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Whoa, Black Betty - VY SS 6 Speed

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The story continues. It's now tuned ready to bed in some rings. Runs sweet and loud. The cam is incredibly obvious and the blower whine is a higher pitch. Unfortunately in the process the exhaust heatshield failed - there was a minor fire and my remote oil line braiding got melted. That ended the session. Looks like the weekend just got busy

Safely pulled 450hp out of it but it's possible the blower isn't up to the job. It'll do for now but that's a lot of motor to feed and it didn't push much past 6 pounds. We shall see, it's nice to have an upgrade path, I think a Whipple would satisfy it
 

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And then we were done. Clutch and engine broken in and 1500km later we polished the tune. Still only makes 6 pounds but to be honest I can't expect much more than that from a 2L roots on a 6.3L boost monster. Final result was 357rwkw and 822nm. The A/F is perfect here and it's a safe number. It's a cranky weapon and I'm pleased as punch

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And then we were done. Clutch and engine broken in and 1500km later we polished the tune. Still only makes 6 pounds but to be honest I can't expect much more than that from a 2L roots on a 6.3L boost monster. Final result was 357rwkw and 822nm. The A/F is perfect here and it's a safe number. It's a cranky weapon and I'm pleased as punch

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Got a copy of the torque curve ?
 

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This was a great read and boy did it make me think of and miss my old VY S (Only a 6, I know, but i was on my P's). Had all the bolt ons, cams, bottom end rebuild with a mace stroker kit. Was good fun as a P plater and the cops loved it, for the wrong reasons haha But thats an awesome job man! I also know its been a year since the last post. Just appreciating the work!
 

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This was a great read and boy did it make me think of and miss my old VY S (Only a 6, I know, but i was on my P's). Had all the bolt ons, cams, bottom end rebuild with a mace stroker kit. Was good fun as a P plater and the cops loved it, for the wrong reasons haha But thats an awesome job man! I also know its been a year since the last post. Just appreciating the work!

Thanks man. It's been a good year of just cruising and bruising. Squeezed 38 more rwkw out of it after I noticed a boost leak. Fitted a sequential shifter and some projectors with HIDs but that's about it. I do love this car but damn it's expensive to drive these days at $2.40 pl
 

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Thanks man. It's been a good year of just cruising and bruising. Squeezed 38 more rwkw out of it after I noticed a boost leak. Fitted a sequential shifter and some projectors with HIDs but that's about it. I do love this car but damn it's expensive to drive these days at $2.40 pl
Glad to see it's still around! Yea it's extremely expensive at the moment hey, yet I have gas setup but haven't ever used it, prefer the old petrol.
 
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