2009 Cadillac CTS-V
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Liking that car a lot! How do you find the brakes? The std CTS-V seemed to have very temperature dependant brake preformance (decel vs pedal pressure) Often, coming up the first roundabout or junction i'd be deperately trying to push the brake pedal though the bulkhead to stop, then as they warm up, they would smash your face into the screen with just a light brush on the pedal! (one of the issues with getting a heavy/powerful car around the 'ring is that your brake system tends to end up with hard pads....)
Max_Torque said:
Liking that car a lot! How do you find the brakes? The std CTS-V seemed to have very temperature dependant brake preformance (decel vs pedal pressure) Often, coming up the first roundabout or junction i'd be deperately trying to push the brake pedal though the bulkhead to stop, then as they warm up, they would smash your face into the screen with just a light brush on the pedal! (one of the issues with getting a heavy/powerful car around the 'ring is that your brake system tends to end up with hard pads....)
The breaks have served me very well. I am still on the stock pads and they hold their own. Pretty consistent through the temperature range. Id say the pedal feel is a little softer than I'd like at the track but it stops on a dime. By std CTS-V do you mean the 1st generation ('04-'07)? I never drove a first gen but the word is that these brakes are much better than the previous. I haven't checked for myself.
king fantastic! Absolutely fantastic!minime68 said:
What engine are you running? I'm very interested in helping out the LS engine owners. Anything I can do to help bro let me know.
I think Wormus's is a bit of a custom job, various combination of parts and the TVS2300 supercharger. Then again hes had a few engines now so I may have lost track 
After_Shock said:
The noise without cats will be insane, especially inside the cabin, might find you end up re-fitting them to get rid of the drone inside!!
After_Shock,Currently there isn't much drone in the cabin, most of noise is outside. You would be surprised how quiet is inside in comparison. I assume it will get louder but most owners say there is no drone and you cannot tell the difference (inside). At this power level, I'm running the risk of having the cats fail and ruin an engine
. I really don't know how they did it but the mufflers I bought were designed to elimitante all drone and they work. Corsa mufflers to be accurate.minime68 said:
After_Shock,
Currently there isn't much drone in the cabin, most of noise is outside. You would be surprised how quiet is inside in comparison. I assume it will get louder but most owners say there is no drone and you cannot tell the difference (inside). At this power level, I'm running the risk of having the cats fail and ruin an engine. I really don't know how they did it but the mufflers I bought were designed to elimitante all drone and they work. Corsa mufflers to be accurate.
Good news if its not too loud inside then! Good luck with the new clutch.Currently there isn't much drone in the cabin, most of noise is outside. You would be surprised how quiet is inside in comparison. I assume it will get louder but most owners say there is no drone and you cannot tell the difference (inside). At this power level, I'm running the risk of having the cats fail and ruin an engine
. I really don't know how they did it but the mufflers I bought were designed to elimitante all drone and they work. Corsa mufflers to be accurate. So I got HP tuners and decided to work on a remote map with my tuner from the states. Threw it on Surrey Rolling Road today and it spit out the reading. We let off midway through the run because the map was a little off. As you can see the chart, the pull stops at 5600rpms. My red line is set at 6500 so I should be able to see a tad more. Corrections were made after we left the facility.
IATs on that dyno were much higher than on the street as expected. This kind of hindered getting bigger power figures. I am still on the stock engine, internals, and stock supercharger. I also have a WHP readout of 630.
IATs on that dyno were much higher than on the street as expected. This kind of hindered getting bigger power figures. I am still on the stock engine, internals, and stock supercharger. I also have a WHP readout of 630.
minime68 said:
So I got HP tuners and decided to work on a remote map with my tuner from the states. Threw it on Surrey Rolling Road today and it spit out the reading. We let off midway through the run because the map was a little off. As you can see the chart, the pull stops at 5600rpms. My red line is set at 6500 so I should be able to see a tad more. Corrections were made after we left the facility.
IATs on that dyno were much higher than on the street as expected. This kind of hindered getting bigger power figures. I am still on the stock engine, internals, and stock supercharger. I also have a WHP readout of 630.
Very interesting, take a look at mine also done yesterday:IATs on that dyno were much higher than on the street as expected. This kind of hindered getting bigger power figures. I am still on the stock engine, internals, and stock supercharger. I also have a WHP readout of 630.
Flywheel.
Wheel HP.
Mine's an LSA, same as yours but with ported LSA heads and a GT9 cam and a TVS2300. Spooky eh?
...My IATs are very good though. About 120 deg F.
Your torque curve is a very interesting shape!
Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 15th March 20:53
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