Salt's V6 ML

[tassie_ml]

I am liking the mad max look so whats next, blower, side pipes the whole hog

[salt36]

If I had the cash Tassie....if I had the cash.........

[salt36]

Just picked up and fitted Unifilter.

First thing I noticed was less inclined to stall when taking off ( the only downside to running LPG )

Seems to have slightly better throttle response and definately pulls smoother and a touch harder.

I took the long way home and took off from lights in the 80k zone floored in second and the sweet noise coming from the snorkel between 3000-4500 rpm is simply awesome sounds a bit like a 350chev BIG smile on my face now and of course I had to check a few times just to make sure I heard it right

Homer do yourself a favour and buy a snorkel, mate the sound is awesome......

Exhaust will be next

Oh the money.....

[jacky_moo]

very good progress mate!

Love the 'black out'

When i ordered mine I wanted to get black but all of the cars in my companies fleet are silver and to quote my boss ' no your enough of a black sheep already'

If your car was black and you blacked out everything as you have shopped it would look insane!

do you find your getting any noise/vibration from the snorkel at hwy speeds?

[Homer]

Homer do yourself a favour and buy a snorkel, mate the sound is awesome......

Exhaust will be next

Oh the money.....

I've been sorely tempted since I read storm trooper say the same thing...just a dollar versus need thing at the moment.

Look forward to your exhaust though

[salt36]

No mate no noise, no vibration

lol your a black sheep already....

[tassie_ml]

thanks Salt. I might have to invest in a snorkel too, if my ML can sound like my 308 HZ one tonner and V8 Discovery, then I might have to get the keys back from the spud peeler

308 one tonner, V8 disco, V6 ML.....kinda lets you know what I think about oilers

[jacky_moo]

No mate no noise, no vibration

lol your a black sheep already....

yeah mainly because i on occasion need to utilize the triron's 4x4 capabilities to get onto job sites.... and i go an put 20inch mags on it

[borngeek]

very good progress mate!

Love the 'black out'

When i ordered mine I wanted to get black but all of the cars in my companies fleet are silver and to quote my boss ' no your enough of a black sheep already'

If your car was black and you blacked out everything as you have shopped it would look insane!

do you find your getting any noise/vibration from the snorkel at hwy speeds?

You have a black sheep here too

I am slowly going for the total blackout just need to slide bits and pieces in while the Mrs isn't watching... She recon its 'black enough how it is'.. pffft what would she know

[Brett05]

very good progress mate!

Love the 'black out'

When i ordered mine I wanted to get black but all of the cars in my companies fleet are silver and to quote my boss ' no your enough of a black sheep already'

If your car was black and you blacked out everything as you have shopped it would look insane!

do you find your getting any noise/vibration from the snorkel at hwy speeds?

You have a black sheep here too

I am slowly going for the total blackout just need to slide bits and pieces in while the Mrs isn't watching... She recon its 'black enough how it is'.. pffft what would she know

My 2" lift didn't even make it home, before I gave it the black treatment. The yellow front coils stood out like dogs balls. Sprayed them before my partner spotted them....(the springs, that is)

Yep it's looking good Salt, go the whole black out look.
I would love to see what a matt black triton with dark tinted windows would look like.....what's the words they use these days.....it would be "fully sic bro"

[salt36]

your all mad !

I am going to go with the all black, I like it

We can all be black sheep bro'

[salt36]

Today i video'd taking off in my Triton to try and catch the snorkel noise for Homer and Tassie and everybody else of course

I can hear my own voice, how embarrasment

It's not brilliant but you get the idea.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCYzjcxm0cw

[QueenslandeR]

DAMN you laptop, i cant hear it properly , havent even been able to listen to mine much coz its been too cold or raining. Whens the black handles ect going on?

[msquito]

Sounds better than my v6.. I can hear the difference

[salt36]

The noise came alive after I fitted the Unifilter, obviously they breathe waaaaaay better than the standard...

I havent had any takers to swap my chrome handles and mirrors yet QR, Mitsi want $330 for the black ones....hoping someone will want some chrome...... much cheaper

[msquito]

Yeah I have a unifilter too but doesn't sound as good as that lol

[salt36]

Ok do you have the snorkel ?

I am trying to get info on performance for the V6......

Spoke to Ralliart today and quizzed them on swapping bits to match other 6g74 V6 engines like the 185kw Pajero Mivec engine. The response was 'buy a supercharger, it will be a lot cheaper in the long run'

[msquito]

Nope no snorkel... I was going to buy one but wasn't sure If it would b worth the money, did it improve your fuel economy?
Might get one in a couple months as it would be nice to not worry about how high the water is over my bonnet lol.

I'm just starting to look for performance stuff for my v6. Don't really know where to start lol

[salt36]

Worth it if you drive in water, yep has made a small difference in economy, but not since i put the Unifilter in, been flooring it everywhere

[msquito]

LOL so a diesel snorkel will fit the petrol engine? pretty sure they have the same airbox

[salt36]

Yes mate they are all the same, ML, MN, petrol and diesel, ahh not sure about the 2wd versions and their motors but I am guessing they are the same

[jacky_moo]

That sounds awesome!

in regards to the handles and door mirrors.. why not just buy some of those cheap taiwanese stick on covers and paint them black?



p.s i hate you for your Mitsu Premium Sound

[salt36]

Thanks Marty,

What are the covers you mention ?

Sounds like a cheaper option, where do i buy them? Better check em out I feel......

I have been enquiring at the exhaust shops and none of them will touch the cat converters, as far as I can see there is only two cats (four MAF sensors) and then flange and can put a new resonater and muffler after that
One guy said it would be louder than a hotted up V6 commodore
The general opinion is that the two cats are not restrictive and both finish just before the 'Y' where the flange is, so I could pretty much go any size pipe and cut the flange off to suit....... looking at it though it should be already a big enough diameter for a 2.5" or so system.

Mate has the local Midland mufflers so will go to him, not there today so yet to speak to him, am confident he will be able to fit up what I am after

OH and V6er's BEWARE THE WATER CROSSINGS ......... the cold water on the hot exhaust can crack one or both exhaust manifolds resulting in a repair bill of approx $700 per manifold, thats the part only

Exhaust guys advice is enter the water crossing very slowly and give the pipes/manifolds time to cool........eg low 4 without the big splash.......

[salt36]

That sounds awesome!

p.s i hate you for your Mitsu Premium Sound

It's actually not bad for a factory wireless, the fact it plays mp3 discs is the best part, 8 hours of music with no repeats.....

[Homer]

Mate, the third one is also a cat. I got mine changed to a hi flow (100 from memory), but that's as good as an exhaust company guy would do.

A V8 Supercar exhaust guy on the other hand had no issues going engine to tailpipe with custom extractors and pipes, but again from memory it was a couple of grand plus. He also said to go a single 2 3/4" pipe to stop the resonation and give it a better note. They can sound crisp and revy if done right, but also drone like a POS if not right.

SlimV6 has had issues with his lamda sensors and heaters since doing his extractors. I'm hoping he comes up with a solution. He had no issues when he removed both downpipe cats altogether, but he had to put plates in to shield the sensors then.

All too confusing for me ATM...