VY Berlina vs BA XLS ute help

[boarder.93]

Hey look i've got a mate at school with a XLS ute with John Bowe extractors... not adding much power I knnow... any way I have a completely stock standard VY berlina, I'm keen to beat his car and I really have no clue how to do it... myself not being very mechanically minded, however, cars have become to be a growing passion in my life in the past year and I am picking up on things slowly... Basically from reading threads posted here and talkin with my mate whose a mechanic...

Does anyone have any p plate legal mods in order to put a smart arse in his place and prove that our cars are better??? I've had suggestions for a new diff, what ratios??? Any other mods, basically if I gave your $7500 and you were on your p's what performance mods would you do???

Also it is an automatic (constantly regretting not buying a manual until I hit Sydney traffic) and also acceleration is the key... Just to make your life a little bit harder
Thanks...

[Anwyll]

I'm assuming your Berlina is a V6.

For that money you could just about bolt on a gentle supercharger, although this might not fit with your 'p-plater legal' approach.

I'd recommend extractors, exhaust set up, decent intake approach (cold air intake and maybe larger throttle body and a decent air filter), could even pop in some high ratio rockers and some intake manifold spacers. Companies like MACE Engineering who are forum sponsers have a V6 performance parts sticky or there are other companies like V6 performance who have similar products which are direct replacements or bolt-ons which won'tt raise the eyebrows of a curious cop (especially the V6 performance Type-S CAI, looks almost identical to factory intake, plus rockers are under the rocker covers and spacers are normally hidden by your engine cover). I doubt you would hit your budget cap with these alone so you could even get your car tuned with all these mods.

Then there are shift kits and LSD with different ratios but you're starting to get in to more expensive mods there.

Not sure what numbers you'd pull, perhaps check out some other people's mods and power if they know.

[liamvys]

u cant do anything to ur engine wen ur on ur p's (legally) .. just get a decent tune

[Sean880]

If you gave me your car and 7500 dollars I would sell your car and get you a good V8 VY or a VY with a factory supercharged V6. You would have more performance than a modified 6, especially with a V8, no modification dramas to deal with and I would give you change out of $7500.

[tyrone]

one problem with that he said on his p's so no option for a v8 well i assume anyway depends where he lives

[WogBoyz]

if his is manual he will most likely beat you, the ford 6's go dam hard

[doobs]

yeah sorry mate, but I think what ever you do to your car, the falcon I6 is gonna have you... If you were allowed to, you could try a supercharger, but even then if he does work to the I6, I think you will have a challenge on your hands...

Try the listed mods above, but as I said, I think you will struggle to beat him in any case, save up and get a V8 when you can...

[WogBoyz]

yeah, bascially ive got every bolt on mod u can get cept for a larger maf and charger lol got my auto shift kitted, tuned ect and i can just barely get a car length on them if that, and thats just a basic modded one with cai, exhuast ect

[boarder.93]

I'd recommend extractors, exhaust set up, decent intake approach (cold air intake and maybe larger throttle body and a decent air filter), could even pop in some high ratio rockers and some intake manifold spacers.

Then there are shift kits and LSD with different ratios but you're starting to get in to more expensive mods there.

I have decided to go along with what you said, and I have been told a LSD with 3:9:1 would do well??? so yeah. We haven't lined up yet, but we've given them a bit and we're close, however when he gets into 3rd he begins to pull away, but I'm keen. We have even planned for our blacks, I'm buying dad's VE SS and he's gonna twin turbo his ute, so its still gonna be close. I'm thinking a walkinshaw supercharger, cam upgrade, high performance headers, roller rockers, exhaust and yeah, will be a lot of fun, probs gonna head down to a drag strip and give em a go, should be good, I'll keep you posted... Thanks for the help...

[sammyc16]

There is always a stroker kit?

[Vybrad93]

my auto vy with a cat back new air intake and an xu6 memcal beats my mates manual ba xr6 ute with exractors full exhaust, up to 100 i have no dramas being about half a car length to full car length in front

[TMM]

4.11s and strip out unnecessary weight - back seat, boot carpet, spare wheel, jack. Anything else on an Ecotec will just be wasting heaps of money for very little gain.

my auto vy with a cat back new air intake and an xu6 memcal beats my mates manual ba xr6 ute with exractors full exhaust, up to 100 i have no dramas being about half a car length to full car length in front

Your mate must suck at driving manual. Also someone is pulling your leg because an XU6 is a supercharged L67, not an Ecotec. Also if i'm not wrong, the VY runs a completely different computer to the VT (XU6).

[Vybrad93]

haha yeah he isnt the best at changing gears . as for the chip correct me if i am wrong just that when my car starts instead of a holden system check that comes up on the dash it a hsv system check and then always starts up with and has xu6 0000

[TMM]

haha yeah he isnt the best at changing gears . as for the chip correct me if i am wrong just that when my car starts instead of a holden system check that comes up on the dash it a hsv system check and then always starts up with and has xu6 0000

I think the dash logo etc is specific to the cluster, nothing to do with the ecu.

[0081]

$7500 is a good amount of cash and you should be able to get a fair bit done

I would look at towards a head and cam, some form of CAI a home made or a mace one with a filter and a tune, that would realy eat into your cash and not realy be easy for the cops to see.
However your exhaust will be holding you back big time and the tune will be a bit of a waste untill you get the exhaust

[Vybrad93]

its the original cluster though

[Dezza]

Get a set of 4.11s in a lsd and give it some breathing mods nice free flowing exhaust and you will beat him no worries