The V6 looks to take kindly to mods..

[Camaro89]

This is great news. It's awesome that the v6 has that much horsepower and it's even better to find out that it is kind to after market mods! I can't wait to get my hands on one.

[JEFF2010SSMANUAL]

300hp to the tires is awesome. 0-60 LOW 5's.

[Xanthos]

One can only hope. However, I'm thinking it will put it closer to 5.5 or so...
- Xanthos

[BowtieGuy]

Originally Posted by ZeeTwentyFour

Thats exactly what I was thinking, why spend over 1k on a cat-back when you can buy the parts yourself and install them, saving more then half the price. Plus if flowmasters make this V6 sound anything like previous GM V6's on flowmasters, I'm all over it, my little 3.1 sounds like a v8 at idle with my delta 40.

Eh, I've never seen an exhaust that could make V6 sound like an eight cylinder, and I've heard alot of exhaust. When you know what you're listening for it's easy to tell. But yes, Delta 40's are amazing.

[Xanthos]

Well, it depends on the exhaust, but also on the size of the eight you're comparing it to. The 3.6 already sounds a lot like the 5.0 that I had in my IROC, and thats without the flowmasters on it yet. I've heard many V6's that sound very similar to small displacement V8's - enough so to make me look twice (I remember a mercury cougar in particular...) - but you're right, no way a 6 is going to sound like a big block.
- Xanthos

[MerF]

Originally Posted by BowtieGuy

Eh, I've never seen an exhaust that could make V6 sound like an eight cylinder, and I've heard alot of exhaust. When you know what you're listening for it's easy to tell. But yes, Delta 40's are amazing.

Did you hear the red V6 that they debuted in Detroit? That thing was mean sounding, and I'm one that usually shuns a V6 exhaust. I am pretty sure the DI will surprise most.

[BowtieGuy]

Originally Posted by MerF

Did you hear the red V6 that they debuted in Detroit? That thing was mean sounding, and I'm one that usually shuns a V6 exhaust. I am pretty sure the DI will surprise most.

I do seem to recall that...ok, I'll give it a chance

[Lifted07Sierra]

So with exhaust, intake and tune you can probably get 45rwhp?

Thatll get the new camaro into the high 13s.

But I want a high 12 second car

[Xanthos]

Heh, well, I'm only shooting for 13 seconds. But, with that said, the exhaust and intake used to get the 31 rwhp number did not include any changes to the cats or headers. So, at 3 hp or so each for a ceramic core magnaflow performance cat, thats 43 horses before the tune - I'd say about 60 after. And thats on the stock manifolds and 87 gas. Throw in headers (I'll be buying some from GMPP if they offer them) and, well... you get the picture =D.
- Xanthos

P.S. - Also, I heard from D3 cadillac (the makers of the intake and exhaust that were used in that +31 hp test) that they are currently developing a supercharger for the 08 CTS DI. Makes me shiver thinking about it.

[Lifted07Sierra]

0-60? Show me a trap speed in the 1/4 and then we'll talk

[Xanthos]

Well, from my point of view, I don't often visit the track, and there aren't many occasions on the street for me to go all out for 1/4 mile, so 0-60 is a more reasonable measure of how I'll be driving my car fast in the real world.
- Xanthos

[Mr. Wyndham]

Originally Posted by XanthosV6

P.S. - Also, I heard from D3 cadillac (the makers of the intake and exhaust that were used in that +31 hp test) that they are currently developing a supercharger for the 08 CTS DI. Makes me shiver thinking about it.

Seriously?!?!?! That means they got the Direct Injection tuning solved! (Or are working on it...)

[Lifted07Sierra]

I dont know anything about this direct injection. Anyone got a link?

If im not mistaken arent stangs direct injection?

1 fuel injector for each cylinder?

[Kyle2k]

Mustangs are port injected like most modern EFI engines. Direct injection actually shoots fuel directly into the compressed cylinder microseconds before the spark plug fires. It is pretty cool stuff. So in short lol, no the Mustang isn't DI...yet.