On Christmas Day, during one of my two days off from work, I decided to fit a Raptor S/C to my VR Calais.
I was talking to Tim (RaptorSC) in early December, and the kit arrived a couple days before Christmas Day, it had to because christmas day was the only day I had to fit it.
It was a good day, made better by the presence of Fabz, Pete (sircruisealotVS) and Mike (Spike79) to give me a hand – it was a complete surprise for Mike as he was not aware of me fitting the s/c on that day, lol.
The kit can be done by one person, but an extra pair of hands to help hold things in place while the other bolts things together is very helpful.
Fabz wired the electrical parts – top job with the cooling fan location and wiring, Mike and Pete’s clear thinking, suggestions and helpful hands was very productive.
Anyway, the whole deal took us from 1pm to 10pm because we were ginning around a bit, and **** ourselves laughing over Fabz past deeds, lol, dirty deeds that is, lol.
The s/c went on and off about 3-4 times as we tried to fit all the hoses together.
Some mild hammer work was needed to persuade the front guard to give the s/c a bit more room to sit comfortably where it should. (Raptor will change the compressor outlet angle so no need to form inside of guard in the future)
Chiptorque provided me with a 2-Bar memcal to suit the s/c, and after final checks, the car started on first turn-key and without any fuss whatsoever.
I am due for a real time tune by Chiptorque in just over a week.
Power?
I am chasing 190-200rwkw, but realistically, maybe 180rwkw is all I’ll get, but who knows until dyno tune time.
The real improvement on the road is more important to me than the peak power dyno output, and so far the improvement has been very nice indeed.
I am still running the s/c in, to date I’ve only clocked up 450km all under 3500rpm, which is a real tease, lol.
Below are some pics for now, I will post up more pics when I have them at hand.
Tip: To prevent scratching of the induction pipes , before it goes anywhere near the engine bay, first wrap them with rags or bubble wrap as I have done, then remove them when everything is finished.
I have been thinking about selling the car for the last few months.
Why? I suppose Tim was right, i was getting bored of it because the excitement of it not performing was no longer there.
So the decision was to give it boost or get rid of it for something else, like a V8.
Keeping the car and give it boost is a more economical route, considering all the mods already done.
My message to other V6 owners is, be patient and save up for something like this, it is far better than wasting money on little mods here and there thinking you've gain kilowatts here and there....this is one of the better bang-for-buck mods, award it with a good exhaust and you'll end up with good power gain.
I have since replace the single 2.5" single cat exhaust to a new Redback twin cat system into a single 3" cat back with a resonator, it's now quiet but breathing very freely.
So if you are interested, give Tim (RaptorSC) a call, he has a world of experience, very knowledgable and most important, HE IS VERY HELPFUL.
Was a awesome day to do it on, had heaps of fun and damn they are loud when the first start! Few little hick ups along the way but all part of the fun. Not to mention the awesome feed thaun cooked up afterwards! I know ill be coming back down from cairns to hit the boys up for a had when i bolt mine on. Now i just cant wait till he gets the tune so we can see what the drive is like. Well done tim at Raptor, awesome product and after sales service. Expect my order mid year.
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Actually I think that guard clearance issue can be resolved real easy, I have been clocking the blower outlets towards the guard for the VR due to the slightly wider body however if I put it back where I do for the VN - VP then it would be straight on son.
Nice pics man
Fabz do you know guy in Cairns with a Soarer V8? Got a call from a guy up there today with one, he had a serious no nonsense budget which is realisitic becuase they are such a hard car to put a kit onto but the 250 - 270rwkw on the Toyota 4 litre V8 makes it worth it
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Mack, perhaps you consider a raptor too?
I know you're concerned about your ride's originality/value, but this kit is good because you can always take it back out, wack in the stock memcal and its back to pre-s/c condition, and you can take the kit over to your next car.....am i right Tim?
Mack, perhaps you consider a raptor too?
I know you're concerned about your ride's originality/value, but this kit is good because you can always take it back out, wack in the stock memcal and its back to pre-s/c condition, and you can take the kit over to your next car.....am i right Tim?
You don't know what your doing, putting these ides in my power hungry mind....baddd badddddd....lol
Below is result after a dyno tune from Chiptorque on Tuesday.
It managed power of 185rwkw (it was expected between 180-190), torque of 540Nm just under 3000rpm to 400Nm at top end, so yeah, a minimum torque of 400Nm is very good.
However, Matt (Chiptorque) says more can be gained (about 10rwkw) if i sorted the air intake to be a bit cooler, atm air temp going into the pod filter is about 60-70 degrees due to heat from radiator and engine.
Max boost managed to reach 11psi.
That amount of torque down low is what surprised me the most, that must be the combo of dual cat exhaust, cam, and of course the s/c.
I haven't driven it much since getting it back yesterday, so can't tell much except that it likes to spin the wheels on turns, something to get to used to, lol.
Currently having rough, unstable idle issue since dyno tune.
The car died today - alternator not charging.....lucky it stalled just outside Kmart tyre and auto!
Got them to check out regulator - turned out to be main power cable coming out of alternator was almost completely severed due to age and wear - hence not charging properly.
They fixed that, but low voltage still exists which is affecting idle - Chiptorque double checked the tune and can't fault anything except constant low voltage.
At idle, in gear, aircon on - 11.8 volt, at 2000rpm - 12.7 volt.
The bosch alternator is brand new and only done 20k kays in about 18mths but it appears the time (possibly years) that cable has been like that meant it has not been charging properly all this time hence, the regulator or alternator itself may be damaged.
Will get it checked by sparky asap.
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