XYZ Racing Drag Racing Coilovers — Holden COMMODORE VF 2013-2017

The VF Commodore launches on rear traction, and rear traction is exactly where a torque-rich Holden runs out of road first. Long wheelbase, a heavy nose and a big slug of low-down grunt mean the standard setup fights to plant the driven tyres in the first sixty feet. The XYZ Racing Drag Racing coilover for the Holden Commodore VF is built around that single problem: getting weight onto the rear axle the instant you leave the line.

This is not a fast-road kit pressed into strip duty. The Drag Racing series is set up for 0 to 400 metre work, where launch behaviour and stability at the top end matter far more than kerb-to-kerb ride quality. For a VF running serious power down the quarter, that narrow focus is the whole point.

What this coilover does for your 2013-2017 Holden Commodore VF

Off the line, the setup is tuned to throw load rearward as you launch, pressing the driven tyres into the tarmac and cutting the wheelspin that otherwise eats your sixty-foot time. The vendor describes this as reducing the idle time of the wheel – in plain terms, less time spent spinning and more time hooking up. Set your ride height to manage squat under that first hit of torque and the VF drives forward cleanly instead of unloading the back axle. Through the second half of the run the same configuration keeps the car settled as speed builds, so the front stays planted and the steering stays honest as you approach the trap.

About the Drag Racing coilover

The Drag Racing coilover sits at the specialist end of the XYZ Racing range, developed for straight-line acceleration rather than circuit or fast-road use. The core idea is weight management: the kit lets the car shift load between the front and rear axles during the launch, forcing the driven tyres to take a greater share of the vehicle’s mass at the moment it counts, which raises compression on those tyres and reduces wheelspin. XYZ Racing built the platform to work across drivetrain layouts – front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive and four-wheel drive – because the traction problem changes shape depending on which wheels are doing the work. On a rear-driven VF Commodore that means biasing weight onto the back axle off the line; the same logic inverts for a front-driver. The result is a coilover aimed squarely at reducing launch wheelspin and holding the car stable as it accelerates toward the lights.

Fitment for the Holden Commodore VF (2013-2017)

This kit is matched to the VF-generation Holden Commodore built between 2013 and 2017. Check that your car’s chassis code is VF and that its build year sits inside the 2013 to 2017 span before you order, since the Drag Racing setup is specified for this generation and not the VE that came before it.

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Set your launch height and damping for the Holden Commodore VF and chase the numbers that matter at the strip. Configure your spec below.