paulgsi wrote on 28. May 2011 at 21:29:
its simple as this lads ye can do it the right way by cleaning your breathers torqing your bolts to 8 nm genuine gaskets etc etc and hope it dosent leak ...,.which it will sooner before later as it is a well known fault that they are rubbish, or you can slap on alloy covers like i did on my last two omegas with non genuine gaskets tightned by hand and never again get a leak its up to ye ,
also if this chap was looking for a smooth ride with an even curve bla bla bla he wouldnt be planning on modifying it
bin your dual ram put in a home made resonator box , job done .... may not be smooth but will be a damn lot more responsive for real time driving not plomasing on the motor way ,, tha is my opinion which i can tell you i experienced on MY car before and after and is not your usual hear say rubbish some people on here keep at , keep us updated with your findings ,
its refreshing to see an omega being modified on here , beats the usual topics about maintanence
Alot of miss informed info there, sorry. I'm sure the op will take whatever advice he chooses on what he does with his own car. But remember leaking cam covers are not confined to the omega. Numerous other marques fill thier plug wells with oil and cook the ignition system. The gaskets simply go hard with age and fail. The youngest omega will now be getting on for 8 years old, so until another set up has done similar comparable service life how can it be recommended? Plus the usual breather servicing is important true enough, again not an omega specific issue. How on earth anyone managed to warp a cam cover given the internal webbing and structure... Seems odd to me, how can they warp?
Many a claim has been made on improving the induction system on here, yet to be proved beyond the classic "more noise equals more speed" . Of course if noise is what's wanted and a peaky uneven power delivery is what's considered an improvement then fine, go for it.
But if a simple biscuit tin plumbed into the inlet was worth while I'm sure vx would have included it, no? Any engine will be affected by emission constraints though so I'd start there, but de catting completely is advice that may not be appreciated come Mot time.
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