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Geoff Harrison
Приєднався 12 січ 2013
Відео
Sing a long with Barbara Lamont 1980's
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Barbara Lamont Playing the piano plus Nana Cannells Birthday
Vauxhall V6 Engine Plant Ellesmere Port uk
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V6 Engine Plant Ellesmere Port UK The Plant opened in 1991 this Video taken in 1994 - During its thirteen year history the plant manufactured Cylinder heads & Camshafts for Cavaliers , Calibra, Astra F and engines for Cavaliers, Calibra, Sintra,Saab 900 / 9000, Omega, Saturn, Cadillac - 2.5 ltr 2.6ltr 3.0ltr 3.0ltr turbo and 3.2 litre transverse and longitudinal 24 valve 54 degree V6.Engines. T...
Love this engine! It's the finest engine ever placed in a Saab. The B308E outperforms all the 4-cyl Saab engines big time. Maybe some have more hp with the turbo. But nothing compares to the torque and the bottom end from this V6.
i have an omega 2.6 v6 and it is awesome. 196hp on dyno (chip+k&n filter) 259nm. i love that car, it has some minor issues like central lock, but i would like to keep for long time. i bought it with 150k km in it, now it have 170k km. i change oil around 8000kms. nice sound, plenty of power for me, and if i want i can drive it economicaly. at summer around 8.4 litre per 100km, on highway around 9l, on country roads 8l. in the city it can go up around 10L.
I visited the Plant in April 1999. I was working at a Saturn dealership at that time. This engine went in the Saturn L series
Can any technicians/engineers help me understand why they chose the 54° bank angle instead of a 60° bank angle, and how they managed to overcome any imbalances in the engine that could otherwise have resulted in excess vibration and harshness? It sounds like a V6 like no other when you rev it.
It made the engine more compact than a 60 or 90 degree V6 especially combined with the ecotec cylinder heads (exhaust valves verticle not angled like the inlet valves). There was a 50 degree V6 design put forward but they settled for the 54 degree. The 15kg flywheel made it very smooth but personally I found the 5kg Courtney one was a huge improvement to performance.
@@BigDave1965 Was it possible to carry that Courtney flywheel over to the Z32SE or would that have required a different solution? Its a somewhat interesting engine. I'm amazed that it didn't require a balancer shaft or splayed crankpins to get it running smoothly.
@@EdgyNumber1 yes I fitted one to a 3.2 rebuild we fitted to a calibra.
Вы крышки почему пластиковыми сделали? Чтобы нам нескучно жилось?)
I had X25XE in my Omega B.And a Z32SE in my Signum.Now a Z32SEAH (10HM) in my Antara.GM .
Just noticed at approx 3 minutes in, the heads have 4 combustion chambers.....
The plant also made cylinder heads and camshafts for 1.8,2.0 & 2.2 four cylinder ecotec engines, they were exported to GM plants in Germany, Brazil and New Zealand
great engine. mine runs nearly 400.000km.
Had a cavalier V6 from 1997 to 2005. Engine bombproof though replacing alternator was a pain. Averaged 33mpg. Bit flat low down but went like stink over 3500 rpm. I would imagine M494ODP is long gone now
Tax expired 29 Jun 2004, so looks like you were the last owner!
Good stuff!
Great!! Very good cover, good job! Thumbs up!!
Cheers mate
Job well done sir!
Very cool cover !!! Nice job !!!
Nice one Geoff. A thing of beauty's a joy forever. :-)
Glad you like it Al - more to follow
Hey, amazing video
As far as I know it was to make the unit more compact. Vibration I would imagine would be minimal.
Well done Rob I didn't know you could read Russian
Superb. Was a cracking place to work.
A blast from the past Rob
Do you now a bit more about this engine? Why was 54 degrees used and what were the effects on engine vibration compared to a 60 degree design?
60 or 90 degrees were the norm for a v6 , one plan was to make it 50 degree but the 54 degree V went into production. Along with the ecotec cylinder heads (exhaust valve isn't inclined) it made the engine very compact
Hi Rob,hope you are well and your career is on trackkind regards Terry Price
TheTerryfisher Hello Terry! Wow, great to hear from you! Yeah all good down here mate. Give me an email and we can catch up. Robert@robjshaw.co.uk