My CTS-V featured on SVC website

KTSwanson · #1 (**permalink**) 03-25-06, 01:14 AM

After losing a short sprint to an E55 AMG, brought my car to Special Vehicle Concepts for several major upgrades: Maggie install and tune, suspension and anti-wheel hop package, and (not that it makes it faster) a major sound system upgrade. It's featured on their website: http://www.specialvehicles.com/index...d=55&Itemid=51 . Haven't met up again with the E55 AMG, but it will be a much closer race next time...

blown black caddy · #2 (**permalink**) 03-25-06, 02:06 AM

Congratulations! Peter and his staff did my 2002 Escalade by adding a blower, ECU programming, suspension, and other goodies. Fastest SUV I've ever been in. The thing would just keep pulling past 120!

Vendetta-V- · #3 (**permalink**) 03-25-06, 08:06 AM

Beautiful! They need to post up some data like dyno graphs. Pics of your new ICE?

KTSwanson · #4 (**permalink**) 03-25-06, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Vendetta-V-

Beautiful! They need to post up some data like dyno graphs. Pics of your new ICE?

I'll get a link to pics of the sequential install to final "overlooking Pacific Ocean" glamour shots up later today...

**Florian** · #5 (**permalink**) 03-25-06, 12:06 PM

thats some major disposable income....

F

BowenCT · #6 (**permalink**) 03-25-06, 03:15 PM

Sick Bro!

You know what you need to do, like immediately, go out to your car right now, and remove the "supercharged" badge from the rear.

2004ctsv · #7 (**permalink**) 03-25-06, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by BowenCT

Sick Bro!

You know what you need to do, like immediately, go out to your car right now, and remove the "supercharged" badge from the rear.

Yeah, and send it to me.
"Say it loud, I'm blown and I'm proud"

Looks good

Tony

BowenCT · #8 (**permalink**) 03-25-06, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by 2004ctsv

Yeah, and send it to me.
"Say it loud, I'm blown and I'm proud"

Looks good

Tony

Yeah, it looks like the badge on the back of a '95 Buick Riviera.........awesome.

To each his own........

Geno · #9 (**permalink**) 03-25-06, 08:39 PM

Classy looks..."V" is saying don't

with me!

KTSwanson · #10 (**permalink**) 03-25-06, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Florian

thats some major disposable income....

F

Still much cheaper than any competition: E55/S55 AMG; new M5, etc...
The full photo gallery of mod installation is now up for enjoyment at http://ktswanson.smugmug.com/gallery/1306254 .

Koooop · #11 (**permalink**) 03-26-06, 11:15 AM

I saw Peter yesterday morning, he was damn near jumping up and down when he was telling me about your V. He's impressed at how it turned out he gave up a pretty colorfull description about the performance (140 MPH coming into a corner?). You chose the local supercharger Guru, that guy's been putting blowers on cars for a long time.

Take the car to HB or Crystal Cove on Saturday morning and show it off a bit.

BUT NO SPEEDING ANYWHERE IN NB GOING TO CRYSTAL COVE! COPS ARE EVERYWHERE!

KTSwanson · #12 (**permalink**) 03-26-06, 11:49 AM

Took it up last weekend for a Boy Scout gun shooting weekend (on private land) just adjacent to Sequoia Natl. Forest, 30-40 miles east of Bakersfield. The roads there are "must drive" for a CTS-V; many twisties, 2nd and 3rd gear most of the time, ups and downs, along CA state hwy 155 (the Woody Road) near Glennville; many motorcycles on sunny weekends due to the lovely drive; it tested the suspension, blower and brakes the way a road should, and responded spectacularly. There were even some open stretches coming and going from 99 out of Bakersfield where triple digets were easy. It'll show up at Crystal Cove some Saturday soon. (the link in my prior post shows the full install from front to finish: 64 slides).
(BTW, spotted you headed N on PCH yesterday in the early afternoon, trying to spar with a blue Viper, but traffic stopped any fun...I was one of those blocking you in an Excursion...sorry!).

wooderson · #13 (**permalink**) 03-26-06, 12:14 PM

Did you keep the Nivomats with the Eibachs? How did you get the car to sit down in the rear?

KTSwanson · #14 (**permalink**) 03-26-06, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by wooderson

Did you keep the Nivomats with the Eibachs? How did you get the car to sit down in the rear?

As far as I know, yes...the rear had the anti-wheel hop brace and heavy duty rear toe rods in addition to the Eibachs, as well as previously installed Hotchkis bars...it's pretty stiff...you can feel poor pavement at low speeds (<25 mph), things smooth out above that, and at 3 digits it's locked down.

blown black caddy · #15 (**permalink**) 03-26-06, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by koop

I saw Peter yesterday morning, he was damn near jumping up and down when he was telling me about your V. He's impressed at how it turned out he gave up a pretty colorfull description about the performance (140 MPH coming into a corner?). You chose the local supercharger Guru, that guy's been putting blowers on cars for a long time.

Take the car to HB or Crystal Cove on Saturday morning and show it off a bit.

BUT NO SPEEDING ANYWHERE IN NB GOING TO CRYSTAL COVE! COPS ARE EVERYWHERE!

That's funny, I can picture in my mind how he must have looked and sounded doing that. Quite a character especially with that New Zeland accent? I spoke on the phone with him about amonth ago. I haven't seen his new place yet. Is it larger than the old one on PCH? Do you go to crystal cove often? I just got my Car last Wednesday and want to drive out there to check out all the rides. It's a leased car so I'm not going to do a thing to it!

Any particular time to be there? How do I get there? I remember some of the area from cruisng through there when I had my Saleen mustang and meeting others down in the area. What was the name of that resturant on PCH that had all the cars there? They used to have F-1 viewing there on Sunday early in the morning!