Spotted in Auto Trader

[PAZ]

Alot of Vectra's in the Auto trader I hear you say and I would agree with you. This one how ever caught my eye.
Vauxhall Vectra 3.0 V6
1999, T reg, modified and maintained by Courtenay Sport, full leather retrim, Bilstein suspension, uprated brakes, twin exit exhaust, 18" Radius alloys, recent MOT and tryes, FSH, 42,000 miles, excellent condition, phone for full spec, NC.
TEL:(01692) 650031 (07769) 712195 (WROXHAM)
£8,495

The car is a saloon and there is a picture on the Auto Trader web site

[jatie]

Its also in TV mag look in the back under cars for sale :)


Sweet motor too 8)

[Sir Sideways]

Hmmmmm I'd love the 3 litre conversion, how much do ya recon it'd be?

[Tally]

A conversion including engine and labour I'll do for £1400 approx :)

Don't expect a Courtenay sport 248bhp monster for that money though lol, it'll be a 210 bhp 3.0 mv6 Omega engine. still massively different to the 2.5 though.

if you want to trade your engine in for the 3.0 we could come to some arrangement.

Sorry to hijack thread is a lot of money to spend on a courtenay car though, surely it would be cheaper to get thier engine package and fit it yourself ?

actually I reckon for £1100 and your engine px we could do it. :)

[Sir Sideways]

U're a mechy then Tally?

[Tally]

Yes mate, and working primarily on V6 Omega's has it perks. shame the seats won't fit cos they are just fantastic, well it doesn't look like they will anyhow :(

We get a lot of Omega's (usually with dead engines, either seized bottom ends or cambelt failures) we replace the engines or repair the heads etc. more often than not if the valve seats and guides are ok it's just a case of fitting and reseating new valves. Otherwise it means sending the heads away for the seats and guides to be refitted.

we tend to replace the engine as the norm if the fault is too time consuming and we can then recondition the faulty components at our own leisure.

We have recently started to offer our services for repairs to the general public for engine replacements or replacement heads head gaskets etc. Even diagnosis and repair of general engine problems.

We always have a large stock of engines and ancillaries and we will also offer a 12 months warranty to all engines fitted. Providing the manufacturers servicing guidlines have been fulfilled and the engine hasn't been noticeably abused.

We only work on V6 Omega's and Vectra though, there is no money to be made in the smaller engined variations, although occasionally we do get these in but we don't repair engine faults on these models.

[Sir Sideways]

How old is the engine/millage?

[Sir Sideways]

Have you done the conversion on yours?

[Tally]

The mileage varies, it's all according to what is available at the time. A lower mileage engine would cost slightly more.

I haven't converted mine yet, it's trying to find the time to be honest. I recently fitted my cams though when I had last saturday afternoon free lol. Would take a little longer than a afternoon for engine replacement.

Probably swap a veccy engine in a day but a Omega engine takes 1.5 to 2 days, it's more involved than the vectra.

I've just got in about a hour ago form fitting a engine. here is my rundown for this weekend.

Satuday morning removed engine and gearbox from crash damaged Omega 2.5

Saturday Afternoon removed engine from a fully mint Omega elite 2.5 preped replacement engine for installation.

Sunday fitted said engine to said car only to find I had to replace the radiator as the gearbox transmission cooler was leaking. grrrrr

needed that like a hole in the head lol.

All up and running now and car now for sale :)

[Sir Sideways]

If i were to go for the conversion, would all the parts be out of one car? engine, box, loom etc?

[Tally]

Only parts transferred would be the engine itself.

The loom/harness is actually a part of the engine assembly but we would need to take the wiring harness from your engine and transfer it to the 3.0

Also the sump would have to be swapped from your engine to the 3.0 along with your rocker/cam covers. You would be keeping your existing induction system plenum etc whcih is totally different from the Omega induction system.

The 3.0 engine would be mated up to your own gearbox which remains in the car during the process.

Effectively we would be making a Omega preped engine from your engine and a Vectra preped engine from the Omega 3.0 one.

[Sir Sideways]

Hmmmm I thought the 3.0 would have a totally different loom and different box. i would of thought the cam cover would be different too.

[Tally]

Hmmmm I thought the 3.0 would have a totally different loom and different box. i would of thought the cam cover would be different too.

Yes the Omega 3.0 engine does have a different loom AND different cam covers AND a different box (considering it's rear wheel drive)

That's why the parts need to be transferred from your Vectra engine, so that it becomes a Vectra prepared engine. :roll:

The basic engine without the ancillaries is exactly the same be it a 2.5 3.0 or a 3.2 they are all the same engine with different bore diameters and stroke lengths, otherwise they are identical.

[Tally]

Hmmmm I thought the 3.0 would have a totally different loom and different box. i would of thought the cam cover would be different too.

Yes the Omega 3.0 engine does have a different loom AND different cam covers AND a different box (considering it's rear wheel drive)

That's why the parts need to be transferred from your Vectra engine, so that it becomes a Vectra prepared engine. :roll:

The basic engine without the ancillaries is exactly the same be it a 2.5 3.0 or a 3.2 they are all the same engine with different bore diameters and stroke lengths, otherwise they are identical.

Except the 2.5 has the less agressive cam angles as standard fitment.

[Tally]

Dunno what I did there /\ sorry :oops:

[Tally]

Hmmmm I thought the 3.0 would have a totally different loom and different box. i would of thought the cam cover would be different too.
LOL I've just realised you drive a 2.0 so yes you are right.....Totally different. I was assuming you had a 2.5 I should have cdhecked first.

Sorry for the confusion :redface: alas I cannot offer you the upgrade from a 2.0 you would need a 2.5 for the transition to work.

my apologies

Martin