f-wolf Member 897 Member For: 17y 7m 19d Gender: Male Location: ACT Posted 12/12/07 06:49 AM Share Posted 12/12/07 06:49 AM 12 December 2007MELBOURNE hot-tuner Walkinshaw Performance has announced an exclusive Stage 2 supercharger kit that extracts 422kW at 6000rpm and no less than 728Nm at 4250rpm of torque from HSV's LS2 V8.Also applicable to Holden's 6.0-litre L98 V8, the WP blower's fitted unit price is $15,500, before the likes of exhaust, cold air-intake and engine calibration systems from the WL product catalogue are considered.Developed by WP's technology partner Harrop Engineering, the kit features a unique HH122 Walkinshaw housing wrapped around Eaton internals, a WP supercharger inlet manifold and drive system, high-flow fuel injectors and an optional air-to-water intercooler.It produces 422kW/728Nm with 9.5 to 10psi of boost and comes with a 12-month/20,000km parts and labour warranty.WP says more performance is available on a "let's discuss" basis at any of its inter/national offices, including newly-appointed Victorian representative, Autotechnique in Knoxfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scar Donating Members 177 Member For: 17y 4m 3d Posted 12/12/07 07:03 AM Share Posted 12/12/07 07:03 AM Sounds great, hopefully it lives up to predicted specs. All this performance tuning leads to far more superior vechiles produced by manufacturers, so I say bring it, should be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobrav8 Member 1,969 Member For: 19y 8m 20d Gender: Male Location: New Zealand Posted 12/12/07 07:04 AM Share Posted 12/12/07 07:04 AM Bit of a rip off though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman The Cleaning Dudes Ute Silver Donating Members 1,308 Member For: 18y 8m 2d Gender: Male Location: Bentleigh, Vic, Australia Posted 12/12/07 07:06 AM Share Posted 12/12/07 07:06 AM Are those KW figures RWKW or homoKW readings?All jokes aside, v8's are pretty deadly with forced induction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzMahoony Hench, but no longer shredded or tanned. Member 3,343 Member For: 17y 8m 16d Gender: Male Location: Canning Vale, W.A Posted 12/12/07 07:09 AM Share Posted 12/12/07 07:09 AM so its about 90+ grand including the car to produce that sort of powerGrats.That would be at the engine also, as everything with Expensive Daewoo is quoted by the highest possible figure.That torque blows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCRIBR Yaris member Member 4,486 Member For: 18y 5m 23d Gender: Male Posted 12/12/07 07:16 AM Share Posted 12/12/07 07:16 AM LOL @ $15k for 420kw @ the engine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nang3 12" member Donating Members 2,107 Member For: 19y 5m 20d Location: Perth WA Posted 12/12/07 07:26 AM Share Posted 12/12/07 07:26 AM how much rwkw would $15.5k give a stock Phoon or XR6T, if tuned safely and with quality mods??? a lot more than 422fwkw im guessing hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzMahoony Hench, but no longer shredded or tanned. Member 3,343 Member For: 17y 8m 16d Gender: Male Location: Canning Vale, W.A Posted 12/12/07 07:36 AM Share Posted 12/12/07 07:36 AM (edited) its about that to get a late model T/phoon to that at the rears, with ALOT more torqueAnd you're not spending 80 on just the car, lol Edited 12/12/07 07:38 AM by Silhoutte6T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOM1111 Member 631 Member For: 17y 4m 16d Gender: Male Location: newcastle Posted 12/12/07 09:54 AM Share Posted 12/12/07 09:54 AM (edited) im pretty sure that a 6l V8 running 10lb of boost would make that power at the wheel not engine.VE SS's are under 50k our cars are sweet but a 4l turbo six cant really compare to a blown 6L v8 although many of us like to think they canbut I do think that kit is a bit expensive im sure there is TT kits that are cheaper Edited 12/12/07 09:55 AM by TOM1111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 1m Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 12/12/07 10:17 AM Share Posted 12/12/07 10:17 AM Wonder just how much Tommy makes out of all his ventures in Oz.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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