Based on some interest that several members have expressed, I'm going to start and maintain a list of 2009+ CTS-V's 1/4 mile stats and modifications. Hopefully I can get this stickied.
The updated list will always be in this first post (I'll update the linked .jpg offline), and will be sorted by 1/4 mile ET:
If you want to make a submission, please include the following:
1) An image of your Timeslip
2) The Density Altitude (DA). If you don't know it give me the track name, date and time of your run and I'll look it up
3) The Letter abbreviations of all the mods that were on your car for that run from the list above (if I missed any MAJOR ones, let me know).
Here's a sample:
DA - 906 Feet
Mods - A-B-C-I-L
I'll do my best to keep the list updated real-time, but at times it might take me a day or so to get your info incorporated into the list. This format always seemed to be the most popular on other sites I'm a member of.
IMO These cars will not be going into the 9's with a stock 1900 blower, bottom end, and no nitrous. Add some sauce and of course, or a bigger very aggressive motor combo with good fuel and lots of timing.
Personally I don't see why you wouldn't put a bigger blower on it or nitrous with those goals.
Why have more people not experimented with converters and rear end gearing?
There are always those options and without adding gear or converter getting that 330' down is going to be HARD. Phx has two converters sitting in his garage for us.
There's a local guy here in Arkansas running 9's in his coupe that's not on this board. He's selling his car for 70K I believe, all built and ready to roll. There are some fast ones out there that aren't on the forum.
Thank you, very interesting you would say this, because that's exactly the point that was raised to Drum after he made his pronouncement that he has the fastest stock headed V in the world !
Richmond Dragway elevation; 74feet A-Stock 1756 miles :lildevil:
my race-car driver excuses;
only 2nd 1/4 event (did 1 1/8th last year)
probally < 20 runs in my life
Did not warm-up the PS2's, just was having fun, TC ON.
first run in the V.
called it a night when I tried to ease out of the lane instead of mashing it. Trans didn't shift well, after two 13s in a row, decided to call it a night.
best of 6 runs.
by FAR richmond is not a professional track, the lanes are not straight, there are bumps and it's generally very redneckish.-
I was up in Brainerd, Minnesota, on vacation and they had a Wednesday Night Drag event so I decided to try out the car. And, yes, we were in the middle of a heat wave with a heat index of almost 110 degrees, low pressure, and the sun beating down on the track making it greasy for those of us with street tires (I had new Conti Extreme DW's with 150 miles), but, I needed to practice. The whole automatic thing was new to me. The DA was about 4600 to 5000 feet while I was making my runs so a little less than optimal.
Best run, 12.8 @ 112 MPH with a 2.0 60 foot. Almost everyone was off about half a second from normal, so it was a decent time. Next time, I am hoping for some decent weather so the DA is a little more normal at around 700 feet or so. There was a Panamera Turbo there running low 12's but I never got a chance to line up against him but he indicated that his was running slow, as well, since he had done 11.6 on cooler days. All in all, a good jump into feeling out what the car can do.
I just got back from the track. It was a bit better today with a 3000 foot DA. Not great, but better. I think that the MT tires will help wake up the results. I was hoping to have them before today, but, they arrive tomorrow. Looking forward to the next trip back on 8/31/2011.
Brainerd International Raceway - 8/3/2011 - 7:59 PM
(Worst run, lost to a girl in a STOCK Camaro SS. Was easily ahead of her right from the launch, but for some reason my car never shifted out of 2nd and bounced of the limiter for a good second or so. By the time I extracted my head from my @$$ and reacted, I pushed the stick ahead twice, and the car went into 4th. By then, she was in front of me and I eased off on the gas a bit. I ran a 15.080 @ 99 to her 14.739 @ 102.07. :banghead: n00b!) I must have somehow put it in manual mode?
2009 sedan, auto, only mod is Airaid CAI. Stock tire pressure. I went from idle, with TC on for maybe 1 second, then killed it.
If the weather is good, I'm gonna go back tomorrow. Got about 1/4 tank of 94 octane now, and may drop the tire pressure a bit. The girl in the Camaro was pretty cool and said she used to own a V1, so she knew something was amiss. Regardless, she said she was gonna tell all her friends she beat a V. Can't take that away from her, technically she DID beat a V. Time for some payback!
I know the feeling. I did the very same thing racing my buddies IS-F. I must have bumped one of the paddles or the shifter and had it bump on the rev limiter in 2nd. I caught it once I heard it but not before my results was hampered to a 14.2 second run
Good to know I'm not alone! I was thinking perhaps it was my awesome launch and all the G's I pulled that threw the stick back, thus putting it in manual mode w/o my knowledge; but somehow I don't think that's the case LOL!
SilveRT8, thanks...I was thinking that corrected it might be somewhere in the stock quarter mile range. I can live with that...its just that seeing a "13" on the time slip seems somewhat depressing....need to get a 12...!
Wannago, if I may suggest: try dropping the rear tire pressure down to 25 psi and don't be afraid to to do a healthy burnout ( as in don't be afraid to create some real tire smoke). Also, try letting the tires spin their way out of the burnout box as opposed to simply taking your foot off the gas and driving slowly out of the burnout box to the starting line. ( Don't be afraid to be aggressive, the car can more than handle it). FWIW, I've found the Michelin PS2's seem to like heat in them.
Another item you may wish to try, is, putting a bag of ice on top of the engine after you take the plastic shroud off in order to cool "things" down. Everything you can do to counter heat soak is to your benefit. Ideally the top of the engine where you had the ice bag should basically feel lukewarm to cool to the touch.
When on the return road try turning on your A/C which will turn on both cooling fans and help to cool things down a bit .
Congrats Tedboss1, very impressive numbers!
I ordered a '12 Vagon and should get it by the end of Sept. Guess I'll see you at Napierville sometime in Oct when I'll test to find oput what my stock times will be, before winter.
Claude
Boucherville
Congrats on cracking the 11's with a cold air intake and tires! Very nice. I am hoping to have a similar experience tomorrow night.
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