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Dixiesatellite

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Season's Greetings from New Member
23. Dec 2007 at 06:28

Hello,

I joined the Omega Owners Forum to find out information about the Omegas and this site seems to have a lot of great info. I am based in Japan (work), so there are not too many Omegas around here, but I like all things Opel, especially the Diesels. I do not own an Omega at the moment.

I am very intersted in the engines and transmissions the Opel (Omegas) use as I also like inline 6 cylinder diesel engines, either petrol or diesel. My most recent car has been a Nissan Terrano 4x4 Diesel 2.7 DTi, (4 Cyl) but I am not really a 4WD person. The economy was average as the Terrano is pretty heavy and 100 BHP is asking a bit much to pull it around.

The nick is from a car bought back in the early 90s when I lived in the US for a year - a Southern 1972 Plymouth Satellite w/ 400 CI 4-BBL (6.6L) to rod around in and which I drove across country twice. The car got 15 Highway MPG on a good day and to fill it up cost $20 for 20 Gallons (back then). I had a ball with that thing and all my extra cash went into the tank. But I blame that on being young and clueless

I am very interested in the technical details of the Opel (BMW) 2.5 TDs and all aspects of TD performance / tuning for this engine family.

Cheers,

Ian B.

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Auto Addict Administrator Offline OOF's Elder Statesman Posts: 10091 North Birmingham Gender: Drives: 2.6 CDX	Re: Season's Greetings from New Member Reply #1 - 23. Dec 2007 at 06:58 Welcome to the forum
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geoff Senior Member Offline Posts: 935 thornaby,stockton on tees Gender: Drives: r reg 2.5 v6 reflection	Re: Season's Greetings from New Member Reply #2 - 23. Dec 2007 at 07:21 hello and welcome,season's greetings to you too,enjoy
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Elite Pete Omega King Offline My spider senses are tingling Posts: 17813 Northwich/Chester Gender: Drives: Facelift Wheezel,Breaking 2001 MV6	Re: Season's Greetings from New Member Reply #3 - 23. Dec 2007 at 08:31 Hi Ian and welcome to the forum
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Re: Season's Greetings from New Member
Reply #4 - 23. Dec 2007 at 09:15

Dixiesatellite wrote on 23. Dec 2007 at 06:28:

Hello,

I joined the Omega Owners Forum to find out information about the Omegas and this site seems to have a lot of great info. I am based in Japan (work), so there are not too many Omegas around here, but I like all things Opel, especially the Diesels. I do not own an Omega at the moment.

I am very intersted in the engines and transmissions the Opel (Omegas) use as I also like inline 6 cylinder diesel engines, either petrol or diesel. My most recent car has been a Nissan Terrano 4x4 Diesel 2.7 DTi, (4 Cyl) but I am not really a 4WD person. The economy was average as the Terrano is pretty heavy and 100 BHP is asking a bit much to pull it around.

The nick is from a car bought back in the early 90s when I lived in the US for a year - a Southern 1972 Plymouth Satellite w/ 400 CI 4-BBL (6.6L) to rod around in and which I drove across country twice. The car got 15 Highway MPG on a good day and to fill it up cost $20 for 20 Gallons (back then). I had a ball with that thing and all my extra cash went into the tank. But I blame that on being young and clueless

I am very interested in the technical details of the Opel (BMW) 2.5 TDs and all aspects of TD performance / tuning for this engine family.

Cheers,

Ian B.

Welcome Ian. Omegatoy is your man Thumbs Up!

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MikeDundee Omega King Offline avatar borrowed from DLK for a bit..... Posts: 10127 Costa Del Peckham Gender: Drives: Irmscher Omega 3.0 V6	Re: Season's Greetings from New Member Reply #5 - 23. Dec 2007 at 09:19 Welcome to the Forum Ian
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A380 Elite Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1015 Ashford, Middx. Gender: Drives: 1997 3.0 Elite	Re: Season's Greetings from New Member Reply #6 - 23. Dec 2007 at 09:21 Hiya Ian.
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Darth Loo-knee Court Jester Offline "If you only knew how much he likes Backsides!" Posts: 20248 Stoke-on-Trent Gender: Drives: An Omega in the Pipeline.....	Re: Season's Greetings from New Member Reply #7 - 23. Dec 2007 at 10:12 Welcome to the Forum mate
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ffcgary1 Omega Baron Offline I really must get my eyes seen to. Posts: 2263 Mitcham,Surrey. Gender: Drives: 2.5 v6 tourer, 2000 4.0 straight 6 jeep cherokee lpg	Re: Season's Greetings from New Member Reply #8 - 23. Dec 2007 at 13:40 Welcome to the forum ian from south london, and a very merry christmas to you.
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Golfbuddy Omega Baron Offline I'm On An Economy Drive Posts: 4189 Cornwall Gender:	Re: Season's Greetings from New Member Reply #9 - 23. Dec 2007 at 14:39 Welcome to the forum.
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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: Season's Greetings from New Member Reply #10 - 23. Dec 2007 at 14:55 Hello & Welcome
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Amigov6 Ex Member	Re: Season's Greetings from New Member Reply #11 - 23. Dec 2007 at 17:03 Welcome aboard. Interesting selection of vehicles.
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Cav9_4 Omega Knight Offline Omega 2.5 V6 Auto Posts: 1463 Sutton-In-Ashfield,Notts Gender:	Re: Season's Greetings from New Member Reply #12 - 23. Dec 2007 at 19:05 Hi & welcome to the forum
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Entwood Omega King Offline Quietly Confident Posts: 13708 North Wiltshire Gender: Drives: 3.2 Elite (with LPG)	Re: Season's Greetings from New Member Reply #13 - 23. Dec 2007 at 19:32 "Hello"and welcome
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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: Season's Greetings from New Member Reply #14 - 23. Dec 2007 at 22:47 Welcome The Vauxhall Omega 2.5TD uses the BMW M51 tds engine but is detuned to 120bhp to protect the weak autobox. If you get a manual, or put in a stronger auto, its easy to rechip back to BMW spec, and beyond.
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