Supercharged V6

[tazidv8]

For those that have one or driven one are they any good, what are their figures,
anyone know of any major hassles in reliability your thoughts????

 

[MaNiac_VP]

My old boss had a XU6 (i think) HSV Vt and it was surpirisngly fast and sounded really nice.

Beat clubsports and the like up until the high end of the speedo.
Reliablity wise, i guess the engines wouldn't last as long as NA engines or V8 due to the extra stress the blower puts on on it.

 

[SCUMMY]

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[onezero]

They're great, I've gotta blown 6.

Get one, when you're bored with the power, go get a smaller pulley which will up the boost from 5psi to 10,11,12,13, or 14psi ($700 for turn-key service).

At 5psi they create 165kw at the flywheel - guess what the stocko 5L donks make?

 

[jules]

is it reliable tho? how long will it hold on at 14 psi?

would make a lot of power while it lasts i'm sure

 

[dooma]

More boost doesn't always mean more power.

Most people run up to about 10psi, higher and you really need some intercooling.

 

[MaNiac_VP]

If you run it over the factory boost without an intercooler you will certainly kill your bottom end quite quicktly after a few revlimiters.

 

[dooma]

I don't think they are too bad at a mild level of boost, 6 to 10 isn't too radical.

 

[Shiney]

are the engine internals in a s/c v6 the same as a ecotec v6?

it would be jest cheeper to buy a to buy a s/c commodore then put a s/c on a ecotec one... right?

 

[dooma]

I think they are slightly different and I don't think it is as straight forward as dropping an M90 on top of an ecotec.