jay@4thecruise
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Registered: 28th Apr 08
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ok folks need a bit of advice here , basicaly a have a full omega estate 2.5 v6 ecotech sitting in my garage with crash damage to the front , had an idea to transplant the full running gear into a corsa , was thinking cutting the transmition tunnel out the omega shell and welding it into a corsa shell , shortening the propshaft and mounting the diff/axle on the rear of the corsa , just an idea for now , looking for sum feedback before a buy a corsa shell , a know its lots of work but i am a fabricator/welder by trade so dont mind the welding involved , has this been done before ? a have seen a few v6's in corsa's with the fwd gearboxes but never seen a rwd corsa apart from the handfull off rear engine ones , help 
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fazza
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iirc the omega setup cant be used with corsa bits for hubs etc. so will be fooking loads of work mate.
be awesome if you do it though
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jay@4thecruise
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thats another bit a needed sum answers on , a havent looked at the corsa front chassis and subframe in a while , just an idea a had instead of going the fwd root , fancied a challenge  , would the omega subframe bolt upto the corsa chassis ?
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fazza
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not without lots of work i dont think. im currently doing a 5stud conversion on my corsa(which all omegas are) and i couldnt use any omega bits as none of them fit
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scottc1088
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if your thinking of a corsa b then the omega front subframe wont bolt on as the corsa doesnt have a subframe
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DAZ1985
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Alot of work imo
chances are an xe or let 4x4 would be easier
unless you mounted the engine in the back
[Edited on 28-04-2008 by DAZ1985]
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jay@4thecruise
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just chose corsa b because ave always liked them , any other options guys ? astra ? corsa c ? astra van ? just looking for a project , sumthing different , and preferably rwd , if it comes to it a would even convert to one of the fwd boxes , did think about rear mounting it but the engine,box,diff combined lengh is a bit long , a think longer than could possible fit in a corsa's boot anyway
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swill_omnibus
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quote:
Originally posted by jay@4thecruise
just chose corsa b because ave always liked them , any other options guys ? astra ? corsa c ? astra van ? just looking for a project , sumthing different , and preferably rwd , if it comes to it a would even convert to one of the fwd boxes , did think about rear mounting it but the engine,box,diff combined lengh is a bit long , a think longer than could possible fit in a corsa's boot anyway
Why don't you try that in a corsa combo?
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DAZ1985
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if it was rear mounted with an f20 box then it would be rwd
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