more Mang for your buck?

Depends on the actual vehicle but a rough guide used by many. firstly u have to know currently how much power your making before throwing money at it..

Start with the FWKW of the next model engine above yours (does not have to be the same model or even make)

Multiply x 1.5

Add 5 for every "performance" sticker and 10 for every decibel of noise above the speaker at maccas drive through (exhaust holes and subwoofer are both used)

Add 20 for each bow-tie and shopping trolly wing.

Add 5 for every mm below the legal minimum ground clearance.

Add 1 for each supacheap receipt and 3 for every month interest free you got when you bought your "all rounder" tyre/mag package (n.b. add bonus 50 if you had to use spacers or redrill to fit)

Round the final number up to 10% more than any other car you know (or have seen in a magazine)

 

As long as you dont use wheel spacers.

 

Ahhh it warms my heart to see good old fashioned bench racing is still alive and well

 

Well, just to add fuel to the fire, the LS1 into the VC so far has cost a whopping $712. This includes the engine and the 4L60E. It's a VX R8 255kW engine and a recon trans that isn't very old.

 

Why the ### would you do that when you can have 500 mangpowers for less???

 

After all this is a v6 modification forum or am i mistaken??? I agree with immortality.
Maybe theres nothing happening in the V8 forum. Notice the capital V ??? Ha ha:rofl2:

 

you ever looked at vn v6 0-100 times? I tried but I fell asleep.

 

have ya looked at what some of the boys are doing 11.3 ain't too bad and that isnt with too much massaging????

 

What do you mean "don't bother with a kalmaker"? Do you even know what it is?

Um what do tuners use these days to get better access into the standard ECU in a commodore?

Kalmaker software is just that, software so you can modify your original ECU.

 

Kalmaker Model List

Yes, go make a kalmaker work on a ls1 then, model list shows it doesn't support them.

Specially since its for flashing memcals which LS1s etc don't use.

If that's changed, maybe they should update their site and i've never heard of anyone EVER using kalmaker on one either, all EFIlive and HPtuners.

 

there is a point to modifying a v6:

some people just want to do it. and thats fine. thats why this section is here. JC is full of people who have 'been there, done that' and they can guide a new user through the whole process to save them dollars, head fks with problems and (best of all) legalities.

i myself have spent spastic amounts modifying stupid valueless cars, just cos' i could. but when someone asks a SPECIFIC QUESTION: i.e. which is better? modifying a V6 or fitting a V8, then the answer is clear and has been given a number of times "dollar for dollar, it is better to fit a V8"

is just the guys who have modded their V6's that get their panties in a twist to the answer. i dont even know why. its not even up for debate. a V8 is better. end of story.

a V8 sounds better
looks better
performance is debatable in stock form vs modded/charged 6's, but with a few 'wake ups' performance is undoubtable better
a decent tune can yield better fuel economy, especially when you take into account freeway driving or towing
a V8 tows better
and if you take a clunker (say VN) V6 and go to the effort of legally fitting an 8, then you increase its potential to find a buyer possibly even making it more valuable.

 

I thought Kalmaker could be used on a LS1, my mistake.

Why didn't you say that in the first place?

 

What exactly do you mean by this?

 

i mean a lot of mods such as pod filters, are not legal.

 

Plenty of people dont go to the effort though.

 

You mean to tell me the VC has been illegal all this time with a pod filter hanging off the throttle body? Better not do it to the LS1 then.....