vauxhall vectra 2.5 supertouring to 3.0 superdoopertouring

[appy]

got her over a year ago looking like this..

this is the first time i saw her
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after a bit of a wash and rear light change !!
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first things to be fitted were these headlight protectors

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right from the start though i had a picture in my mind of how i wanted it to look.so........

scoured ebay and got these wheels for £40. £25 worth of paint lots of elbow grease and £140 for a set of new tyres they were ready to go on

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then next was the interior...

as nice as the gsi interior is/was its not what i wanted as its such a heavy interior
so out it came
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take one unwanted LS seat as a donor for a one off subframe. just used one part of the seat runners
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one grinder and one welder
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and voila !!!

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wheels were given a repaint and it stayed like this for a while as i just enjoyed polishing and driving it

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[appy]

then disaster at 9 pm on my own on the cat and fiddle it died horribly !!

some *%^$ wit decided to block the oil pick up pipe



whoopsie daisy !! im sure its not supposed to look like that :lips::swear:

no i hadnt stuffed sealant up the pickup pipe thats why it died

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this came out of the pick up pipe

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Edited by appy on Friday 13th February 00:42

[appy]

so £600 later i got an omega mv6 with 81k, full history and a cambelt kit a few miles ago. 10 months mot blah blah blah

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the best bit
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was an 80 mile trip home so just nudged the mileage past 82k

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nice new belts, tensioners, pulleys, pump and nuts

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[appy]

my poor car !!

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hhmmm slight oil leak me thinks lol a bit of jizzer and the jet wash will sort this out, can you spot the bit id cleaned ?

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sump and pick up pipe now spotless

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[appy]

had a few delays along the way, engine hoist broke twice !! vauxhall kept sending me the wrong parts, a little bit of snow !! missus wanting th ehouse decorating etc etc

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but eventually she started to get there and finally went from this

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to this

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really looking forward to getting her in the fire station one night to get her all waxed up again
not a lot more to tell or show really.

so next jobs are, paint the wheels. still havnt decided if they are going to be black or white but they need painting so will have to be done either way
get a new bonnet or this one painted as theyre are a few bits im not happy with
possibly fit the bucket seats and harnesses back in for the summer as its currently got a facelift sri one in
and thats about it really, just looking forward to enjoying her now.

[appy]

few more shiney shiney pics


need to give it a proper buffing to remove the swirls but not sure when im going to be able to do it so this will protect it for now

wheels are dirty as they are getting painted within the next few days

im also trying to decide what colour hoses to go for, red or blue ??

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[appy]

anonymous said:

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me ? you must be thinking of someone else

[bencollins]

congrats, excellent job!

[appy]

bencollins said:

congrats, excellent job!

cheers, im pretty chuffed with it. ive always wanted one so to get one as good as this and be able to fit the 3.0 is ace

[Prometheus]

Got any performance figures?

The 3.0 was about 210 brake wasn't it? That should shift rather nicely...

Looks good.

[Stupeo]

That is one tidy motor - nice one.

I bet its a bh to keep clean though.

Matt.

[V2RAC]

Nice job. Was there any issues in getting the RWD Omega motor to mate to your gearbox.
What did that horrible mess that got sucked up the oil pickup turn out to be and where did it come from to be there?

[RobFerrari]

That looks awesome, really nice job. The 3.0l engine must shift!!!

Love the Irmy grille too, thats something I wanna do to my C at some point.

Hoses - Go blue, I think it would blend better with the yellow on the block which I have to say is awesome and with the white external paint. Im sure White/Yellow/Blue used to be Vauxhall racing colours for someone.

Enjoy her!

[toohuge]

nice work

[appy]

thanks a lot for all the comments

Prometheus said:

Got any performance figures?

The 3.0 was about 210 brake wasn't it? That should shift rather nicely...

Looks good.

207 from the omega

Stupeo said:

That is one tidy motor - nice one.

I bet its a bh to keep clean though.

Matt.

thanks and it helps having my own fire station to polish it in lol

V2RAC said:

Nice job. Was there any issues in getting the RWD Omega motor to mate to your gearbox.
What did that horrible mess that got sucked up the oil pickup turn out to be and where did it come from to be there?

nope as you just swap the block and heads over from the 3.0 then use all the 2.5 stuff

it was sump sealant from somebodys earlier attempt to cure an oil leak from the sump

Edited by appy on Sunday 19th April 21:52

[appy]

did a bit of underbonnet tinkering and tidying this week
also fitted an uprate fuel pressure regulator and drilled front discs

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as its a 2.0 strut brace ( try finding a v6 one !!! ) i had to move the vacuum box and egr valve

and for those who are bored you can play spot the moved parts lol

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[FoolOnTheHill]

Nice car. Got a soft spot myself for the underrated MSD Vectras.

The 2.5GSi was quick enough with 190brake, another 20 plus the extra torque of a 3.0 should make that a rapid car.