[Ecotec] Horsepower capabilities of the ECOTEC v6

[Adamvr93]

It's all in the tune...

Filter, intake, 1-2kw if that? But a better feel.
Full exhaust...depends....5-10kw?
98ron...couple of killer wasps maybe
Cams...5kw? Not much of a gain for the price, but can change the car significantly depending on what cams you go with
Underdrives....2-3kw? But the motor will rev more freely.

Cams 5kw?... changing the camshaft will give you the most gain out of any modification on your NA ecotec...

i have a small cam, ported heads, extractors and high flow cat with 2.5" catback, 70mm throttle body, 25mm mace manifold spacer, and mafless tune..
it makes 215hp at the wheels... it doesnt sound like that much but considering a stock ecotec is usually around 130hp at the wheels its quite a big gain.

 

[Pub247]

It's all in the tune...

Filter, intake, 1-2kw if that? But a better feel.
Full exhaust...depends....5-10kw?
98ron...couple of killer wasps maybe
Cams...5kw? Not much of a gain for the price, but can change the car significantly depending on what cams you go with
Underdrives....2-3kw? But the motor will rev more freely.

From my experience with modding my XR6....it's more seat of the pants feel. Hell, my XR6 only netted 200rwhp AFTER a tune, headers, cat back, high flow cat, custom intake, filter, etc....a 5rwhp change from when it went in...BUT, the dyno curve told me everything I needed to know, the car was improved across the whole rev range...Kept up easily with my mates modified VL Turbo at the time, which was no slouch.

Should have saved that money and bought a turbo

I youd be hard pressed to keep up with any DECENT VL turbo my old buick v6 would make lunch of n/a xr6's

 

[Immortality]

for V6 mods, check these out, although i've not heard if anybody on this forum who has used em yet

see Clarko's Performance

I youd be hard pressed to keep up with any DECENT VL turbo my old buick v6 would make lunch of n/a xr6's

yes i was most surprised when i kicked a AU falcon in the VN

 

[billy bob]

215hp is 158kw, thats pretty good, you gotta be happy with that.
Do you know what sort of gain you got from the ported heads?
Are high flow cats worth while?

 

[The1]

there's one in the mace forum i noticed, $20k on engine for 500kw

 

[vy berlina]

thanks everyone for the information, this progect is due very soon, so if you have any info you might want to give me, post it up here or pm me if you not to keen to share. Please anyone out there if you have info, anything at all that would be great

 

[MACE]

I thought your project was finished by now

Contrary to what some might say they, there are a few things that cam be done to the V6

Here is another V6 build, with a detailed list of components, when it was running 420rwkw

http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/mace-engineering/164956-513rwkw-v6.html

 

[westerlybreeze]

I thought your project was finished by now

Contrary to what some might say they, there are a few things that cam be done to the V6

Here is another V6 build, with a detailed list of components, when it was running 420rwkw

http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/mace-engineering/164956-513rwkw-v6.html

Golly miss molly! .. 31psi boost!

 

[vy berlina]

I thought your project was finished by now

Contrary to what some might say they, there are a few things that cam be done to the V6

Here is another V6 build, with a detailed list of components, when it was running 420rwkw

http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/mace-engineering/164956-513rwkw-v6.html

i wish i was done, its a semester long progect, thanks for that link, it will come in very handy

 

[vy berlina]

anyone else got some info for me, im just about done writing this thing up and any little bit of info could come in handy