2016 VF SV6 Twin Turbo

[Talidorian]

So I got my VF SV6 back from the blokes at Goat Performance Products late last month.

Produces 379RWHP and 640 NM of Torque running 9 psi with a custom 3" exhaust. Keep in mind this car is completely stock aside from the Twin Turbo, this is also a safe tune to protect the longevity of the engine.

The car feels and runs great, fuel economy... is actually not that bad, still cruises very well on the highway averaging 7.5L per 100Km, around town is a bit of a problem, I don't have a reliable readout for town driving but I expect it would be between 12-14L per 100Kmm, should you turn off traction control, you should be ready to burn rubber as the wheels will just spin under heavy acceleration.

On the downside some of the turbo components and the new exhaust coming out of the engine bay are a bit close to the ground, so much so that the car would be impossible to drive if it was lowered, due to it being closer to the ground, there are some speed humps that I literally cannot go over or will scrape against the rock guard and exhaust, I am actually looking into some options to raise the car up a little bit to avoid scraping in the future.

 

[bradsm87]

Very nice! I was thinking about the same but too much work for me haha. The LS3 is really showing its age with no VVT. I test drove the SV6 and SSV Redline and honestly prefer everything about the SV6 except the mid-high RPM power. I honestly feel like there was nothing between them below 2000rpm because of all the tech in the SV6. Turbo SV6 would be awesome!

Did you plan to do this right from the get-go before you even bought the car?

 

[Talidorian]

Very nice! I was thinking about the same but too much work for me haha. The LS3 is really showing its age with no VVT. I test drove the SV6 and SSV Redline and honestly prefer everything about the SV6 except the mid-high RPM power. I honestly feel like there was nothing between them below 2000rpm because of all the tech in the SV6. Turbo SV6 would be awesome!

Did you plan to do this right from the get-go before you even bought the car?

Honestly? No. I was and probably still am a novice when it comes to cars, if I had my time again, probably would have spent the extra coin on a SSV.

I bought the car while I was still on my Green P's, I was just looking around at the time, and I spotted it in the show room, fell in love with it, I bought it off the floor the next day. Ever since I got it, I have been looking at ways to make the car more unique, to make it represent my personality, after all, the cars we drive are really just an extension of ourselves when we drive them.

 

[eman1]

The LS3 is really showing its age with no VVT. I test drove the SV6 and SSV Redline and honestly prefer everything about the SV6

You've gotta be kidding.

I had a sv6 loan car while my Redline was in for servicing and it was chalk and cheese.

LS3 while no VVT is definitely still a good engine. Even the gen 5 LT series gm engines are pushrod and still pushing great numbers and reliability.

 

[dgp]

Would be a nice upgrade to the SV6.
Did they give you a discount for advertising for them?

 

[Talidorian]

Would be a nice upgrade to the SV6.
Did they give you a discount for advertising for them?

Indeed they did, all i paid was for the kit, they did all the fitment and tuning free of charge.

 

[BlackVXGTS]

I don't understand why they would have shown rear wheel HP (horsepower) for the power reading and N.M (newton metre) for the torque reading. That seems an unnecesary and possibly confusing mix of measurement types. For example, the power rating of 379 rwHP is around 283 rwkw, still impressive, but not if you were interpreting the 379 as being rwkw.

 

[dgp]

Indeed they did, all i paid was for the kit, they did all the fitment and tuning free of charge.

Nice one, sounds like a win to me

 

[FlatOut 710]

Can't say I know much about these newer V6s but those numbers look promising, does it feel like it's running as much as it says?

 

[Talidorian]

Can't say I know much about these newer V6s but those numbers look promising, does it feel like it's running as much as it says?

They took me out for a run in their sv6 TT ute, and their ve v8 TT, mine pulls harder than the ute did, but not quite as much as their v8, but it is damn close to the v8, I dare say with some more mods it'd be quick off the line, just off the top of my head, if I added cams and a 3.7 diff. it'd be damn quick. I just need to get some boost management done as it is surging a bit on low boost.