2004 VY S Manual Sedan!

[Dirbatua]

New tail shaft centre bearing

MOTHER ####ER RIGHT THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!, had to do my usual standard and get the angle grinder out for that ####er, took like 2 hours or so to replace that bitch, the bearing was fused with the tailshaft basically.

 

[DevilDRake]

New Update for today:

Super charged Pacemaker headers
2 x 2.5" Hi-flow Venom cats with 4" bodies
Custom 2.25" Twin exhaust with custom mounting brackets to keep it higher off the ground
New Oxygen Sensors

Gotta be honest, I thought it would be boggy down low having an exhaust too big for N/A V6, but it actually drives more than fine, and I was suprised how it actually sounded. Definitely worth the money, if you ever want to get anything done to go Barney at Hallam Performance. He did a great job on it and makes sure everything is perfect.









On another note, I was going to get a level 3 cluster and get the digital speedo + get the PPK values changed to suit the new diff, but instead I've decided to contact Phreddy/Greg @ ASR and get him to recolour my whole car aswell as do these things.

While my ECU is getting reflashed via Tim at Raptor, I'll send up all my switches and cluster to Greg in NSW and get him to change all the colours to Blue, add in morphing needles and change on the cluster what I need since the car will be off the road anyway.

I'm currently having trouble getting a hold of my Diff builder, but soon as I do i'll be going to pick that up. If he has a set of 3.73 ratio ready I'll take that, otherwise I'm sure 3.46 will be fine.

 

[Dirbatua]

does sound decent for a 6, i was surprised, i was expecting it to sounds like a wet fart from a porn stars ass but sounds good even outside the car when its under load.

Now you just need to get rid of those ugly ####ing rims.

 

[DevilDRake]

Charger and diff first.. I'm currently bidding on a set of VT SS rims though, just for something to replace these for the time being.

Later on i'll get something decent after I lower it.

EDIT: Gotta be honest, the more I drive with this exhaust I'm liking it haha. Isn't rapsy, has a decently deep note.. Doesn't have seem to have lost power downlow due to the size either, but maybe the roller rockers and it being manual helps it out a bit.

 

[nathanVY]

Turbo > Supercharger.


Just sayin.

 

[DevilDRake]

Turbo > Supercharger.


Just sayin.

I agree, more power in them also.

But after going through costs, making the car able to take a healthy 12PSI everyday, internals would all be changed etc. Ends up being an extra 5-6K ontop of a charger setup.

I'll save the turbo for the LSx times, get to try out both worlds

 

[nathanVY]

I agree, more power in them also.

But after going through costs, making the car able to take a healthy 12PSI everyday, internals would all be changed etc. Ends up being an extra 5-6K ontop of a charger setup.

Internals? Why? You can get a complete ecotec for about $7.50 off the side of the road. Maybe valve springs but not much more internals wise.

Better still just grab a low km l67 bottom end throw an ecotec plenum on it - run 14psi all day. Find a good tuner and you shouldn't have any issues with the motor.

This guy does pretty decent ecotec/l67 turbo kits.

Cost wise though, depends. A new raptor kit costs what, 5k - with no intercooler setup. Looking at their website the base kit includes upgraded injectors but I can't see a fuel pump with the kit. Personally, I'd always run a rising rate fuel reg (more boost, more fuel) and a surge tank but that's just me. Nothing against raptor they're great kits and they stand by their products, but i'd be costing up some turbo setups before you make your choice. You'll make more power and the torque curve of a turbo car never gets old.

Food for thought.

I'll save the turbo for the LSx times, get to try out both worlds

Well yes, V6s are awful. V8 every time

 

[DevilDRake]

Internals? Why? You can get a complete ecotec for about $7.50 off the side of the road. Maybe valve springs but not much more internals wise.

Better still just grab a low km l67 bottom end throw an ecotec plenum on it - run 14psi all day. Find a good tuner and you shouldn't have any issues with the motor.

This guy does pretty decent ecotec/l67 turbo kits.

Cost wise though, depends. A new raptor kit costs what, 5k - with no intercooler setup. Looking at their website the base kit includes upgraded injectors but I can't see a fuel pump with the kit. Personally, I'd always run a rising rate fuel reg (more boost, more fuel) and a surge tank but that's just me. Nothing against raptor they're great kits and they stand by their products, but i'd be costing up some turbo setups before you make your choice. You'll make more power and the torque curve of a turbo car never gets old.

Food for thought.



Well yes, V6s are awful. V8 every time

If i was going to spend the money on a turbo, it would be a Garrett system through George at Proflow. I have had it all priced including tuning, fitment etc. Turbo cam, MLS Cometic head gaskets, etc etc. For what I wanted i couldn't justify 12-13K completely done.

I could of got a cheap generic turbo, but I figured this time out I'd rather do the charger setup. Easier for myself to fit and understand, and just to try it out. Not to mention it's easy as to rip it back off and re-sell when it comes to upgrading.

The turbo will come, but not on this car.


EDIT: I thought about the L67 option, but they also have different heads and stuff on them. Then I gotta change wiring, remove motors and much more. I've been back and forth between both options but I've finally settled, actually going to order the Raptor VLLC kit today soon as Tim calls me back haha.

 

[nathanVY]

If i was going to spend the money on a turbo, it would be a Garrett system through George at Proflow. I have had it all priced including tuning, fitment etc. Turbo cam, MLS Cometic head gaskets, etc etc. For what I wanted i couldn't justify 12-13K completely done.

I could of got a cheap generic turbo, but I figured this time out I'd rather do the charger setup. Easier for myself to fit and understand, and just to try it out. Not to mention it's easy as to rip it back off and re-sell when it comes to upgrading.

The turbo will come, but not on this car.


EDIT: I thought about the L67 option, but they also have different heads and stuff on them. Then I gotta change wiring, remove motors and much more. I've been back and forth between both options but I've finally settled, actually going to order the Raptor VLLC kit today soon as Tim calls me back haha.

Fair enough, 12-13k all done with the above mentioned items seems like a damn good price to me. Tonys garage makes his kits for stock motors, works really well.

 

[DevilDRake]

Fair enough, 12-13k all done with the above mentioned items seems like a damn good price to me. Tonys garage makes his kits for stock motors, works really well.

Yeah, he quoted me 10.5K to fit all my internal parts, fit the whole turbo setup, tune it and create a dump-back pipe for me. Then it was 2.5K for internals from Mace.
Very cheap I agree. Just didn't have the funds to do it. Tony'z garage quoted me up on a system also, pricing almost the same but for a GT35 setup, which is a smaller turbo than the Garrett S I was quoted on from Pro-flow.

In all honestly, I'm sure i'll be happy with the raptor setup anyway. Whenever the times comes to upgrade, I can pull it off and sell it all off, change my build diff into the new car, all that jazz.. Not thinking about that right now though, that'll be a while away.

You'll have to take me for a ride in a real turbo car .