:12:09 »
Chassis leg...?

Any pics?
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Re: Car failed mot today
« Reply #8 on: 18 October 2011, 23:13:07 »
Sorry to hear this though.  :(
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Re: Car failed mot today
« Reply #9 on: 18 October 2011, 23:14:20 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 18 October 2011, 22:43:23
Quote from: ferrari jason on 18 October 2011, 22:39:13
Cant be as bad as a plod 3.2 on a damp road lol .Gonna go back tommorrow have a proper look and drive it will make a change to own a car with no dodgy wires left hanging
Ol' boy, are you in for a surprise.  The turbo provides slightly less power than the 3.2 plod, but on that chassis, it will feel like a million times more power ;D

I am assuming that is because of the way the power is put down, turbo being a sudden boost...... :-\ :-\
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Re: Car failed mot today
« Reply #10 on: 18 October 2011, 23:17:47 »
Quote from: chrisgixer on 18 October 2011, 23:12:09
Chassis leg...?

Any pics?
No not yet its the front off side right were the crossmember fixes it looks like the plod have done a repair in the past and its just corroded through was gonna get price to repair but just cant be arsed lol be sad to see the big mig go though
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Re: Car failed mot today
« Reply #11 on: 19 October 2011, 19:51:21 »
Quote from: Vamps on 18 October 2011, 23:14:20
Quote from: TheBoy on 18 October 2011, 22:43:23
Quote from: ferrari jason on 18 October 2011, 22:39:13
Cant be as bad as a plod 3.2 on a damp road lol .Gonna go back tommorrow have a proper look and drive it will make a change to own a car with no dodgy wires left hanging
Ol' boy, are you in for a surprise.  The turbo provides slightly less power than the 3.2 plod, but on that chassis, it will feel like a million times more power ;D

I am assuming that is because of the way the power is put down, turbo being a sudden boost...... :-\ :-\
No, its just a really bad chassis. Christ only knows what GM were thinking.
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Re: Car failed mot today
« Reply #12 on: 30 October 2011, 01:26:59 »
Bloody hell Jay!  Thought it was a co-incidence - been noseying on t'ebay and saw an ex-plod Mig for sale in Wigan that was a dead-ringer for OAB...

Messaged the seller, cos the wife wants summut bigger and rid of her Puma, and I thought getting OAB back would be ideal!

But it seems all ain't well with the ol' girl  :'(  :'(

How bad is it??  Is it fix-able?  And when you say chassis leg, do you mean the wishbone, or the actual full chassis leg that means an engine-out replacement??
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Re: Car failed mot today
« Reply #13 on: 30 October 2011, 08:02:42 »
I had a 2.2 Signum for a while and quite liked it. They have a history of dodgy fuel regulators and high pressure fuel pumps going but this should only be the earler ones, 04 on should be fine. Not heard of a cracked chassis before on a Mig :(
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Re: Car failed mot today
« Reply #14 on: 30 October 2011, 13:51:29 »
fear not as the chassis is not as bad as TB states and is certainly not worst in class by any stretch
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