DodgeRover Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 You can keep your v8 petrols and their slipped liners, it's diesels all the way, I should have dropped a 200tdi in that p38...smiley face. Costs so far amount to 60p for a bulb and 50* to the gallon = budget motoring. Might have to have a look at the alternator. Ok for a from 12.6v to 13.1v running. I'm going to change the oil. The book says to use SAE30. Would thus stuff kill it? 15231775553908113474788620970764.jpg *km Something like CAT DEO (Diesel engine oil) which comes in 25l drums should be suitable, the 3000 mile service interval can probably be safely extended to 6000 using specifically designed modern detergent diesel oils - I guess these weren't common in the US when it was produced. drum and tooSavvy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Check out the song "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats.Early rock & roll, from 1951. Various sources, Youtube, etc.No mention of diesel though. Junkman, eddyramrod, cpjitservices and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Where's the cold start video? rantingYoof, adw1977, Jim Bell and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 I hope it sounds like an old railway locomotive... Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 I hope it sounds like an old railway locomotive... Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk That has to be a good thing. rantingYoof, Junkman, JeeExEll and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Does this thing actually do 50mpg??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Fitting Moskvitch lights to a diesel Olds to bodge it through an MOT? NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL AUTOSHITE. Jim Bergerac, Lacquer Peel, Brodders and 23 others 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 Where's the cold start video? Waiting on my broadband to start working. Does this thing actually do 50mpg???Kmpg Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Check out the song "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats.Early rock & roll, from 1951. Various sources, Youtube, etc.No mention of diesel though.There are extremely good reasons for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingJesus Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 See also ZZ Top, specifically the song "Goin' Down To Mexico". I would draw attention to the second verse: "A fine and fancy man was he, doing good things for the poor, he gave them rides in his rockin' 88 for free, they could not hope for more..." Now I put it to the court that William Gibbons Esq of Houston, Texas, has set a precedent, which must be followed. fraybentos and drum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 I mentioned the rock n roll choon when I saw this in person today. It's ACE! Jim Bergerac, Cleon-Fonte, Joloke and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 That reversing beep needs ripping off & throwing off the edge of the world! robinmasters, danthecapriman, D Spares & Tyres and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 I mentioned the rock n roll choon when I saw this in person today.It's ACE!https://youtu.be/K2TqKPMR-boHaha! Brilliant. The back up alarm is a nice touch! drum and 320touring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Back up alarm is fantastic. It was mentioned 'Police livery' - no! What it needs is period DHL livery on the door The old Lucas indicators pulled off a Moggie don't hit my OCD quite as hard as the black rear bumper. Peeled off chrome was it or has it 'rotted out' as heard in Americanese This car is the bomb and cheered me right up this week! Top bombage drum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Jesus that’s so fine. It’s makimg me really want a yank.... what’s a super simple, not too massive, and cheap option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 WW2 Jeep? Bobthebeard's Oldsmobile? Huggy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Jesus that’s so fine. It’s makimg me really want a yank.... what’s a super simple, not too massive, and cheap option?The '89 Cutlass on eBay at less than £300 at the mo, that's been someone's daily but now needs to see a sparkly stick? eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_ZTT Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 a yank.... not too massiveUR DOIN IT RONG M9 all yank cars must be as impractically massive as possible, no exceptions cpjitservices, eddyramrod and cort1977 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Back up alarm is fantastic. It was mentioned 'Police livery' - no! What it needs is period DHL livery on the door The old Lucas indicators pulled off a Moggie don't hit my OCD quite as hard as the black rear bumper. Peeled off chrome was it or has it 'rotted out' as heard in Americanese This car is the bomb and cheered me right up this week! Top bombage Why does every old three box Yank have to be turned into a half arsed cop car? Cleon-Fonte, robinmasters, Lacquer Peel and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Nah, that needs to be kept exactly like that. I've never heard one of these in diesel. It's a one of the nicest V8 diesels I've heard. Normally they're either all turbo whistle or injector clatter or both. Phil cpjitservices and drum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Nah, that needs to be kept exactly like that. I've never heard one of these in diesel. It's a one of the nicest V8 diesels I've heard. Normally they're either all turbo whistle or injector clatter or both. PhilThat was one of the things I really liked about the V6 TD Omega - the gentle completely smooth thrum whenever the revs came off idle was quite unlike anything else I'd ever driven before then. Sadly it drank diesel nearly as quick as the V6 petrol did unleaded. Torque was ace for making the back end slide around in the wet though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Why does every old three box Yank have to be turned into a half arsed cop car?It doesn't. It was a joke about the reversing alarm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 That was one of the things I really liked about the V6 TD Omega - the gentle completely smooth thrum whenever the revs came off idle was quite unlike anything else I'd ever driven before then.Sadly it drank diesel nearly as quick as the V6 petrol did unleaded.Torque was ace for making the back end slide around in the wet though...V6 diesel omega? Straight six surely? twosmoke300 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Yes it would be BMW M51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 Nah, that needs to be kept exactly like that.I've never heard one of these in diesel. It's a one of the nicest V8 diesels I've heard. Normally they're either all turbo whistle or injector clatter or both.PhilYep, it makes a kind of Brougham Brougham noise. somewhatfoolish, cpjitservices, robinmasters and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Yep, it makes a kind of Brougham Brougham noise. Is it pronounced Bro-ham, or Bruffam? Asking for a friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 I was thinking bro-um but was wondering that too. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Bro-am. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonedagain Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 V6 diesel omega? Straight six surely?Earlier ones had the 2.5 straight six BMW diesel engines, later ones had a V6 diesel, Opel/GM afaik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 I was thinking bro-um but was wondering that too. Seems to be "brome", according to Motor week. drum and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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