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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: 2.5 petrol engine , manual 5 spd gearbox and bits for sale

« on: 12 May 2013, 11:42:54 »

Engine, gearbox and ecu now sold

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / 2.5 petrol engine , manual 5 spd gearbox and bits for sale

« on: 07 May 2013, 13:18:55 »

selling up a few spares - need to clear them

2.5 x25xe v6, approx 80k when removed from car, good smooth quiet engine. egr, power steering pump and A/C pump have been removed - £100 collection only
manual 5 speed gearbox for above - £50 collection only
2 sets of stainless laser cut exhaust flanges (so you can make your own manifolds) £35 a pair inc postage
3 off egr laser cut blanking plates - £3.00 each posted
2.5 v6 ECU, transponder ring and 2 keys/chips - £45 posted
2.2 (yr2002), cam, crank sensors and tank vent valve - all working when removed and genuine vauxhall - ideal repair or backup - £20 posted

I also have more, will detail later

I have an engine hoist if peeps want to get engine or gearbox in car/van

Mark

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General Car Chat / Re: Scimitar MV6

« on: 28 March 2013, 15:55:30 »

A little update. 

I started fitting the Gaz dampers last night only to find the spring seats are too big, and the 2.25 springs won't fit over them.  I considered ringing Gaz, but these took 6 weeks to make, so my thinking was, that I can't use the 2.5 inch spring seats so I might as well turn them down on the lathe.  The tops I could nab from the old AVO dampers but the bottoms have a different thread (the gaz dampers have a much more course thread), so this evening I did the lathing and fitted it all. 


I got the front on axle stands so the front of the car was perfectly level and lifted the rear end from the centre of the axle a number of times to watch the wheels leave the ground, this meant by adjusting the rear ride height on each side I could get the back end level. 

This also meant that when the front was put back on the ground any diffences in ride height left to right would be due to the fronts, so I could adjust until the car sat level and at the right height.  This isn't quite corner weighting and makes the assumption that the weight balance is perfect left to right etc etc.... but its a start, it'll all be apart again when I start the calculations to figure out the correct spring rates. 

Oh and I also put sealer around the damper adjustment nob, its easy enough to cut it off and I don't want these corroding like the AVO's did. 

I'll mess about with it again tomorrow, but its ready now, it could be driven to the MOT station tomorrow (or a week saturday as the case may be )

they sound like they are 2 1/2" spring seats, in which case, why didnt you just buy some 2 1/12" coils form somebody like demon tweeks ?

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General Car Chat / Re: Jaguar Diesel

« on: 25 March 2013, 15:37:59 »

I currently run an S type 2.7 TT diesel. very smooth with decent punch. Had a few little problems, but nothing unusual. Had an x type 3.0 before, was a good motor, grippy, but 13mpg around town. had an auto gearbox glitch as well

i do like the s type, and on a run you can get close to 50mpg

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General Car Chat / Re: Scimitar MV6

« on: 01 February 2013, 12:49:59 »

I was putting a half cage in for safety only, but the throught has crossed my mind to go the whole hog and increase the rigidity.  Only thing is I'm not I'm a good enough driver to make the most of it, or even to feel the difference. 

A full multilink cage makes a massive difference, you would definatley notice the difference in chassis stiffness
 

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General Car Chat / Re: Scimitar MV6

« on: 21 January 2013, 11:49:24 »

With the rest of the cars weight saving, and now the doors getting 'the chop', are you plaiing on just fitting a rear cage/hoop or front cage and door bars as well ?
not only for safety but chassis rigidity

M

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General Car Chat / Re: GINETTA G27 HYBRID BUILD FROM OMEGA V6

« on: 08 January 2013, 12:04:34 »

Cheers Paul

Just starting to fabricate the rear hubs now, as the Nissan ones aren't quite suitable

did you sort your rear coilovers ?

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General Car Chat / Re: Steinmetz Supercharger on a 3.0MV6...????

« on: 05 December 2012, 13:17:14 »

An Eaton M62 would not be large enough, you'd need to go m90 to make reasonable power. the drive and manifold configuration would be significantly different to the centrifugal one from Steinmetz. defininatley not plug and play.

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Wanted: Black N/S wing

« on: 03 December 2012, 07:55:14 »

worth a try

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General Car Chat / Re: V8 sleeper

« on: 03 December 2012, 07:54:00 »

My mates dad had one of these, they are horrible, american pile of nastyness.

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Wanted: Black N/S wing

« on: 02 December 2012, 15:52:09 »

The black omega I have is z298, let me know if that's any good to you

Mark

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Wanted: Black N/S wing

« on: 30 November 2012, 14:03:48 »

cheers, i'll check the code later

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General Car Chat / Re: V6 Kit Car

« on: 30 November 2012, 11:26:57 »

have to disagree, i loved the essex v6, was ok when worked on, good torque and power. i had nitrous on one of them too. the 2.8 cologne was never quite there, i think i am biased though as i have had alot of capri's !

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General Car Chat / Re: V6 Kit Car

« on: 30 November 2012, 09:07:12 »

but it did make a great noise

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Wanted: Black N/S wing

« on: 30 November 2012, 08:44:12 »

i might have one of them, i need to check the colour reference