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So, I have finished my install. But I am having some problems with the "Hardwire Parking mode" kit. Sometimes it turns the camera off when the car is driving. I think it is either a dodgy power kit or I can't select any lower low voltage switch off point. 11.6V is the lowest setting. But I see...

Hi, thanks for the write up! I'm going to install a Mini 0906 with a hard wire park mode power box using your tips. In interests of making it as easy as possible do you think you could just skip the fuse install. Are there other factory fuses that could be replaced if a short happens? Or is the...

The VFii Holden and all the VF supercharged exhausts are a bolt up to any VE or VF cast manifold (even on a VE). Sometimes HSV had flared flanges and Holden had flat flanges though, but the CAT back exhaust location is basically the same. You can see from my latest pics above that the HSV (VE or...

So I finally found some cheap VF headers and cats. They are actually of an LSA. I'm wondering if the cats are even cleaner (more platinum palladium etc) than the LS3 ones of the same size since the LSA will generate a bit more smog than an LS3.. Anyway they seem like they should be easy to mod...

Hi, the VF2 rear struts are exactly the same type as VF and VE. Just that VF2 red line uses VF FE2 springs and shocks at the rear. If you forget to put the rubber in between the top hat and the spring it will make it sit lower and scratch up the hat every time the suspension moves! I would doubt...

Both HSV and Holden dimm their DRLs via PWM. None of them power the LEDs with straight battery power. I believe that HSV somehow use even less power than the Holden DRLs so they use a second PWM reducer on top of the Holden one. What I have figured out that I will do is use the Fog Light power...

Hi, I'm also looking at getting my DRLs running dimmed with the headlights on. Some thoughts... These $20 kits will run the LEDs at full power when the headlights are not on. This may be even brighter than standard since I believe that the factory setup runs PWM. This is for a mixture of...

Just an update on the size for the smaller collector (VE) version. There is really 3 dimensions to measure: 1) Pipe inside diameter, this is only a mm or two over 2" 2) Flange inner step diameter, this is 2,1/4 " 3) Flange surface(mating to cat flange) inner diameter is 2,1/2" I measured the...

The difference between them is only somewhere between 5 and 10kw. The other power increase to get up to the 340 mark was from using the supercharged airbox. From what I understand there is no tune difference betwen the 317kw and the 340kw its just part swapping. I am slightly porting my...

That's exactly what I am considering doing.. I'm just waiting to find out which cats actually flow best, either the VE-VF S1 or the VF ii. By looks you would think the earlier ones since they are larger... But the VFii cats don't seem to have lost power and the smaller size helps get nicer bend...

Hi, just a question on this old thread. Is the Flex Fuel Sensor connector and cabling still on the MY15 L77? If not what is involved in getting the loom to the Sensor(when retrofitted)?

So I have bought a set of HSV extractors with aftermarket CATs which I won't use (the CATs that is). I now plan on welding in some VFii CATs instead to make them emissions compliant. Basically the whole aftermarket CAT thing is only legal because it actually does convert "some" of the bad...

Yes, I plan on getting a tune too. Nothing too extreme maybe something similar to the W310 cal.

@LS1SS If the guy I bought the car from hadn't already fitted the 3" difillipo catback I was going to fit the following: HSV extractors and VE or VF HSV mid section, then your electric bimodal VFII rear mufflers. But I am a bit of a cheap skate and try to spend the least on upgrades that I can...

Thanks monstar, good to know! So like you have done before the best option when keeping stock cats is to delete the cat to extractor flanges which gives room to help smooth out the cat inlet flow angle. And keeping the velocities relatively high (with approx 2" secondaries) will help the...

Thanks the main power increase will be from the difference between the HSV and GMH parts. I'm just thinking that while I do that mod I can get a couple more kW by changing the outlet pipe size. I definitely don't want to make a cal change to turn off the cat DTC.

Hi Cuda, at the moment it's it stock VF 6.0 manifold and cats behind that it's full 3" difillipo. Drone is only slight. Do you think adding HSV extractors and cats with a modded 3" outlet would make much difference to noise? I read I think from one of monstar's old posts that the hsv extractors...

Thanks Monstar, it was your posts from back then that made me think about the mod. So I am just looking at doing the cat outlet not the inlet. What size did you increase the inlet and outlet to? Did you measure the power increase? I'm guessing the benefits of just modding the outlet might be up...

I'm after a cheap power up and I want to keep the car emissions legal (and not worsen any scraping issues). So I am thinking of getting some VE HSV extractors and cats for my VF V8 Calais. The previous owner put a dual 3" DiFillipo exhaust on leaving the standard exhaust manifolds and cats. The...

Hi, from my research I found the following: VFii FE3 rear spring rate 55N/mm VF FE3 rear spring rate 60N/mm Part Number: 92290027 The VFii went back to the same spring as the VF1 FE2 suspension. VF Motorsport director etc use SV6 sedan rear springs Even though there was often the same part...

So I can confirm that if you use VE springs in the front of your VF they sit between 5-10mm higher in the VF probably closer to the 10mm mark. I installed some KHFL-150 SSL King springs in my Calais V (with Redline FE3 Struts) and got a 375mm HTG measurement, with my tyres gives me 696mm Ground...

Hi, I noticed from a thread that you are now a bit of a lowering expert! I posted a reply in the thread "Lowering VF2 SSV Redline Sedan ". Could you please look and let me know what you know about the VE spring? (I will write a reply when I get mine finally sorted out, I'm desperate to swap out...

I have a few questions for FLO Rider, I am thinking of using VE springs in my VF Calais V8. I already have some VF Clubsport non MRC rear springs and I am thinking of putting KHFL 150 SSL in the front. From what I understand you by accident had the KHFL-150 SSL in your car which made it sit too...