Acceleration on v8

[Rusty]

If you just bought it i would recommend a full service. New plugs, leads, oil filter, oil, coolant flush, injector clean, clean throttle body, check throttle cables, trans service etc. You may be surprised at the gains of a decent service.

After that, cheapest bang for buck would be decent CAI and then exhaust and extractors as mentioned above. Get a tune when you are done modding for a while.

 

[WogBoyz]

full exhuast, good otr, malfess tune, decent cam and 3.7 diff gears, that will get you moving quite nicely

 

[Cruzer]

What's the best way to improve speed of the line in v8 Calais international

Not the cheapest route but the V8 Walky Powerpack should give you a kick in the right direction 10% more power and 25% more torque apparently..

 

[TinSnips]

Power alone will only get you so far. His calais will likely have a single spinner which is certainly not the best tool for getting power down. More power will just make it harder to maintain traction. Can't go any quicker than your level of grip allows.

 

[StoneX]

Power alone will only get you so far. His calais will likely have a single spinner which is certainly not the best tool for getting power down. More power will just make it harder to maintain traction. Can't go any quicker than your level of grip allows.

Exactly, I don't think half the people in here realise that a Calais doesn't have an LSD. Mine was terrible taking off with traction control off as it'd just single spin. Replacing that made a massive difference in grip, then doing the exhaust, CAI and tune gave more power that was usable due to have GRIP.

 

[TinSnips]

I had always assumed LSD was standard with the V8 Calais, same as it is with SS. Seems a strange omission to me. Only realised it was Optional when Juzo was changing his. It's DEFINITELY something that a lot of people are confused about.

 

[B-roca]

I had always assumed LSD was standard with the V8 Calais, same as it is with SS. Seems a strange omission to me. Only realised it was Optional when Juzo was changing his. It's DEFINITELY something that a lot of people are confused about.

This was my assumption aswell. It seems silly that the "High End" model wouldn't have an Lsd

 

[WogBoyz]

Vcm have this whole replacement diff https://www.vcmstore.com.au/epages/...Path=/Shops/vcmperformance/Products/VU-VE-3.7 it doesnt say however is it a "LSD"?

 

[Lumps of cheese]

Vcm have this whole replacement diff https://www.vcmstore.com.au/epages/...Path=/Shops/vcmperformance/Products/VU-VE-3.7 it doesnt say however is it a "LSD"?

It would be, but if you're thinking about it shop around, they're available cheaper than that.

 

[WogBoyz]

It would be, but if you're thinking about it shop around, they're available cheaper than that.

Yeah, im getting my fitted through a preformance shop up here