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[MaxV6]

I've seen a Courtney Turbo'ed V6 Estate.....


suffice to say, that when i saw it, it was busy dumping it's coolant on the forecourt at our local sainsbury's petrol station.



which kind of put me off the idea....   

[2woody]

jag 6pot?, these are carb engines? easier to install if the box etc fits

er, no - I'm thinking of AJ6 or AJ16 from XJ-40 or X300

250 BHP rising to 326 for the supercharged one. compatible with GM manual box and useable with their own ZF transmission.

actually fitted to some Omega A's for Ulster Constabulary.

[Phil]

I've seen a Courtney Turbo'ed V6 Estate.....


suffice to say, that when i saw it, it was busy dumping it's coolant on the forecourt at our local sainsbury's petrol station.



which kind of put me off the idea....   

Courtenay (when they were known as Courtenay Turbos) made some special turbo V6's for the RUC in Ireland, however they were only ever a low blow and produced around 250bhp, but iirc lots more torque. You used to be able to buy the full kit including 225 grooved discs (@ £200odd/ pair!!), think they stopped selling the full kit about 8-10 years ago.

To be honest if you want to go forced induction then just stick in a 4 pot 2ltr C20LET. This can be tuned for less to a 'fairly' reliable 280-290bhp

The ''blown' 2.8 V6 from the Vectra C and Insignia will be a nightmare due to it being full canbus. This is why there are no early half canbus Vectra C/ Signums with this engine conversion

Couple of years ago at Santa Pod there was an Omega with a 'Rover' V8 but it wasn't running well at all so no idea if they ever finished it

[Kevin Wood]

The ''blown' 2.8 V6 from the Vectra C and Insignia will be a nightmare due to it being full canbus. This is why there are no early half canbus Vectra C/ Signums with this engine conversion

Not a problem. Just bin the engine management and start again.

You'd have to do this with any serious tuning work, on any engine, anyway IMHO.

OK, Auto box will be out (why would you want one on a tuned car?) and you might need to improvise something to keep the ABS/TC ecu happy but life would be much simpler on the engine side.

Kevin

[2woody]

just retrofit an earlier ABS.

[Kevin Wood]

just retrofit an earlier ABS.

Ahh, yes. that reminds me. Must look into the interfaces on the older ABS.

Kevin

[albitz]

jag 6pot?, these are carb engines? easier to install if the box etc fits

er, no - I'm thinking of AJ6 or AJ16 from XJ-40 or X300

250 BHP rising to 326 for the supercharged one. compatible with GM manual box and useable with their own ZF transmission.

actually fitted to some Omega A's for Ulster Constabulary.

As in Carlton ? :-/