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Written by Brett Foote
For most of the world, Cadillac symbolizes luxury. Depending on what generation you grew up in, it can also represent massive land barges with fins reminiscent of the ones affixed to a certain fictional whale. But that Caddy crest can also signify performance. More specifically, performance potential. Because as we already know, the CTS-V packs an LS from the factory floor.These four door Corvettes are a pretty popular basis for builds here at LS1Tech, too. And hands down, one of the most impressive we’ve seen lately is owned by member gtistile. He was recently kind enough to post a video of his 2004 CTS-V, accompanied by some numbers and a little background info.“Finally strapped the car down after having the setup running and racing for nearly a year now. Decided this would be a good opportunity on a rainy day to look for opportunities to improve. That I did. #s weren’t too shabby either. Ended up laying down 1088whp and 1051wtq on high boost and found some things I can benefit from in the process. I’m looking forward to what’s to come”Judging by the follow up comments, we weren’t the only ones taken aback by the tarmac tormenting Caddy. “Wicked! I had never seen this car before… was I under a rock??,” commented fellow CTS junkie 1BADCTS. “I don’t know about anyone else, but that prompted maniacal laughter and a “Jeeeezzuus Christ!!!” here,” added AAIIIC. That pretty much sums it up for us, too.Even more impressively, the result of this run didn’t come from a professional tune. The OP followed up by noting that “It was street/track tuned, then just thrown on the dyno to see what she was making for fun.” And even though it weights nearly 4,200 pounds with driver, this CTS-V has still run a best 9.25 second e.t. at 154.46 miles per hour in the quarter.
Date written: October 16, 2017
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ID: 9574
For most of the world, Cadillac symbolizes luxury. Depending on what generation you grew up in, it can also represent massive land barges with fins reminiscent of the ones affixed to a certain fictional whale. But that Caddy crest can also signify performance. More specifically, performance potential. Because as we already know, the CTS-V packs an LS from the factory floor.These four door Corvettes are a pretty popular basis for builds here at LS1Tech, too. And hands down, one of the most impressive we’ve seen lately is owned by member gtistile. He was recently kind enough to post a video of his 2004 CTS-V, accompanied by some numbers and a little background info.“Finally strapped the car down after having the setup running and racing for nearly a year now. Decided this would be a good opportunity on a rainy day to look for opportunities to improve. That I did. #s weren’t too shabby either. Ended up laying down 1088whp and 1051wtq on high boost and found some things I can benefit from in the process. I’m looking forward to what’s to come”Judging by the follow up comments, we weren’t the only ones taken aback by the tarmac tormenting Caddy. “Wicked! I had never seen this car before… was I under a rock??,” commented fellow CTS junkie 1BADCTS. “I don’t know about anyone else, but that prompted maniacal laughter and a “Jeeeezzuus Christ!!!” here,” added AAIIIC. That pretty much sums it up for us, too.Even more impressively, the result of this run didn’t come from a professional tune. The OP followed up by noting that “It was street/track tuned, then just thrown on the dyno to see what she was making for fun.” And even though it weights nearly 4,200 pounds with driver, this CTS-V has still run a best 9.25 second e.t. at 154.46 miles per hour in the quarter.
Date written: October 16, 2017
More of this article on the LS1 Tech website
ID: 9574
