New SV6 Ute - Hi's and Low's

[steelsabre]

Hey everyone,

I bought an SV6 ute about a month ago now, i friggin love it !


: First Picture Clean Second after 2 weeks driving to work

I am 29 and on my green P's... long story but ill be off them within 8 months. The only thing i have done to it is add a k&n filter. Which i noticed added a massive in responsiveness.

Im not sure if its worthwhile doing any more mods to it. As ive read the returns on KW / Torque are not worth the price paid.

All up i paid $36600 with the 3 piece hard top and sports bar. All up i love the hardtop and sports bar. Im spewing about the sv6 price drop but oh well thats how the cookie crumbles.

I do have a couple of gripes with the V6 engine :

Namely the way i have to change 1st gear just before 2900rpm otherwise i loose all torque! :hmmm: I don't understand why that's the case but it blows! Otherwise everything else i am completely happy with. However i think as soon as im off my p plates i will be upgrading to an SS.

 

[TinSnips]

Nice looking ute mate.

The sidi motors are definitely skewed towards being economical (vs the equivalent V6 in a camaro in the US) - you may have some luck with a good tune - there are a couple of places in Sydney tuning the 6s. It will help to flatten out the torque curve a little.

The $/kw value certainly isn't there for the V6s but that's not to say that it's not worth doing some work. A few guys on here are modding their SV6s and seem to be very happy with the results. Have a flick through the My Ride threads to see their opinions and work done.

 

[dmacey]

All in all your happy with it mate, and that's what matters.

If your going to change to an SS then I agree with you. Mod the SS instead