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Thats not good!!

Definitley a cool barbie! 8





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Well its definitley not as easy as i would have liked, but its getting there! After having a look, having a rack wont save me much room anyway, so the steering box stays. The next problems are the sump, which will have to be a hybrid of 3.9 rangie & p38, as the subframe is in the way, also exhau...

Omega's are a pain in the backside steering wise, & go through a lot of wishbones too if not set up correctly. I am of to the garage now & see what can be done.

Thanks Steve! I will have a search on Holden stuff too. Does anyone know if the old carlton or senator used racks or not?

Rack & pinion sounds like a good plan, - cheers for that! Something like a Granada rack would probably do the job, I will look into that. As for the Commodore, I have heard that they had wider chassis rails so that they could fit the v8 in, but Vauxhall did do a v8 Omega version for Europe, but ...

As mentioned before, I have now removed the v6 from my Omega facelift & trying to fit the v8 in. The problem I'm having is the steering box is the only thing stopping me from having a snug fit. Has anyone on here ever done one of these before? Any advice is muchly appreciated! :wink: http://i122...

I have looked into doing this conversion, & it would require an IVA, due to me having to change the rear suspension & better brakes & of course the engine. Also there isnt a lot of room to cut a tranny tunnel, so it would be ok for a track car, but too much grief for a road car. So i've ...

LM25 iirc!

Sounds like the stage 3 heads needs a better seat job doing, due to thier losses at mid lift. Also the chambers need modifying due to valve shrouding.

I wouldnt want wrong wheel drive! I haven't had one for a few years, so not sure about room for gearboxes & props etc...

As the title says, does anyone know of any conversions? would be interested in doing one myself if not too much grief.

Best place to modify is just behind the valve seat, by smoothing out the factory cuts will yield good results.

I've had this a few times on earlier heads, but is , at least an easy fix!

Its a V8 Devs engine number.