Ve sv6

[Brook]

For anyone interested in the direct injected SV6 -

I've had my SIDI sportswagon for a month now and with 2250km on it I took it to the creek last Wednesday, 25/11/09 to see what they really do and give myself a base to compare too.

It pulled consistent 15.3 seconds at 149km/h in full auto and a best of 15.4 seconds in manual mode, and slower changing earlier and later than where the auto changes.

I also put it over a weigh bridge with approximately 200km of fuel in it and it weighed 1820kg with a almost perfect weight distribution, 900kg front and 920kg rear, so a heavy girl but a well balanced one.

I'm quite happy with the vehicle, it's now tinted and debadged but I would like to drop it a inch, throw on a K&N filter, chip it, a nice stereo (has anyone put a aftermarket head unit in their VE?) and maybe a exhaust system - although these may have to wait for a while for me to afford them.

 

[SPack]

when you say full auto, is that in "normal" mode or "sports" mode? Thanks for the info, great job of benchmarking.

 

[Brook]

Yeh, what I call full auto is normal mode or "drive".

 

[kuzman89]

3.0 or 3.6?

 

[WogBoyz]

For anyone interested in the direct injected SV6 -

I've had my SIDI sportswagon for a month now and with 2250km on it I took it to the creek last Wednesday, 25/11/09 to see what they really do and give myself a base to compare too.

It pulled consistent 15.3 seconds at 149km/h in full auto and a best of 15.4 seconds in manual mode, and slower changing earlier and later than where the auto changes.

I also put it over a weigh bridge with approximately 200km of fuel in it and it weighed 1820kg with a almost perfect weight distribution, 900kg front and 920kg rear, so a heavy girl but a well balanced one.

I'm quite happy with the vehicle, it's now tinted and debadged but I would like to drop it a inch, throw on a K&N filter, chip it, a nice stereo (has anyone put a aftermarket head unit in their VE?) and maybe a exhaust system - although these may have to wait for a while for me to afford them.

you cant chip them like the older models mate, you just get it retuned, not 100% sure what they do tho

 

[jasonsv6]

makes it hard to put the factory chip back in for waranty issues when the whole ecm has been flashed

 

[kuzman89]

yeh guys, when VCM gets onto it you can just tune your factory chip, much better gains having a custom tune over a chip

 

[Kye]

yeh guys, when VCM gets onto it you can just tune your factory chip, much better gains having a custom tune over a chip

Any word on how far away VCM are from having a tune for the SV6??

 

[kuzman89]

next year sometime is what they told me.

Stupid if you ask me, I know plenty of people who want one.

Powerchip can tune your car, just make sure you know what you're asking though, coz they need alot of pushing ive been told

 

[Brook]

All SV6's are 3.6l. cheers.