Fed up.

[bmxdave]

Today i went to look at a new car. Not too happy to be honest.

 

We left at 5 in the morning to do a 500 + mile trip only to find there was more work then described. A lot more.

 

So my plan now is to keep the mk1 cortina unless i find something within the next week or so.

 

Its getting an engine swap for sure. Im really liking the XE at the monent. How much work is involved in fitting one? I know you need to relocate the dizzy. But what else? And can you buy a kit ready to go?

 

Has anyone ever used an Omega gearbox for this? I can get a whole car for buttons. Will an Ecotec Omega geabox bolt up to an XE engine? Surely its pretty much the same?

 

Is the 2.5/2.6 V6 from the Omega any good? I know the XE i very responsive to tuning, but i can get the same power but more torque as well as a meaty growl for somewhere around the same price, then why not?

 

Sorry for the amount of questions lately, but i havnt got a clue about vauxhall parts.

[RETRO_AL]

My omega v6 pulls realy well and it weighs shit loads,the gearbox is proper wan k tho,but i think it would be a good conversion,what about a 3.0 mv6 lump out of a omega think they are around 300bhp standard

[bmxdave]

If i could find one yeah, and im sure they go for a hefty lump, and they probably ARE a hefty lump too.

 

Im stuck between slow lazy torquey V6 and a screaming revvy 4 banger.

[Lukey]

Standard Vauxhall V6 lumps are around 170/180 BHP standard, but sound quality on full chat!

 

& most vauxhall gearboxes are interchangeable throughout the range (from 1.4 to 2.0 that is)

 

Hope this helps!

[bmxdave]

Yep helps a lot.

 

Whats the tunability of the v6's?

 

Bodies and exhaust, thats before it gets prohibitively expensive.

 

Im after XE because its cheap power.

 

Im going to look at sbd for conversion parts