LS1 VN Commodore hits the dyno 

I’d relocate battery to the boot & mount catch can to the guard where the battery use to sit, would be tidy👌🏼

Oh too, imo....DEFINITELY no big cam in there either...I had stock LS1 VZ SS years ago... no internal top or bottom end work at all,...just pacemakers, 2.5 exhaust, high flow cat, mafless tune, CAi....struggled to make just over 300hp, so the old VN LS1is looking pretty good👍🏻

Who care's how much HP a car makes!! It's how it makes you feel driving it.

Spot on about dyno's, they are a tuning tool! Unfortunately there are a lot dyno queens around, if big numbers and no practicality makes them happy, so be it! Thanks for another great video Chris. PS, that workshop is insanely clean!

Looks like the Mrs is chasing some power with gearing upgrades to the old Malvern Star. Power at the wheels in the 300 - 400hp range is nothing to sneer at with good lowdown torque. Good to see you are not chasing numbers, seat of the pants will be the judge. Keep up the good work.

Short diff gears lower power and increases torque. You have definitely made power through the tune as it reads the same as before but more importantly you've made a lot more torque. Good stuff!

Mate don't worry bout all these keyboard Warriors talking crap, you have a nice VN mate keep up the good work.

HP wins arguments, Torque wins races 👌👌 way better tune.. interested to see your next time slip

Hey mate keep up the awesome videos👍 One word of advice don’t mount the catch can under guards or in front of wheels! The reason being is if the catch can overflows or fails the oil drops in front of your wheels and can lead to a very bad day at the drags when you end up in the wall or spinning out.

My car made a similar dyno HP but the setup and tune is the real key to performance and reliability. It peels tyres and pulls like a freight train - I couldn’t be happier. Awesome vid mate.

Spot on dude, it’s called a Dynotune cos it’s....DAhhhh....a tune? The numbers on the paperwork are a bonus! And yah, I was one of many who said piss that god awful pod filter off....it really needs a solid CAI...plenty of options out there👍🏻

Ive seen a few blokes use the factory aircon accumulator as a catch can. You can use the factory mount and a fab shop can weld the fittings on an old one. It almost looks factory

Awesome info bro!! Very true about the dyno numbers, they don’t really mean too much! Those heater hoses look to be off the VE series motor, my ls1 has the hoses at the bottom, running under the brake booster. Also be careful on the otr choice, I had an alloy one and used to get hot as hell.... I’ve actually gone with the k&n pod filter setup as it comes with a side compartment for the filter to sit in! Doesn’t seem too bad. Cheers!

Nice vid mate. Agree with your dyno analysis. There are so many variables, stall, gears, tyre size etc. will also affect the “number”, not to mention different dyno’s and ambient temps. It sounds healthy enough, could be right about the cam in there though, TK is pretty rowdy.

Looking forward to the drag race, and it's already fast!

Thankyou for another great video!

Judging by the last quarter mile run I reckon 220-30rwkw is pretty good for 12s👍 looking forward to the next run,can either move battery to boot or them heater hose's should be down along the side near the headers then catch can should fit on top

Really enjoy your videos 👍

Every ls conversion I've done I have always used vz ss heater hoses and heater tap it works awesome, except I noticed you're running 4 into 1 1 7/8 pipes so that makes it really close as it is for the pipe clearance to heater hoses

Drivin a roadtrain still gota watch

Love the VN so much Chris..to be honest it doesn't sound like an LS at all (which is a good thing) it sounds so much like my carbied 355 stroker and im making the same rear wheel hp. Fuck that auto off its draining so much hp and torque and get a nice air intake and let that 🐕 eat.

Solid video bro. Love it.

I mainly looked at the power figure to make sure there was no noticeable drop from the first run lol. Seems like it's all sorted now with better torque delivery. With intake temp, I think even a stainless heat shield would be in improvement, but sounds like you're for a more serious solution to that.

Can run the catch can up on the fire wall on passenger and use black lines to hide them if you run them over the motor, lines wont be to long. Have done it to two of my previous ls's

got an oztrack otr on mine, fitted pretty good, mech told me not to waste time with catch can.

It may have a big cam. But if its got stock springs it wont make much. My car picked up 70kw with double valve springs

What a difference 😁

A nice dual plane manifold would set that bay off

Let’s go get the old girl running sweet as

Being that air temp is hotter without a cold air intake can you do a video while at the track with set up as is, and then mount the new type for comparison ? Also is 55 degrees the coldest you will get disregarding the temp on the day ?would like to see others share temps from there dyno run for science lol. Cool video again, i love how you stage each video can wait for the next one !!

my old vl used to make about the same power. id say though my trans was better best it ran on that power was 12.21 @117mph just normal street tyres as well. tried slicks once i stored them wrong and they were flat spotted and i almost hit the wall with the car bouncing. ran a 12.5 at 150km rolling from about 3/4 track. watching your drag vids the 2-3 shift is slack but running 12's is great for a daily car.

Great video

Check out fullboost's last upload called " Budget build Holden Commodore sleeper" its literally your car but with a turbo, you plan to turbo it later?

Ooof, on it!!

70 degrees IAT's when driving is terrible I see 35-45 in normal driving conditions with a 2 hole mod standard air box in summer lower in winter, the inlet air temps can affect the dyno numbers just like a different dyno on a different day in colder weather so it may of made the power you have print outs for.... poor effort from the last tuner to leave the gearbox settings factory in a camshaft with a converter car,just about every tune I've done for someone they love the gearbox shift's just as much as the tune.

Shops cleaner than my room

So how’d the car drive feel after the tune

Honestly sounds like the VCM11 or comparitive cam.

mate to shut everyone up put it on a hub dyno that way the rear kw at the rear hubs are shown, but even then its just the tune and not real world how she drives and if she hooks up really good when you send it?

Ive got my Catch Can (smallish Elite Engineering' Can) Sitting off the top left side of the radiator. Also added NGK TR6IX Plugs (one step colder) & Granatelli Zero ohm leads...My LS3 idle's smoother, just saying!

I’ll take it.. 🤩🤩🤩

Hi mate love the content I have my catch can mounted off the head it works well there

Bro you should relocate the battery into the boot, I reckon it will clean the bay up a lot

1:36 bro i deadset thought my ps2 turned on for a sec

My VX with headers makes more power than that

My vx with headers 😂 fuck that’s gold

Lol at the drew shoutout 🤣

fuck yeah booiiiiii

Sounds good but Looks like a Toyota lexcen converted to a vn, Toyota lexcen length 4850mm vn holden length 4896mm the little hex screws are a give away................................................................................................................................................................................. Only kidding mate awesome vidz

Ls1 is it cammed or stock. it sounds like it is cammed.

Hey mate is he preety good on the ls motors tuning wise?

why ls1 and not l98 or similar

Only someone with a low dyno number would say that. lol

Catch can behind LH stut tower on fire wall.

Stall the car up mate and see what the converters stall is at. The revs it starts spinning the wheels is what it’s stalled to

Why stall so much?

Could use vs heater hose to bro or even vt-vz

Mace Engineering for your airbox.

Fuck that got me aye Bro my vx with headers makes more then that hahaha

the only reason he said that is because his ls1 is a spud

Adamant that dyno reads a bit low

basically it would drive or go like a VF or VE 6lt, but change the diff gears and it will even beat a vf or ve 6lt, because of the weight and the 4 speed auto IMHO as the VF 6lt has around 230KW at the rear wheels approx. put a OTR and good fuel and tune and with stock headers and exhaust it get to around 260KW at the rear tyres ,put full exhaust and hi flow cats and the number goes to around 285KW at the tyres.:) But you cant go wrong with a LS with OTR and tune, the pod filter needs to have a large inlet just under the front bar and have a closed inbox type set up and you will not have hot engine air going into the intake and like Steve said extra 10 HP at the rear wheels easy?

So i guess he never took the steering wheel back for a refund, lol

The only number I'm looking for in my car is 10 seconds

Bro, what happened to the bonnet struts? I see your using the old rod again to hold it open.

Fuck the numbers mate as long as you enjoy it.. But this is you tube so buy and lsa blower cheap and make some numbers 😂

How much do they charge for the tune?

Whats the easiest way to find one?

7:54 🤣

factory vx ss numbers kind of weird change the cam

Da bike background yours

That’s a VP with VN wheels...

10:40 I bet that bike need a tune

Remember if you ever want to sell 💵💵💵

I don’t know why the fuck commodores have such low battery trays, it looks so stupid, My VT SS also has the battery mounted that low. My xr6 has it way higher and looks way better.

with those tyres and 4 speed auto it will feel so bad its not funny, lose control so easy its not funny and also how long do you think the auto and diff will last, unless its got a 6 speed and harrop or hsv diff centre?

Literally every other car you showed looked nicer than the Yaris. Underwhelming.

Lol my vn 5ltr made 110kw , some times dyno numbers can discourage you with your car . But gearing power to weight ratio help push it along

Short diff gears lower power and increases torque. You have definitely made power through the tune as it reads the same as before but more importantly you've made a lot more torque. Good stuff!