Dz811
Just some p-plater
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- VZ SV6 M6
To all who own vz commodores with alloytecs.
Sv6 or not, before you spend any hard-earned dollars on your car, hear me out.
You are throwing your money at a brick wall.
Unless you're forking out 12k plus on a turbo kit (maybe a supercharger if you swing that way), the things are a waste of time modifying.
There are probably plenty of good stories too, but here's mine.
When I bought my car, I could time a 0-100 at around 7.2-7.3 seconds. Ran a 400m of 15.2. Which I was very impressed with.
Then I spent more painful dollars on a CAI, a catback exhaust and manifold insulators, then I had the car tuned and the clutch replaced to a solid flywheel exedy heavy duty. Car ran a 15.1... 0.1 of a second difference...
As you could imagine, I was a little disappointed...
So, in natural "I'm not giving up yet" style, I forked out yet more money... New coils, new injectors, all new oxygen sensors and intake pipe, 20% underdrive pulley, topped off with a cpr6 manifold (with the manifold insulators still under it).
And guess what the dyno figure was after yet another tune..... 120.6rwkw.... The guys tell me it reads low... So I take it for a drive... It feels exactly the same, and I mean I could time a 0-100 and still not even break 7 secs... WTF!? The motor is fine, no sludge, no wear. The Alloytec is, even though I love it, absolute crap. And I have to sit here with near 10k in receipts and nothing at all to show for it...
Call me a traitor, but I hate these misleading advertisements of extra power and economy, it's all a load of bollocks... And I've had my car for 3 years, always babied it, oil and filters every 5k. All the guys on here that sound that annoying "just go buy a v8" chime... Are probably not far off... So save yourself the heartbreak, and leave it the hell alone. Coz it'll drive you mad, and probably empty your pocket.
P.s. If anybody knows wtf is wrong with my car, for gods sake tell me...
Sv6 or not, before you spend any hard-earned dollars on your car, hear me out.
You are throwing your money at a brick wall.
Unless you're forking out 12k plus on a turbo kit (maybe a supercharger if you swing that way), the things are a waste of time modifying.
There are probably plenty of good stories too, but here's mine.
When I bought my car, I could time a 0-100 at around 7.2-7.3 seconds. Ran a 400m of 15.2. Which I was very impressed with.
Then I spent more painful dollars on a CAI, a catback exhaust and manifold insulators, then I had the car tuned and the clutch replaced to a solid flywheel exedy heavy duty. Car ran a 15.1... 0.1 of a second difference...
As you could imagine, I was a little disappointed...
So, in natural "I'm not giving up yet" style, I forked out yet more money... New coils, new injectors, all new oxygen sensors and intake pipe, 20% underdrive pulley, topped off with a cpr6 manifold (with the manifold insulators still under it).
And guess what the dyno figure was after yet another tune..... 120.6rwkw.... The guys tell me it reads low... So I take it for a drive... It feels exactly the same, and I mean I could time a 0-100 and still not even break 7 secs... WTF!? The motor is fine, no sludge, no wear. The Alloytec is, even though I love it, absolute crap. And I have to sit here with near 10k in receipts and nothing at all to show for it...
Call me a traitor, but I hate these misleading advertisements of extra power and economy, it's all a load of bollocks... And I've had my car for 3 years, always babied it, oil and filters every 5k. All the guys on here that sound that annoying "just go buy a v8" chime... Are probably not far off... So save yourself the heartbreak, and leave it the hell alone. Coz it'll drive you mad, and probably empty your pocket.
P.s. If anybody knows wtf is wrong with my car, for gods sake tell me...