Mental Omega!

[BUSHWHACKER]

http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evoc...all_omega.html


......and guess what engine.

[biosurf]

I want that one!

Never thought I would say that about a Vauxhall.

[TonyN]

Overall the project took four years, a lot of hard graft and about £90,000 to complete,

:cough: how much???

That motor is turning into the Rover V8 of the engine swap world, great news for making more stuff available to make the swap easier.

[wiggy]

Bl@@dy hell how fast! wish i had that kinda spare cash!!

[BUSHWHACKER]

This bit made me smile....... ".....He’s closing in on 200mph with three passengers on board and he’s doing it in his socks!......"

[The Lovely Boyo]

Nice!

My fave bit would be 'it’s fitted with a Dodge Viper six-speeder.'

When I worked at Borg Warner I was the Project Leader responsible for the upgrade to the T56 gearbox to allow it to cope with the Vipers 8 LITRE engine.

When the Yanks sent us the torque requirements of the box we thought it was a misprint. We had to develop an entire new set of synchros and manufacturing processes - they ended up looking like lorry components.

What was nice was getting to drive prototype #13 in Indianapolis - way before the motoring world knew what was about to hit them - happy days.

[BUSHWHACKER]

Nice!

My fave bit would be 'it’s fitted with a Dodge Viper six-speeder.'

When I worked at Borg Warner I was the Project Leader responsible for the upgrade to the T56 gearbox to allow it to cope with the Vipers 8 LITRE engine.

When the Yanks sent us the torque requirements of the box we thought it was a misprint. We had to develop an entire new set of synchros and manufacturing processes - they ended up looking like lorry components.

What was nice was getting to drive prototype #13 in Indianapolis - way before the motoring world knew what was about to hit them - happy days.

You had a drive in a Viper??!!

[The Lovely Boyo]

You had a drive in a Viper??!!

OH YES - 8 LITRE V10 COMPLETELY MENTAL.

The engine was red lined at 4500rpm - but most of the massive torque was available from 1200rpm - totally crazy car. All done with cubes - no turbos or supers - not needed.

[Albannach]

You had a drive in a Viper??!!

I've driven one too

[BUSHWHACKER]

[Scorpion]

This bit made me smile....... ".....He’s closing in on 200mph with three passengers on board and he’s doing it in his socks!......"

Not just his socks surely?

That's a thought to weird to contemplate!