Robin
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Oh yes, it does fit 
Complete with Tremec T56 'box, which lines up in the original hole, soon to have a big rootes blower wedged in the vee.
There's enough room for a V12 in an Omega bay, if it was an LS1 with 4 more cylinders 
[Edited on 09-10-2008 by Robin]
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ed
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Dear lord. That looks a bit silly  
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Simon_16v
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Amazing.
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Mobby
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specs on this engine as i dont know what it is. supercharged?
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pow
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Holyy fuckk
(whats it from?)
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Robin
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quote:
Originally posted by mobby
specs on this engine as i dont know what it is. supercharged?
5.7 litre V8 from a Corvette, makes ~350bhp standard. All alloy, weighs very little.
Will be supercharged and have considerably more than that.
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jr
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surely it should, with the omega using the commador(sp) chassis, which comes with an LS engine 
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pow
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JKames, you always manage to make us feel stupid 
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Robin
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
surely it should, with the omega using the commador(sp) chassis, which comes with an LS engine
The gearbox cradle has 2 sets of captive nuts, the fronts line up with the standard R28 box, the rear ones, well, they line up pretty much exactly with the new gearbox 
Commodore chassis was longer BTW.
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jr
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so am i right or wrong i thought it was a version of the VT-VX Commodore
anyway, its very very cool
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Robin
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You're sort of right, it's based on the same chassis, but it's not exactly the same.
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Jambo
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omega sold as a cadilac in the states iirc, did that ever have the ls1
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PaulW
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IF this is the one I'm thinking about, the 5.7 is being bored out to 5.9... (well, thats the intention) along with lowering the compression if the right blower is obtained.
also something about a custom rear mount for gearbox support...???
Altho, there may be more than 1 I know of being done at this moment in time
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PaulW
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
omega sold as a cadilac in the states iirc, did that ever have the ls1
2.5 and 3.0 engines, but lower power output compared to UK/Europe engines.
They never got the 3.2 or 2.6 DBW setups.
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Robin
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quote:
Originally posted by PaulW
IF this is the one I'm thinking about, the 5.7 is being bored out to 5.9... (well, thats the intention) along with lowering the compression if the right blower is obtained.
also something about a custom rear mount for gearbox support...???
Altho, there may be more than 1 I know of being done at this moment in time
Not this one, where's your man from?
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PaulW
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Halstead, Essex
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Robin
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Nah, different one then. That's a shame, we'd better get broster wiring it up today
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PaulW
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See, I'm keeping mine simple 
3.2 with a blower running relatively low, but stable, boost on a standard ecu which has been chipped.
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Robin
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That's what this was going to be, it used to be a charged 2.6 but he got bored, wanted a properly built 3 litre, rods, pistons, the works, but we persuaded him to have a proper engine.
Blown 3.2 would be nice, although I'd favour the 3 litre to be honest.
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PaulW
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bottom end in the 3.2 is stronger though plus as far as im aware, would be the only 3.2 pre-facelift omega in the UK if I can get it done in time.
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Jas
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That would be great fun!
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Daimo B
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Far easier to get bigger power from the LS engines though.
Very nice.
Does anyone know what happened to Petes Mk4 Saloon Astra with the LS6 lump he was putting in? Saw it a few years back in a project, all the transmission tunnel etc was all done, then never heard anymore.
400+ V8 BHP in a Mk4 Astra Shell, awesome!!!
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jr
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you mean peteg123, it was a blue coupe
its done and running
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Jas
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aJsOYaIiAVY?
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Corsa Sport Gav
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quote:
Originally posted by Jas
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aJsOYaIiAVY
works now
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