rptrvs (raptor vs)

[vr_owner]

name:james

year:1996/7(not sure) vs acclaim

engine:3.8 v6

auto

Diff: lsd 3.89.

interiortock besides some seat covers and that

paint: Seagull White

stereo: kenwood mp3 player, the rest is clarion.

mods: lowered, on sl. colour coded everything. raptor supercharger. 70mm throttle body. 2.5 exhaust with red back extractors i think they are. and a high flow cat. Intercooled, not sure of the dimensions of the cooler, but most of the piping is 3inch.
more mods added, lsd diff with 3.9 gears, and the 4th auto, with corvette servos, kevlar bands z pack clutch plates, stage 2 shiftkit,















just thought id put up some new pics and the dyno sheet showing 203.9rwkw
as you can see we have no second muffler or tips this is because the muffler was destroyed and it blocked the tips so we had to cut them off.

[FUN304]

how much boost is the blower running?

[vr_owner]

stock boost for a raptor kit which is round 9 psi

[cano1]

has it been down the strip yet????needs to lower it more, its a little jacked up.

[vr_owner]

its gonna go down calder once the lsd and shift kit are in, plus the retune is booked in for friday i think, plus its low enough as it is, he barely gets over speed humps and that.
also the new exhaust is one, if someone can show me how to attach a file ill upload the video clip with the exhuast half gone

[FUN304]

The VS looks sweet, thinking of coming over to calder soon myself, no strip here in SA and it sucks

[vr_owner]

nice calder is bout 5 minutes from my uncles place, its getting a full retune on friday, and the new exhaust is on, ill put up the pics on the week, aswell as the new dyno sheet, hes hoping for 200rwkw+ should hit round 205 hopefully

[Raptorsc]

Ah, been waiting to sight this beast for a while now, certainly glad that exhaust crapped itself, looks like it was a real power sapping beast.

That cooler install looks the item and who is doing the custom tune?

Also make sure you have a centrifugal supercharger spring (special order from Turbosmart) in that turbosmart valve (looks like turbosmart) otherwise you will be calling me soon because the blower is not working. I would also be suprised if you aren't experiencing some sort of poor running due to the atmospheric venting of metered air, all metered air must stay in the system otherwise engine will run like a dog at some parts of the rpm range. Kepp ear open for compressor surge, if there is any contact me at your soonest convenience and we can discuss what has to be done to bring the system into balance. Compressor surge is a fluttering sound when you snap the throttle shut or when you cruise at 4 - 5k rpm on a neutral throttle a continous flutter ..... extremely damaging to all superchargers.

Another thing which goes into a Raptor (factory kit for VT etc) intercooled kit is the Gen 3 air flow meter, very important if you want to maintain tuning resolution to push past 200rwkw.

Thats about it, with good tune and good (as in very good) exhaust and rockers 205rwkw should be a snap, proven many times.

[vr_owner]

hmm, we have been experience some fluttering only at low revs, tho, so you think its the blow off vavle, how much for the part and all that is needed, cause its booked in, for the dyno at mc automotive mornington,

[vr_owner]

Video of raptor vs - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting a video of the car with out the muffler on, and the intercooler and blow off valve

[SENLS2]

looks nice ... ne more future mods

[vr_owner]

shift kit, lsd with 3.93 gears, then custom interior and boot install, and after that heads cam, and 4.2 forged stroker.

[vr_owner]

new pics are gonna be up tommorow with new plates. and new engine pics of all the updated work.

[sir355]

nice ride mate, looks like a bit of a sleeper.
Good choice with future mods.
Well done

[vr_owner]

hey guys bit of an update. all boost problems have been fixed. hit 9 psi at 130km/h its gonna get back on the dyno soon.

all it was. was the air flow meters and that on the wrong side. had to be after the bov. and the boost gauge, where we put it caused us to loose 4 psi lol. its all sweet now. ill get more pics up.

[Raptorsc]

Bud thats terrific to hear, as I say to a lot of people so long as the blower is still runing the problem will be somewhere else in the system

Top marks an I know you will be enjoying some decent thrust!

HOOK IN

[vr_owner]

yeah. dam my dodgey boost gauge. cant believe i lost 4 pound into a boost gauge lol

[vr_owner]

well its been awhile just thought id update this. new trans with stally and ****kit is in. and we have a lsd with 3.89 gears to go in.

[NickVR]

Very nice VS mate. Love the charger set up, may chuck one on mine one day.

[LM8185]

You had it dynoed since the cooler was fitted? Spoke to Tim and he said the 174rwkw was pre cooler, and i would hope so too. You have any idea what its puting out now? What did the LSD with 3.89's cost you, as i am looking into an LSD or Mini-Spool with 3.73's in it for mine and i would like a rough price range?

[vr_owner]

i got it off ebay through some dodgy guy that took 2 months to get it. the diff cost me $750. the diff was fitted and the speedos out 20km/hs, its going to get dynoed soon, hopefully next week. it should be making around 210-220rwkw.

[radarak47]

Lookin good

Great to see you sorted the issues out, it will be good to see what power she puts down now.

[vr_owner]

wow its been ages since i last posted, we went throught 2 autos till we had one that is strong enough, the car has to be taken back to horsepower factory to get re-tuned, it made 203.9rwkw last time, the new auto has corvette servos kevlar bands stage 2 shift kit and some other goodies, we are hoping to get it retuned before the cruise for charity, and run more boost and some rockers. to hit just under 250rw-kw

[Raptorsc]

You got a tough beast there bro, seems to be plenty power going down to the wheels

Cruise 4 Charity, gonna be big in the various states this year

[vr_owner]

just thought id put up some new pics and the dyno sheet showing 203.9rwkw