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I have a VE SSV A6, can I simply throw a 3.7 crown and pinion from a manual HSV into it? seems to easy?!

Thanks HoldenMan7, unfortunately none of the drag strips in New Zealand, at least the North Island where I live, have any racing on in Winter and the next one I'm aware of is Fathers Day drags in September. BUGGER as I am really keen to see how it performs now!

Didn't end up racing but have tested out the new Hoosier Drag Radials, 245/45 17 and they are nothing less than amazing, no traction control, full throttle and I got zero wheelspin consistently, I have never experienced this before so amazed by the results with the Hoosiers, improved 0-100kph by...

Hi, I need some advice/suggestions!!! I had some modifications done to my VE SSV about 4,000km ago and the shop used my stock lifters, pushrods and rocker arms as they'd only done 50,000km. Last weekend I lost a lifter and rocker arm and now I want to replace the lifters, pushrods and...

Big weekend of racing coming up, hopefully get sub 12.5s but still haven't received Hoosier Drag Radials yet so will run the crappy street 245/30s again. Here's something to whet the appetite until I post this weekends results... VE SSV 0-190 12.4 to 117mph - YouTube

I've created a youtube Channel dedicated to bringing together all the great VE/G8 videos out there of 1/4 mile runs or general performance clips. Check it out and please message me via youtube with any great clips that I can add to the feeds... PERFORMANCE VE & G8 CHANNEL - YouTube Enjoy...

Deuce, how many street VEs racing up that way?

Thanks Deuce, I have ran twice at Masterton and once at Tokoroa, both airstrips. Had a pretty even spread of times from 12.5 to 13.2 with a couple shockers into high 13s. Main concern is that I will break something with the DRs but I suppose if I take it easy I'll feel the break point hopefully...

Ian, excuse my ignorance as there isn't many (if any) other VEs in NZ running at the meets I go to, why do I need to up the ratio apart from obvious reasons that apply to all cars? Is there a problem I'll encounter with my current 2.92? cheers

I am really interested to know what driveline setups people are using on their VEs down the 1/4 mile who are using Drag Radials or slicks. I'm running a VE SSV with 450rwhp down the strip and having issues with traction (obviously) on cheap 245/35/20 street tyres. Best I've run is a...

13.3 is a fast street car! Ran the VE this weekend, retune of trans got the results I was after, [email protected]. Times over the weekend varied greatly due to the crap street tyres I've got. The only decent video of the weekend was an [email protected]. VE SSV [email protected] - YouTube...

UPDATE: Ran the 1/4 a few times yesterday, trans shifted better but didn't reap any better times unfortunately. Best of the day was a 13.08@113mph, car felt strong but the airstrip wasn't the best, bad traction and felt a bit uphill, Google Earth reveals it was a 10 metre incline and altitude...

uniacidz, I'm don't actually like it that much either, I really only put that badge on to cover the 2 locator holes left behind from removing the holden badge, I really dislike to big shiney bling lion badges Holden dump on the back (and front) of the VEs, I much prefer the smaller lion badges...

Well trans has been retuned and has pretty clean shift now at 6,500-6,600rpm, feels a whole lot quicker so will be racing it again next Sunday, come on low 12s!! I'll post my result, for now here's a vid of my SSV starting and idling, first time I've recorded it on a decent camera with good...

I had the same issue on an SSV, worst thing is when I went to get it replaced the driveshaft was jammed in the diff due to some loose metal (probably bits of the LSD) that had gouged out the shaft and created a lip, locking it in!! $1,200 later it's back together with 2 new axle seals and a...

Couldn't find an answer to this in the forums... Do all series 1 VE 6litres have shallow transmission pans that apparently have slippage issues due to depth and air into the filter? Are there any good quality upgrade kits for a deep pan with improved filter and longer oil pickup? Any advice...

Thanks, yeah I was pretty happy with the 12.87 since it was first time I've ever raced down the 1/4 mile. My aim before any further mods (except getting the trans sorted of course) is to get consistently in the low-mid 12s. I am running all stock drivetrain; no stall, 6L80 and 2.92 diff gears...

that runs 60" was 2.266, best for the day was 2.232. Yeah that was the highest MPH. most runs had comparable 0-330" stats as this is before the tiptronic presents the issues as I can get from start to the top of 2nd fine but after this it's just a luck game to get a clean accurate shift into...

1/4 Mile results... best run was [email protected] with loads of wheel spin and a premature shift to 4th gear just before the line at 6,000rpm. Series 1 VE Auto proving to be a real pain due to the fact that I have to use tiptronic to get 6,500rpm (tuners left shift point for sports and normal...

GKW, when you say sharpened, is that reducing torque management? Also, since cam upgrade where is your rev limiter sitting and in auto mode under full throttle have they mapped it to allow full rev range in each gear?

maybe a manual box if its for track racing? auto good for cruising and 1/4 mile but track racing?

I have a daily driver 2006 SSV A6 with 233/238 0.612/0.604 113LSA, no stall converter, idles at 750rpm and goes great. Needs to be warmed up for 30-60seconds when cold but other than that it starts awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGotmbg3sCQ p.s. don't expect any sane fuel economy...

power sounds good, I have similar mods except 233/238 cam, headwork and 2.5" system instead of 3" and I got 328rwkw. How do you find the auto? what does the car now rev to? will it rev out to redline in every gear in normal auto mode? Cheers

Thanks for all of the good answers. My A6 was 244rwkw with OTR and Tune, 328rwkw now with 233/238 0.612/0.604 113LSA cam, head work, 25%UD Pulley, DiFillipo 1 3/4 headers and DiFillipo twin 2.5" system. When your trans was tuned did the tuner change the shift point under full throttle for all...

About 2.5s but was hard to measure exactly with the wheel spin. The youtube video was actually 6.6s 0-120kph (the 6.9s above was a different run).

Well I had my 2nd lot of modifications done as I stated in the earlier post and I almost got my target of 330+rwkw, came in at 328rwkw @ 6,400rpm on a hot humid day so pretty happy. Performance wise, it has major difference in power with the following times... 0-100kph 5.0s (slower than best...

I agree these are misleading results which is why I originally started this thread. with the calculations I stated at the beginning you can get a better idea of real torque versus the torque exerted against the dyno rollers (910nm). The formula I proposed in this thread estimates my peak not to...

yeah 900+nm, it's from 4,500-5,500rpm, sounds high hence why I was initially determined to work this backwards to a more 'realistic' figure which I thought (using my formula I posted originally) was about 545rwnm. The dyno was a DynoTorque and the tuner said this is the true torque measured...

Stalls are overrated, i don't have a problem using stock converter on 2006 VE SSV, cam is 233/238 LIFT 0.612/0.604 113LSA plus it's got big port n polish from Marsh Motorsports NZ, OTR, 25% UD, DiFillipo 1 3/4 Headers, twin 2.5" and performance tune from Eastern Automotive NZ, dyno'd at...

thanks for that Not_An_Abba_Fan, so basically, just worry about what's happening at the rear wheel? so my dyno results of 328kw and 910nm at the wheels is all I need to worry about? and the 1/4 mile results. I guess I was overanalysing it so I could get an idea of a nm rating at the flywheel...

Sounds like you might be working with dud dyno stats, with the mods you've done I'd expect a fair bit more than 140rwkw anyway. With my calcs, 140rwkw/255nm and peak of 278nm seems to sound right from a ratio perspective so maybe the dyno was well under, is it auto or manual? diff or wheel mods?

What is your rwkw and derived rwnm at 5,250rpm? Also what is your peak derived rwnm? Cheers

I know loads of people dislike the crazy 'derived' rear wheel torque figures that we get on dyno results so here's a way to make sense of it... 1. find the rear wheel hp figure at 5,250rpm (i.e. 245rwkw/329rwhp) 2. given hp=ft lb (torque) at this rev, 5,250rpm, you know you have 329 ft lb...

I've hit google and forums pretty hard and can't find much real life experience with people putting decent power through a standard VE SSV auto trans, 6L80. What sort of power is being put through these stock 6L80s? I know the factory rating sbut keen to hear the real life stuff! Also what...

davey, i just use iMovie as it can go frame by frame in tenths of a second, basically in slow mo there is really violent movement as soon as you start so measure from there and then I use the tach to measure speed, the digital speedo is about .3s behind and the needle is useless.

sporty custom, no it's not fast but it's good to share what mods we've done and what results are... picking up the extra performance compared to stock is a good result. ssv, here's a vid of 5.2s to 100, I've tried a lot of launch options and best is really just to stab it from idle (about...

Shop that dyno tuned my VE SSV took the cover off as it has a lot of 'heat soak' and their testing consistently shows 5-8rwkw gain by running the L98 without the covers. They advised me to leave it off, so I have. Easy 5-8rwkw mod!!!!

Mounted a camera in my 2006 VE SSV A6 stock standard (dyno 207.5rwkw) and best, yet consistent, 0-100kph was 5.7s. Other times were... 0-120kph 7.5s 0-140kph 9.4s 0-160kph 11.6s 0-170kph 13.0s Then I got OTR Air Intake and performance tune resulting in 243.6rwkw and even with an extra...

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