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Ace Performance Tuning Performance Tuning for Holden Commodore and Conversions
Delco Ecu tuning and ls1 tuning. Contact JOE on MOB 0410893148

11/10/2026

Something a bit different on the dyno!
Rx7 drift car with a vr v6 and turbo setup.
I tuned this prob 10 years ago made just under 200rwkw on 98.
Dead stock vr v6.
It was tuned with a delco 808 and nv ram setup.
Its been going all these years and now the owner did some upgrades
Like 62/62 precsion turbo
1000cc injectors
Valve springs
Apart from that stock with a T5 manual and 4.11 gears.
Also made the switch to e85 and saw some good gains.
The other thing the owner wanted was to extend the rev limit and with some tuning we got to rev out further with it still holding power and with more boost ended up at 266.8 rwkw@ 14 psi.
Quite good from a stock vr v6 and will be alot of fun.
For all your delco tuning msg on this page or call on 0410893148.

03/10/2026

Had robs vs ss back to finish up the tune after he fixed a couple issues from the last dyno session.
The fuel issue prevented me finishing the tune but we got it running ok and made 262rwkw.

Combo is
Holden 355 Stroker
VT roller block
S**t 355 crank with 5.7 Chev rods
5cc speed pro flat top pistons

VT heads, oversized inlet valves with short side of ports cleaned up.
130lb valve springs

Crow 41433 roller cam with Johnson tie bar lifters and 1.65 stud mount roller rockers.
Cam specs Crow 228/238 @50
607/603 lift.
110 lsa

Standard ignition with ice coil and 9mm ice leads

Bosch 440 cc injectors
Standard fuel lines with walbro 350

Eldebrock air gap manifold

4 barrell throttle body
Manta 4 into 1 headers into twin 2.5 exhaust system

3500 stall converter
Wrecker 4L60e hanging in there!

3.08 diff gears

So he ran a nice 0 guage ground from battery and post up front and new grounds and has fixed the ground issues pic in comments.
The fuel issue was also sorted.
Cleaned up the tune and ended up at 267rwkw.
Car runs so much better and now the car runs as it should.
All tuned on the delco ecu.

Persistance pays off.
Sometimes you just have to be patient not point fingers and just work together with your tuner to come up with solutions for problems and you will get the results.
This is just part of building cars sometimes.
Also pulled a plug and they look perfect.
Now rob can enjoy the car and go cruising.

For all you delco tuning
Call 0410893148 or msg on this page.

02/10/2026

VS L67 in for dyno tune.
Std L67
Stock cam
3.4" pulley
Mace intake
Extractors ,2.5" exhaust.
T5 manual
Std diff gears.

Ended up with 186rwkw.
Manual L67 is a great combo.
Tuned with the delco ecu and maf.

For all you L67 tuning and performance
Contact on this page or on 0410893148

27/09/2026

Vx commodore L67 in for a tune and smaller pulley.
This L67 had a couple tunes and upgrades over the years and has jumped in power.
This time full exhaust twin 2.5" and
Mace cai.
Went from 3.4" pulley to 3".
It has a w2a mini cooler which does help a little bit with temps.
Still stock internally, stock cam.
Its actually an eco bottom end so lil more comp so have to tune accordingly.
Trans 4l60e
Diff standard

Put some new gapped ngk plugs in and ended up with 190.9 rwkw so good effort for a stock engine.
Next step would be a cam package to get over the 200rwkw+ mark.
All tuned on the delco ecu.
For all L67 tuning and performace i can be contacted on 0410893148.

20/09/2026

Been super busy lately so playing catch up with posting.
Had this vs 355 on the dyno after some issues were sorted from last attempt.
This car really tested us both.
The good thing i didnt give up and was determined to get to the bottom of this issue.
So car came in plugs fouled and i had to do the usual and set up tuning, check timing and gave the plugs a clean.
This car did not want to play ball.
No amount of tuning would stop plugs fouling not changes in the ve table nothing and just didnt seem right.
Sensors all working.
Changed coolant temp anyway as that usually the culprit.
Not this time.
Alt charging ok.
Ecu volts ok.
Tried diff ignition module no change.
This one had me for a bit and i was in a similar situation with another car and remembered i pointed out a bad ground at chassis and battery but the shop and customer never listened and due to them blaming my tuning it never got fixed and they went haltech instead and of course rewired so prob fixed the issue without realizing but just cant tell some people as they are not tuners and just dont understand.

Well this time i found the issue and it was a bad ground and lack of one really. It did have one but location makes a big difference.
The owner did a battery relocation did a good job but left an important ground off not only that these ecu's need a good ground or they just wont run right or tune up right.
So cleaned up ground points made a new cable and straight away runs
better unbeliveable but i know theses ecus do some really odd things with bad grounds.

So cleaned up plugs and dyno time.
I did get it pretty good but later by putting a pressure guage on we found it was 60 psi then would drop at high rpm ideally should be base 43 psi with no drop.
So that will be sorted later.
Depsite that managed 267 rwkw and i feel maybe a bit more once the fueling issue is sorted.
Also got it running and driving pretty well which was great.
Tuned with the factory delco ecu.
For all your delco tuning msg here or call on 0410893148.
Enjoy the video it sounds great.

16/08/2026

Had this ss in for a few small jobs and dyno tune.
Had stock injectors and a few things needed attention.
Engine originally built by THR.
355ci 286 ft cam. Come Racing TTB. T5 manual.
3.08 gears. I fixed up the fuel rail install had some post all uneven with washers so made some to the correct size and one piece.
Re did the cross over hose
Had some old hose and fittings looked horrible and just wouldnt trust it.
Replaced with speedflow fittings and 200 series hose.

Next upgraded the injectors to 42lb bosch injectors.
Fitted some ngk plugs
Adjusted clutch cable.
Fix some vac hoses.
New battery

Hit the dyno and ended up with 240rwkw which is really good for such a mild combo and drives well too.
Tuned with the delco ecu.
To book yours in i can be contacted on 0410893148 8.30-5.00 mon to fri and 8.30- 1.00 sat.

08/08/2026

Sat dyno a bit different today.
My own car on the dyno.
VX SS 427ci with g57 98 mm turbo.
If anyone remembers it made 1300 hp last dyno session.
Not bad but my goal was always 1400 min and people that know me ive said that was my goal.
So today pulled the wastegate off changed springs to get there.
Eventually my plan is to go co2 or on board air for boost control but thats what i have atm.
There were some small changes made.
Bigger motion raceworks throttle body 92-102 and plug change and moved to Race e85 so not at 77-80% anymore and fuel is a bit better and consistant.
Cam is a bit on the small side for a solid roller but its making the power i want and thats all that matters.
It also drives well has no vac pump for brakes so cant complain.
Ended up at 1452rwhp at the hubs and although its got plenty more im leaving it there as it really needs a 4 link rear to go any further.

Enjoy the video and if you would like to do something like this or turbo your LS feel free to msg on this page or call on 0410893148

02/08/2026

Had this very cool VT clubsport come all the way from tamworth on sat.
The father and son trailered it to the shop for dyno tune.
Specs are
355 ci
S**t crank, h beam rods , forged pistons.
Comp about 9.8
Stock heads
Roller cam, lunati 226/231 duration @50 and 112 lsa
Stock manifold hpc coated and slight porting.
5 speed getrag
Std diff gears
Pacemaker headers ceramic coated
Twin 2.5" exhaust.

So being a new engine and still being run in i did some tuning under varying loads and some partial dyno runs.
Then changed oil and went that bit further and cut the oil filter open to check the filter. All looked good and everything was checked over.
Once i started doing power runs this one really surprised me doing a best of 249.3 rwkw which is the stock manifold record on this dyno. Most ive ever seen is 220 ish and 230 on a roller dyno.
This combo just works but it still has the typical fall off at 5500 rpm with these manifolds.
Test drive was great would cruise around with no bucking at lower rpm even 4th and 5th at 50-60 kph and just drove nice with plenty of power on tap.
Tuned on the factory delco ecu and factory maf sensor.
It also made an appearance at the all holden day which was great to see and the car looks great.
Pics in comments.
If your need any tuning or mechanical work done i can be contacted on this page or on 0410893148 during work hours 8.30am -5.00 pm weekdays.
Sat 8.30-1.00 pm.

26/07/2026

Had this vx commodore in for some serious uprgade's just recently.
It was a stock ls1 that had seen better days prob the dirtiest ive seen in a while too.
The good news is it already had a built turbo 400 and converter ready to go. The ls1 was removed, bay cleaned , wiring loom tidied up and in went a rebuilt 5.3 built here in the shop.
This is a budget build but has some good parts in it.
5.3 iron block
5.7 crank 24 tooth reluctor
5.3 Gen 4 rods ,arp bolts stock pistons gapped rings for boost.
Arp main studs
Ls1 sump, aeroflow baffle.
Mellings oil pump+ pickup girdle
Acl bearings
Btr stage 3 turbo cam 224/23x 618 lift 114lsa.
Colyes single row z chain ls2
L98/LS3 timing cover with turbo drain ( killa boost )
Gm mls gaskets 5.7
Arp head studs
cnc ported 241 heads
CHE trunion upgrade
BTR intake
1000cc injectors. Return fuel reg up front with boost ref.

Killa boost manifolds ( heat wrapped incl dump pipe and cross over).
Turbosmart 50mm wastegate
Gt 42 turbo , 4" dump , straight thru 4" dumped at diff atm will be getting a muffler or 2 to make it quieter and rear bar exit.
Aeroflow intercooler 600x300x 75
E boost 2 boost controller.

Also did battery relocation
Moved the astra pump to the boot and used a quick start module and put it on a led switch.
Relocated factory pcm inside the car.
Vz rad conversion
New water pump and lots of other parts.
The only thing that was never going to get us far was the 340 fuel pump but that will be upgraded soon.
The 1st thing was to crank and get oil pressure and then once running a base tune was loaded and proceeded to run the engine in.
With everything going well the oil was changed and filter cut open to inspect and it was all good.
Tuning time knowing the 340 wasnt going to go far on e85 i just tuned on gate presssure and ended up with 418 rwkw on 8 psi @6000 rpm.
I did a run and went 435rwkw at higher rpm but was out of pump.
The idea was to just do a 400kw tune now it can get finished up get some street klms and then come back for fuel system upgrade so we can really see some good gains.
For now its getting a couple things to finish off and the owner can go cruising.

For all your LS tuning and performance i can be contcted on the page or on 0410893148.
We are also a dealer for manta exhausts so have you covered for exhaust upgrades.
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19/07/2026

VX SS ls1 in for some upgrades.
Super clean example and very low ks.

The LS1 is completely stock apart from twin 2.5" cat back and 3.7 gears.

Baseline dyno was 200rwkw back to back which is not bad and our starting point.

Next i removed the complete exhaust system.
Radiator, header tank and hoses.
Trans lines.

Now with the mods we wanted to clean up the bay and also think about future upgrades.

A pwr cooler was fitted to modified factory cooler brackets.
Painted black.
Speedflow 200 series hose and fittings.
Heat protective wrap to keep the heat away from the hoses.
Also makes it alot easier to remove lines if the trans has to come out down the track.

Next was a full manta stainless twin 3" exhaust with hi flow cats and ceramic coated 4 into 1s.
These systems look great and sound great.

Next up since the factory radiator and fans were gone i installed a vz ls1 radiator conversion which both radiator and fan shroud with twin spal fans was powder coated black.
A big reason to go this way is to really clean up the bay as it looks great and its something i do with turbo setups as well.
New hoses were fitted and did the coolant hose bypass mod on the throttle body as no one wants hot coolant going through it.
There was also some custom wiring for the fans and a bypass mod so the warning light for overflow bottle doesn't show on the dash.

Next fitted
NGK TR6 plus ✅️
Granatelli hi performance leads✅️
Fuel filter ✅️
Vz Duspeeed otr ✅️
DBA T2 slotted rotors ✅️
DBA Street series brake pads✅️

Next on the dyno.
Ended up with 243rwkw a 43kw gain which is a good gain.
The car was also tuned for driveabilty and throttle response and tuned at varying loads and speeds on the dyno and then tweaked on the road and also tuned the trans.
The result is a car that drives great and gets up and goes and sounds great.

For all your LS tuning and modifications conact on 0410893148 or message through the page.

I can supply and fit manta exhuast systems.
Cam packages POA
Supercharger kits
Turbo setups and more.

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More pics and video in the comments.

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