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[Phil]

.. but it's a Tractor

Kevin

185bhp and 295 lb/ft torque with a 0-60 time that will pretty much match a 3ltr Omega it might be worth a look for a 'performance' diesel if you want to stay with a Griffin.

I hate Diesels with a passion, but if i had to have one it would be one of those (but maybe in a different colour  )

[VXL V6]

Electronics aside, would be an interesting project to pop that engine into an Omega.

[markey mark]

i love them fella my little brother has just bought a 54 plate 2.0 turbo well impressed with the spec !! will be my next car a chipped 3.0cdti  8-)

[Vamps]

Which makes diesel about 10% more expensive than petrol, but gives about 50% more MPG.  The sums are simple, everything else just a matter of personal preference.

.. like "does it rev like an angry wasp?"

Nope.  

 

Kevin

Angry wasp noises for petrolheads, flat torque "curve" at low revs for dieselheads...each to their own.

Me, I'm still waiting for the lazy manufacturers to create my ideal engine:  V8 petrol (speed, refinement) with variable cylinder-shutdown facility when I'm pootling about (anywhere between 2 and 5 cylinders would shut down), assisted by GM's forthcoming HCCI technology that relies on compression rather than spark-ignition up to 3000 RPM, and two Lithium Ion powered electric motors powering the wheels at town speeds, with the batteries partly charged by built-in solar panels in the roof.

Either Top gear or 5th Gear were talking about such an engine, either Mercedes or BMW, wasn't taking much notice.

[pscocoa]

I like it - I have an Omega Irmscher 3.2 Elite  and a diesel Signum 57 plate and went for the 1.9 for 50+ mpg. You will be surprised at the spec and the performance of the diesel Signum.

[Darth Loo-knee]

I really do like its wheels though

[Kevin Wood]

I suspect a V8 would be as rough as a bear's @rse with 5 cylinders shut down.

I guess most of the losses caused by the redundant cylinders would be there still too. They'd still be moving in the bores and pumping fresh air although presumably there'd be some more sophisticated valve control in the HCCI setup that could minimise this.

It would be great until it broke.

Kevin

[Andy B]

I've driven a Daimler hearse.

Inhabited or not?    

I've ferried many deseased backward & forward to & from mortuaries & chapels of rest.  

[Andy B]

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Me, I'm still waiting for the lazy manufacturers to create my ideal engine:  V8 petrol (speed, refinement) with variable cylinder-shutdown facility when I'm pootling about (anywhere between 2 and 5 cylinders would shut down), .......

Doesn't the Chrysler Hemi 6.1 V8 do some thing similar. IIRC Cadillac were experimanting with the idea during the 70's fuel crissis, I don't know what their problems were though.

[Albatross]

Not such a nice car; FWD and the colour doesn't look so great on it. Nice wheels though



[size=8](Oh, and 19" do not rattle your teeth)[/size]

[Andy B]

I can't say I'm a fan of any of the recent snowflake alloys. To open for me, I like the facelift Omega Elite - more wheel than hole.

[Marks DTM Calib]

.....
Me, I'm still waiting for the lazy manufacturers to create my ideal engine:  V8 petrol (speed, refinement) with variable cylinder-shutdown facility when I'm pootling about (anywhere between 2 and 5 cylinders would shut down), .......

Doesn't the Chrysler Hemi 6.1 V8 do some thing similar. IIRC Cadillac were experimanting with the idea during the 70's fuel crissis, I don't know what their problems were though.

GM claim to have 1 million cars in the US with this technology:

http://www.gm.com/explore/fuel_economy/engine_advances/

[Albert1]

I suspect a V8 would be as rough as a bear's @rse with 5 cylinders shut down.

I guess most of the losses caused by the redundant cylinders would be there still too. They'd still be moving in the bores and pumping fresh air although presumably there'd be some more sophisticated valve control in the HCCI setup that could minimise this.

It would be great until it broke.

Kevin

It's been done before by Mercedes (S600 V12) and Cadillac - the only drawback was that the people with the money to buy those cars weren't interested in saving fuel, so not many were sold.  Might be a different story nowadays though.

[Mr Skrunts]

Does it actually have any so called boot/load space to speak of.?

[Albert1]

Does it actually have any so called boot/load space to speak of.?

365 litres - just enough for a dead body, as long as rigor mortis hasn't set in yet.