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11-05-2009, 04:41 PM | #89 | |
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1. BMW M3 (Michael Cooper): 2.50:424 2. Cadillac CTS-V (Jack Baruth): 2:51:153 3. Cadillac CTS-V (Lawrence Ulrich): 2:53:026 4. Cadillac CTS-V (Bob Lutz): 2:56:321 5. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X (Wes Siler): 3:08.126 6. BMW M5 (Michael Mainwald): 3:08:989 7. Cadillac CTS-V (Chris Fairman.): 3:14:292 8. Audi RS4 (Tom Loder): 3:15:702 9. Jaguar XF (Archan Basu): 3:16.670 Best regards, Ultimate
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I don't think any of this really means anything. It was really more a measure of driver talent than anything else.
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Any idea why they didn't go with the full blown LS9 setup? Seems to me if they wanted the true track sedan, the oil sump changes would of been quite beneficial.
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Really, an S4? Yeah that would be a close match. Maybe they meant RS4.
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I don't think they ever intended this to be a full-on track car. I mean really, who buys a large four door luxury car with serious track intentions? I would imagine that the dry sump only comes into play with extremely high cornering Gs that the Z06 and ZR1 are capable of. The C5 Z06 had some oil pressure issues in heavy track use that GM addressed with the C6. I'm guessing it will never be a problem on the Caddy, as it's not capable of those kind of cornering forces. |
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Because they don't want to sell the same motor from a $100k sports car in a $60k sedan. They detuned it a bit so the ZR1 still has that "something special" that justifies the major price differential.
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It's pretty likely that they're also going to start selling the LSA engine in the Z28 Camaro, which they're probably counting on to increase volume and spread the tooling cost out over more units. There's still some exotic hardware in the LS9 that's not used in the LSA, and the blower isn't as big, so it's not just a matter of slapping a larger pully on it and a tune and getting another 100Hp. |
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thanks for the full report you are correct!! sorry i didnt explain myself,my point was LS9 is the best engine GM has ever produced! LOL |
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I am Rojertwose I read your entire post In Motortrend, the CTS-V ran a 103.9 lap time compared to 105.4 for the Jaguar XF-R. 1.5 seconds is a lot to make up on a track Randy Pobst drove both cars.
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Hans Stuck working for VW isn't a handy excuse. BMW is not likely to promote a 4-year-old car very hard. There's very much a different incentive for GM to provide a CTS-V engineer who also happens to be an 11-time SCCA national champion. Which is exactly what they did.
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