SSV Work in Progress

[dmacey]

All December mods have been fitted and adjusted.

Have to bed the new rotors and pads in over the next 300km.

Will be posting video of the work carried out.

I must say that these changes have totally transformed the car! The deference is massive. Corners flat, more steering wheel feedback which increases confidence in the corners.

No more axle hop in the rear, and in hard cornering the front no longer skids or bounces.

Brakes are more positive with harder initial bite with increased pedal feel.

Overall, extremely happy with the results, thanks Automotive All-Stars in Brisbane for their excellent workmanship and attention to detail. Car even got washed and vacuumed.

[dmacey]

New Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPfW7J63HQ8

[dmacey]

Ok,

Looking for a bit of community involvement here.

Next stage of my car will be one of the following.

Turbo kit
Cam upgrade kit
Stroker kit

Im leaning towards Cam or Stroker, preference is to keep the car NA.

what do you guys think?

Dave

[showbags]

Ok,

Looking for a bit of community involvement here.

Next stage of my car will be one of the following.

Turbo kit
Cam upgrade kit
Stroker kit

Im leaning towards Cam or Stroker, preference is to keep the car NA.

what do you guys think?

Dave

Big cam FTW. The bigger the better. Gotta try and shake itself apart at idle.

[Reaper]

Depends on what you want for the car. I got 300 at the rear wheels and 718 RWNM with a real mild cam, intake and mid pipe on my E3. Fast enough for the street (I do around 40 - 50,000km a year in it), sounds great and I have managed to keep the MAF in tact. Not massive power by any stretch but it holds it's own and is very well mannered in traffic. Of course if you only do 20km a day and hit the track every second weekend then dial as much power as you can afford.

Reaper

[Potta9]

Purely on dollar figure I'd go a head and cam package. Stroker kits sounds great in theory but to do it properly .you need/should do head and cam at the same time. I considered stroker but after pricing up parts, machining ,fitting , fuel system and retuning. it was going to easily set me back 10k.
Turbo is great once I get bored with my new cam it will be next.

[dmacey]

Big cam FTW. The bigger the better. Gotta try and shake itself apart at idle.

Ahahaha, maybe a milder cam than that. Cam is deffinetly the preference

[dmacey]

Depends on what you want for the car. I got 300 at the rear wheels and 718 RWNM with a real mild cam, intake and mid pipe on my E3. Fast enough for the street (I do around 40 - 50,000km a year in it), sounds great and I have managed to keep the MAF in tact. Not massive power by any stretch but it holds it's own and is very well mannered in traffic. Of course if you only do 20km a day and hit the track every second weekend then dial as much power as you can afford.

Reaper

I do around 25,000km - 30,000km a year so mild to large cam is taking first place at the minute. however my brother is pushing for a turbo to be installed, thinks I'm just avoiding the inevitable lol. Run 2 modes 8 & 16 psi switchable in cabin. Cost is the only turn off.

[dmacey]

Purely on dollar figure I'd go a head and cam package. Stroker kits sounds great in theory but to do it properly .you need/should do head and cam at the same time. I considered stroker but after pricing up parts, machining ,fitting , fuel system and retuning. it was going to easily set me back 10k.
Turbo is great once I get bored with my new cam it will be next.

It's all expensive post bolt on's, Cam is the most obvious next step. However the Turbo is becoming more and more appealing each day. It maintains a certain amount of drivability as I live in the CBD and can dial it down when needed.

Very hard to decide!

[dmacey]

Lifters failed today, on a 3 month old Holden, lol

So guess i'll be doing the cam upgrade then.

Valley plate,
Lifter buckets,
High lift Comp lifters
Dbl Springs
Cam
moly rods

potential 25% under drive, see whats in the kitty.

Looking to see close to 300RWKW after these additions

fingers crossed

[SSV-AD]

new mods sound good mate it cant all be about power, need some handling! lol and i recon if your planning on going turbo later than get a smaller cam with a high lift, also you should consider some whiteline adjustable sway bars, they make a huge improvement on body roll and cornering.. easy to say though, im trying to save for these mods at the moment aswell.

[dmacey]

new mods sound good mate it cant all be about power, need some handling! lol and i recon if your planning on going turbo later than get a smaller cam with a high lift, also you should consider some whiteline adjustable sway bars, they make a huge improvement on body roll and cornering.. easy to say though, im trying to save for these mods at the moment aswell.

Did a few things in December for handling, and brakes already. See how they go (for now) lol

[dmacey]

Purchased boot lid carpet to cover the Dynamat today. Only $46.50 the clips to hold it $46.20 WTF

http://s1235.photobucket.com/albums/...t=IMG_0054.jpg

[dmacey]

ASR fabricated and installed a custom AMP shelf today to fit 2 of the amps under the rear parcel shelve.

Now nothing will smash into the AMPs.

Carpet picture by dmacey - Photobucket

Carpet picture by dmacey - Photobucket

Carpet picture by dmacey - Photobucket

Thanks Greg nice job mate.

Dave

[HEXEM]

Purchased boot lid carpet to cover the Dynamat today. Only $46.50 the clips to hold it $46.20 WTF

http://s1235.photobucket.com/albums/...t=IMG_0054.jpg

Hi Dave,

Car is coming along nicely mate. I bought one of those boot lid carpets also when I had the SSV. Its now on the SV6, I think they tidy up the boot lid and should be standard.

[dmacey]

Cheers Phil,

Definitely needed it!

[dmacey]

quick update,

pic of No: 2 amp installed

2nd Amp in picture by dmacey - Photobucket

12" now facing forward, try to stop the numberplate from vibrating so much.

Dave

[dmacey]

Hello all,

I have a bit of a situation.

Apart from turning the volume down, how can you stop the boot from rattling so much?

I've already plastered the whole thing in dynamat! turned the sub box around so it faces towards the cabin, double sided foam taped the number plate. what else is there to do?

any help would be appreciate.

Cheers

Dave

[Rufys]

Hello all,

I have a bit of a situation.

Apart from turning the volume down, how can you stop the boot from rattling so much?

I've already plastered the whole thing in dynamat! turned the sub box around so it faces towards the cabin, double sided foam taped the number plate. what else is there to do?

any help would be appreciate.

Cheers

Dave

Rubber grommets between the number plate and body.

[Potta9]

Check your muffler heat shield mine was rattling on the muffler when volume went up.

[dmacey]

Rufys - Thanks i'll give that a go,

Potta9 - OK i'll have a look at that also.

Cheers

[dmacey]

It ended up being the number plate surround. taken it off for now.

[dmacey]

At a cross road with my car,

Stay with me on this one, lol.
So I have decided to pull the pin on modding this car after one of the following options

1) Dirty big Cam
2) Supercharger

Option 1)
HPO Camshaft 241' Average
Comp 850 Lifters
Double Springs
25% under drive pulley
Moly Pushrods
LS3 Valley Plate "DOD"

Option 2)
Eaton 2300 Supercharger OR Harrop 1900
VCM OTR
VCM Hood insert
VCM 1 7/8 headers OR Di Filippo
VCM 3" Cat Back OR Di Filippo

The cam has its appeal, but would get annoying in bumper to bumper traffic.

The charger is 4 times the cost but more livable on a daily basis.

For some reason, the performance shops I have spoken to all say that if I choose Harrop then stick to the 1900 if I go Eaton/Magnuson, I can go to 2300.

I want to change to OTR, the Orssom one is good but won't fit up to a charger.

Exhaust to change as well, undecided from VCM and Di Filippo, only a few hundered between them In respects to cost.

I hear good things about both VCM and Di Filippo. So is it worth the 4/5 hundered more? Is there much to set them apart, other than price and name?

If any people on here have superchaged their VE I would like to hear your opinion.

Cheers

Dave

[Rufys]

A mate of mine in Murrumbatemen, NSW has one of the nicest SC'd Clubbys around. I would say SC all the way. If you don't get into it, it is still very smooth and comfy to drive. Big cams in a daily driven car would be annoying. Oh and when I hear the whine of a supercharger, my pants get tighter! Just my 2c.

[Potta9]

Supercharger all the way there it will haul a$$ with one in there .
I noticed you still wanted to use an otr with the charger though I've seen alot like this thought an intercooler would be the way to go though . Also I think the 1900 would make good power on a stock motor. The 2300 might be a bit of overkill.