2009 Cadillac CTS-V

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What has been really rewarding is that I have learned a lot along the way by working on it myself. Shoot, even the wife has put in some work

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wormus said:

Cannot imagine my wife smiling in that scenario!

I would think she's happy that I'm messing with the tranny in my garage and not the one downtown

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PugwasHDJ80 said:

double lol

did you say 1155 horse power at the WHEELS?

fk me that's a lot

Correct, comes out to over 1320 at the engine if you consider a 15% drivetrain loss. There's still room for more power but I'm going to go ahead and leave it at this setting since it is a daily commuter.

The sheet spit out 861.4KW to the wheels. Dyno was in Germany (DynoCom dyno I believe).

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stevieturbo said:

Looks very tight down there, much like my own.

What did you do for air filters, looks like you dont have much room in front because of the lower cradle ?

I ran open for a while but now have mesh covers. Air raid is building two low profile filters I can use. I was brave enough to drive it in torrential downpours but no I'll effects from water. I have a splash shield going on just in case. Part of improving the build

Edited by minime68 on Friday 9th December 12:09

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wormus said:

Surely that'll knacker the bearings in no time?

Likely if I ran it like that long term. I have filters on the way so that should be covered.

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Dr G said:

Does the speedo needle keep going once you've run out of numbers or does it just stop????

I haven't tried doing a top speed run yet but reckon it will do 220-230mph. Speedo goes up to 200 and I also have a digital display

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Rindergulasch said:

German number plates from Kaiserslautern? Your profile says you live in Suffolk.

Used to and moved, just gotta update the profile.

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HappyMidget said:

If it is anything like the VXR8 then it just stops. I can flick between mph and kph and when on the continent and in kph mode it stops at 180kph. HUD continues to show correct speed and when you go over 250kph the dash display also switches to displaying speed.

I remember taking it up to 197mph on wastegate pressure (10psi) and pump fuel a few months ago. Would have kept going but let off due to traffic. I'll likely do another pull on full boost eventually

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chuntington101 said:

So how much power did you make with the supercharger? Was it the LSA blower or the heartbeat? Just blower or some gas as well?

On the factory supercharger is made 764bhp (can't remember the torque at Surrey Rolling Road. With the heartbeat blower it made 774bhp/896ft lbs but had spark and fueling issues. Both times on 98Ron no meth.