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drmini in aust
 Post subject: 2.5L V6 conversion
PostPosted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:05 am 
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How's this for a full ROUNDNOSE engine bay, found it on MM forum... :P
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:13 am 
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holy crap wow...wonder how much cutting of firewall he had to do to get that in there...now all he has to do is work out where the turbo's gonna go :)

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It's had to be extended by 3"... I wonder if it would fit into a clubby with not extensions!
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h0nk wrote:
It's had to be extended by 3"... I wonder if it would fit into a clubby with not extensions!


hmmm...he shoulda just fitted it mid-rear and made it rwd :)

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where's the other bank?

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Which bank?

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Have a look at some of the other pictures on the ebay listing , it looks like a very narrow V and the other bank's rocker cover starts basically under the middle of the induction pipes . It must be a hell of a snug fit though and I'd hate to have to change the plugs or anything like the master cylinder .....

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I wouldn't like trying to change the spark plugs then!
Sure looks like it would be fun to drive though :twisted:

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At the risk of sounding pesimistic, it seems like a hell of alot of trouble to go to fit that motor only to have it go up in smoke as soon as you touch the throttle. Surely a guy capable of engineering that sort of thing would be capable of making it awd. Don't get me wrong, i'm not a knocker, I just think it would be incredibly frustrating being told (by your speedo) that you're doing 150kph..... on the spot.

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Well we cant get that engineered out here... Dam other countries with less rules..

We can only go to 2Litre NA

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trust me you wouldnt want one bloody v6 vectra engines nothing but trouble . rebuilt two in as many years plus lots of wiring probs.
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nice armrest :P
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got the feeling there might have been some cooling issues too :roll:

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Looks like twin-cam 16v 4 to me. Check the leads in the middle of the head. The old sodium -valved ones from the Astra that became a Daewoo.
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