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Postby Spence » Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:45 pm

ahhh, slowly but surely iam getting there, ready for next week, ive allready commenced removing the omega lump, tbh, it was easier removing the transverse v6 (same engine) from my vectra :roll:
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Postby Spence » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:33 am

hooray!!!! its out!!! and for the next headache :cry:
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Postby Spence » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:39 am

doing sumpthing :roll: with the sump to allow fitment is not going to be easy...

started to modify the oil pickup tho 8)
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Postby Spence » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:40 am

omega rwd sump and vectra fwd sump side by side, the fwd sump nearly fits the bill, shame it doesn't fit the gearbox lower mounts :roll:
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Postby Jon-HPF » Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:26 pm

Neat idea with the belts Spence, im sure you will overcome the sump problem somehow :?
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Postby Spence » Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:16 pm

Jon-HPF wrote:Neat idea with the belts Spence, im sure you will overcome the sump problem somehow :?
cheers - jon


cheers, so do i Jon, trust me! this is make or break of fitting this v6...
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Re: Project Fren 3.0ltr

Postby Spence » Tue Feb 16, 2010 6:30 pm

all looks ok until you look toward the rear...
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Re: Project Fren 3.0ltr

Postby Spence » Tue Feb 16, 2010 6:33 pm

see what i mean?
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Re: Project Fren 3.0ltr

Postby Spence » Tue Feb 16, 2010 6:34 pm

seems way to high at the rear ...
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Re: Project Fren 3.0ltr

Postby Jon-HPF » Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:55 pm

Spence - just drape a bit of carpet over it - you'd never know the difference :wink:

Thats some serious bit of bulkhead / tunnel cutting though , do you think it will pass these new DVLA rules ?

On a serious note - how does the prop line up - it looks quite high at the box .
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