dmulally Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 3 minutes ago, Adoom said: So there's a big oval hole and a small hole covered up? Over that is a red pair of underpants with a large round hole for a circular metal vent that looks like a radiation symbol? Covering over all that, sealing the area below the top vents, is a larger purple pair of underpants with a big hole that the access plate(which was in the boot) goes over? Just what are you suggesting? Honestly though I can't remember as this was years ago. You'll have to follow your heart/undies. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitesseEFI Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Mate of a local mate has this It has a “lightly tweaked” 3.2 GM V6 in it with R25-R28 box and is apparently a “bit of an animal”. Possibly the driver is also as he’s already killed two gearboxes… 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adoom Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 7 hours ago, VitesseEFI said: Mate of a local mate has this It has a “lightly tweaked” 3.2 GM V6 in it with R25-R28 box and is apparently a “bit of an animal”. Possibly the driver is also as he’s already killed two gearboxes… I believe that may the the same engine series as mine? Any chance of photos of the alternator mounting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adoom Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 Actually, I take that back, the engine front cover doesn't look right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregT Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 What is it about boxes in these things ? Guy down the road from the old place had one - Ford V6 and manual box. I walked into the local engineering firm one morning and he was stripping the gearbox on their bench. He'd got to the point where he couldn't get the mainshaft nut undone as the shaft was moving in the vice - with soft jaws at least. i have no idea where it came from - I suspect I was channeling the old man - i looked at it and asked if he had a spare driveshaft U joint. Yes, at home. Get it, put the splined end in it and the joint in the bloody vice. Chuckles all round and thanks Greg. A week later and he was crashing through the box outside my gate again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitesseEFI Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 5 hours ago, Adoom said: Actually, I take that back, the engine front cover doesn't look right. It’s out of one of the Vauxhall/Opel Omega family I believe. Most of them were auto I think. Possibly because GM don’t have a manual that will last the warranty period. I’ll see if I can get more detail. If he were to put it up for sale I might struggle to resist the temptation….. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfashark Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 15 minutes ago, VitesseEFI said: It’s out of one of the Vauxhall/Opel Omega family I believe. Most of them were auto I think. Possibly because GM don’t have a manual that will last the warranty period. I’ll see if I can get more detail. If he were to put it up for sale I might struggle to resist the temptation….. Found in Saab 9-3 and Vectra C down this end of the globe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfashark Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 If you were feeling brave, I'm sure you could find a stacked Alfa 147/156 GTA and use that - GM 3.2 core with their own heads etc. Should be a lot more room for belt & tensioner changes too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitesseEFI Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 It’s this one https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_54°_V6_engine#3.2 I’m not sure how closely related to the 2.5 and 3.0 it is in terms of shared parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitesseEFI Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 1 minute ago, Alfashark said: GM 3.2 core with their own heads etc. Should be a lot more room for belt & tensioner changes too. Are you saying Alfa used this bottom end as a base for their V6? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfashark Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Yes - Perhaps not from the same generation as the Vectra C, but yeah there was a big song and dance about Alfa using a GM core from their modular family and adding their own heads to give it a proper Alfa sound and feel. Seemed to do the trick, it's no Busso, but they make all the right noises and certainly feel right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfashark Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Without trawling through banana boxes of car magazines/stick mags from the early 2000s for one of the multitude of articles decrying it, here's a snip from Wiki: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitesseEFI Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Interesting. Thanks. Every day is a school day 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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