2007 ve gts

[driftspecialist]

just a couple of pics of my new ride.
it has been lowered quite a bit, has a K&N air filter, pacemaker extractors, and a custom APC exhaust 2 1/2 exhaust system making it good for 290rkw.

[ASAUTE]

Nice car mate. Wow 290rwkw from just filter and exhaust. That's impressive

[Luke V8]

Looks the goods mate. Went to look at a black GTS sale recently - very nice.

If your getting 290rwkw with just that then hurry up and get a VCM OTR CAI & tune - you'll be pushing 310rwkw + for $1000 extra

You should look at painting the wheels black.

Where abouts in Adelaide are ya? i'll keep my eye out

[Luke V8]

Like this:

[driftspecialist]

up tea tree gully way mate. yer seriously considering the black wheel look as it does look shh hot. taking it to my local mechanic next week for a service and will ask about options on OTR.
do you think many people on here will be going on the Dec 17th crissy cruise? Im keen to meet a few people with similar rides to get some ideas of which direction I should take the car as far as upgrades etc.

[Ed]

looks tidy mate, really love a good GTS.

[ASAUTE]

A good OTR and mafless tune will actually get you to the 290rwkw mark. After that the best options are either cam upgrade or supercharger. Whilst supercharging may seem expensive initially, all the other mods you need to get the same power will end up costing you a similar amount - and be illegal.

up tea tree gully way mate. yer seriously considering the black wheel look as it does look shh hot. taking it to my local mechanic next week for a service and will ask about options on OTR.
do you think many people on here will be going on the Dec 17th crissy cruise? Im keen to meet a few people with similar rides to get some ideas of which direction I should take the car as far as upgrades etc.

[Potta9]

Very nice car. dont go black wheels too much black IMO . Keep it a kinda sleeper alot of the attention from the fuzz sucks believe me I know

[rusty411]

black wheels for sureeee

[Luke V8]

A good OTR and mafless tune will actually get you to the 290rwkw mark. After that the best options are either cam upgrade or supercharger. Whilst supercharging may seem expensive initially, all the other mods you need to get the same power will end up costing you a similar amount - and be illegal.

He already said he's already getting 290rwkw ...

[MacD]

Great looking ride mate.
Did you pick it up with the mods or have had them done since you got it?

[SilverVH]

290rwkw? Must be an LS3 ??

[shauniie]

LS3 ARE THE 6.2L 317 HES WOULD BE THE LS2 6.0L 307 MODEL very nice tho mate deffo go black wheels thats how i had my ve ute black on black cant go wrong lol

[ASAUTE]

No he thinks he has 290rwkw. I doubt it very much, unless it's the worlds best freak engine.

A good OTR and mafless tune will actually get you to the 290rwkw mark. After that the best options are either cam upgrade or supercharger. Whilst supercharging may seem expensive initially, all the other mods you need to get the same power will end up costing you a similar amount - and be illegal.

He already said he's already getting 290rwkw ...

[SilverVH]

LS3 ARE THE 6.2L 317 HES WOULD BE THE LS2 6.0L 307 MODEL very nice tho mate deffo go black wheels thats how i had my ve ute black on black cant go wrong lol

lol settle down, it's called a joke. My point was, there is no way an LS2 with full exhaust and intake will make 290rwkw. So either his power figure is b/s, he has an '08 model E1 or someone has swapped his LS2 for an LS3.

But thanks all the same for schooling me on the difference between the LS2 and LS3. Clearly someone who has SilverVH as his nick would have no idea otherwise

[shauniie]

haha all good i didnt mewan to write that with caps lol but yeah its true tho the earlier models arnt up as high mines an 08 e1 clubby with 317kw at the fly which should drop me down around the 290kw at the rear untill i go otr cai n full exhaust n tune should be making over 350kw hopefully lol

[SilverVH]

Its ok, I'm only stirring.

My mates LS3 went 350ish through a manual with full exhaust, cam and MAF retained tune. The only problem with the LS2 are the heads, everything else about them are great and it doesn't take much to get them to respond powerwise. Swapping heads to L92 being the first port of call

[shauniie]

haha all good bud yeah ill be looking at a cam n maybe forged pistions aswell so im aiming for a total over 600hp n ill be happy with that

[ASAUTE]

Are you joking about those power figures?

haha all good i didnt mewan to write that with caps lol but yeah its true tho the earlier models arnt up as high mines an 08 e1 clubby with 317kw at the fly which should drop me down around the 290kw at the rear untill i go otr cai n full exhaust n tune should be making over 350kw hopefully lol

[scott w]

haha all good i didnt mewan to write that with caps lol but yeah its true tho the earlier models arnt up as high mines an 08 e1 clubby with 317kw at the fly which should drop me down around the 290kw at the rear untill i go otr cai n full exhaust n tune should be making over 350kw hopefully lol

i think you would be closer to 240 kws at the wheels if its stock

[shauniie]

I'm just Takin a guess I dunno how much it drops from that I just drive the cars n pay ppl to mod it for me

[driftspecialist]

ok guys maybe I should put this to rest as my first post might not have been as detailed as it should have. just picked this car up last week. the guy had it modded when new at Australia Performance Center in perth and it made 347kw @ the flywheel. now im not and expert on these things at all so I will be taking it to my local mechanic for a service shortly and dyno. it is a manual 6.0L and I know there can be differences from dyno to dyno as well so I guess we shall see exactly what its making at the wheels. 290rwkw is what the guy told me and seeing this was one of his slowest cars I saw no reason not to believe him. will let you's know how I go.

[MacD]

Soon we will all know.
who whats to guess the rwk he will get on the dunno?
276rwk

[ASAUTE]

I'll be surprised if it cracks 270rwkw with the standard intake, even with an aftermarket filter. But I hope I'm wrong.

[driftspecialist]

hey guys, update on cars power figures.
got dyno'd yesterday and comes out at 284rwkw which is pretty close to the mark advertised i guess.
now all I need is to supercharge it as suggested.
any ideas on how much gain I would get and what brands should I be looking for?
also any good workshops in Adelaide as the wanker scratched one of my rims and now I have go through insurance bs after only owning it for 2 weeks.

cheers