Carnage Plus EP24 - The AU XR6 Gets A Budget Upgrade

Ahead of our baseline Holden Versus Ford drag strip showdown we take the XR6 to Maxx Performance for a health check and it gets some budget upgrades. The gains are amazing!

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[bunning]

Budget high flow cat conversion, first time I'd seen that was back in early nineties.

[LobbyDaLobster]

"Rule #3. All the work gets done here" :D

[JacobafJelling]

first time watching any video from you guys. just want to say what an awesome guy the hosts seems like.

[maketheworldabetterplaceki]

I absolutely love AUs! The best falcon ;) seriously drive a XR, you'll love it. Brilliant cars that copped it over it's appearance....don't judge a book by it's cover folks.

[TipZ_TV]

To all you sooking about work being done out of the shop, it’s a bit of fun it’s not a competitive game show. And they are really minor upgrades really and could be considered tuning, especially the intake.

[skitzy]

the xr6 falcon and fairlanes exhaust were super restrictive for the output of the motor the vct engine, ive put a 3 inch on them with high flow mullers and get 30kw
gains

[andywiththen]

Ford 6 will always sound better then any Holden 6

[kyrieeleison]

how the heck did it go from 142.7 to 151.1 (8.4 gain) by just making the pipe a bit longer and putting more e85 in?

[rossgarykelly]

That workshop looks like ford heaven.
Love the budget build/ upgrades

[TipZ_TV]

Knocking out the cats I have found allways give a shitty raspy rattle tone, half way between a k20 and a loose manifold heat shield.

[motobazuka]

smashing out the cat was my favourite part haha

[robertarchbold]

They make good torque these inline 6's

[asjmpickle]

i can't wait to see the Holden now boys

[danozism]

Loving it Scotty! Keep up the good work, and best of luck at the track ; )

[hondaintegra]

I smashed the insides out of the cat in my 1992 ford laser made a noticeable difference hahaha

[dannyboy-nmkp]

5.0l v8 was the biggest boat anchor ever made, aprt from the 253.... but cheating is cheating

[rcalltypes]

I see, I just don't think the heavier Luxo pack Auto Calias was the right choice, should have been an Commodore S 5lt manual vs a AU V8 & if your going turbo on the Ford 6 so should the Holden. Or both N/A modds only. A turbo makes almost any Engine so much more powerful. Just saying. Cheers

[Zsword]

2:30 - can tell he's done it before

[rabidsminions]

Put some Flashlube in it. Change the power steering fluid if you haven't done it already.

[sheridancowling]

Did you really pick up 16kw and 52nm by smashing out the cat and putting on a free flowing exhaust?!
I didn't think the increase would be that big especially the torque since that's the factory rating right there.