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[JiMbOb789]

Does anyone know where i can get hold of a turbo or a supercharger for a petrol facelift Omega.
Much Appreciated,
Jamie

[Dazzler]

Courtney turbo :-/

[JiMbOb789]

Courtney turbo :-/

Do you have a website or a link? I cant find it on google.

[andyc]

Courtney's do turbos but not sure on superchargers. turboing a V6 would be tight unless you go a big single turbo at the front of the engine bay.

supercharger would be better but you need to know what type you want. i'm looking at a Rotex unit at the moment for the V6 that i'm putting into my manta.

the main reason being that i'm doing away with the PAS & Ac so i'll have space on that side of the engine

Get a copy of this months Practical Performance Cars mag as they doing a feature on blowers.

there is alot to know on the subject of blower so its not just a case of bolt on, instant power, as a rule of thumb if you run more that 7psi boost on a standard engine it will melt down

cheers
Andy  

[Tricky]

If you wanna go down the turbo route, speak to my mate Adam at Turbo Developments, tell him Tricky sent you, then give him a load of abuse!

Obviously, going S/C you have the advantage of a linear power delivery. The turbo will be more fun. I'd go - and am actually thinking about doing it, a big single blower. mount it at the front, behind the rad. You'd need something decent, will well spec'd housings. A large rear end to stop the whole lot choking up and a decent compressor wheel.

I'm sure i remember reading somewhere that you can only run 'gay boost' on the MV6, as an oil/water gallery is very thin on no.3? Not sure on that, my memory's not good.

Another thing would be controlling the fueling and spark. A standalone ECU would be preferable - How is the O.E unit for hacking? Anyone make a piggy back ECU for it?

Forced Induction is my rootes, I hill climb a Renault5 GT Turbo...

[zippo]

If you wanna go down the turbo route, speak to my mate Adam at Turbo Developments, tell him Tricky sent you, then give him a load of abuse!

Obviously, going S/C you have the advantage of a linear power delivery. The turbo will be more fun. I'd go - and am actually thinking about doing it, a big single blower. mount it at the front, behind the rad. You'd need something decent, will well spec'd housings. A large rear end to stop the whole lot choking up and a decent compressor wheel.

I'm sure i remember reading somewhere that you can only run 'gay boost' on the MV6, as an oil/water gallery is very thin on no.3? Not sure on that, my memory's not good.

Another thing would be controlling the fueling and spark. A standalone ECU would be preferable - How is the O.E unit for hacking? Anyone make a piggy back ECU for it?

Forced Induction is my rootes, I hill climb a Renault5 GT Turbo...

very good

[Marks DTM Calib]

Heres some food for thought.

The 3.0 V6 turbo fitted in the Saab is a good source of slightly stronger rods etc and is slightly lower compression (the standard V6 is a bit to high a compression ration at 10.5:1 to blow).

The bottom end os strong but, you might onsider a stud kit to tighten things up further.

Cooling can be an issue but, this can be resolved by altering the coolant passages slightly.

In theory, fitting 3.0 heads on a 2.5 would give you a compression ratio of 9.26:1 which gives a lot of scope for boost.....fit 3.2 heads and in theory you could get as low as 8:1!