2009 V HP Predictions & Poll

[jasaero]

Sure this has been polled many times, but we are within a couple months of official number so figured we should see who can guess the closest.

[jasaero]

My exact guess is 595hp. It's more wishful thinking than guessing though I suppose!

[CTSV_Rob]

555 with a lead ass

[trukk]

Originally Posted by CTSV_Rob

555 with a lead ass

Wow it's scary. I was thinking exactly the same thing.

555, 4050 lbs, 62k (with the auto & moonroof), 59 base.

-Chris

[trukk]

RT, voted who cares.

Just for that I'm not talking to her, until the next time we speak.

=-Chris

[tweeter81]

525 HP
500 TQ

Nuff said!

[StealthCTSVJJL]

580 HP, underrrated by factory really around 600 to respect the 650 hp Vette, anything else is not going to beat the M5 or E55 they are supposedly targeting to beat. Not to worry about 580 HP Audi RS6, that car will probably weigh in north of 4500!

[tweeter81]

The reason why I stated my guess to be 525-530 HP/500-505 TQ is because I believe GM will use a factory supercharged LS3 (without forced induction is rated at 430 HP). Add a nice supercharger and a fairly conservative stock tune and you get another 100 horses out of the motor, which could easily be increased with a pulley swap or more aggressive tune.

If I were to hazard a guess (totally to be taken with a grain of salt as I have absolutely no inside info to back this up) for the sake of interesting discussion/speculation I would say that the price point will probably be around $60,000 fully loaded. I believe GM will try to stay somewhat close to what the previous generation's price point was (about $6,000-$7,000 increase from previous). This would also be supported by the fact that superchargers for our current cars are about $6,000 and they add between 100-130 horses. That is exactly how much HP they would be adding to the stock LS3.

On the other hand, GM could be figuring that since the CTS-V is a relatively low-selling, limited-production run, car they may just add gobs of HP and also up the price at an equivalent rate. Maybe 550-600 HP @ $65,000. I hope this is not the case, because that makes the car just a little more out of reach for us young guys who are still trying to make the big bucks. I believe that the possibility to achieve much more HP will be there even if the engine stock, has a MERE 500 horsepower, haha.

But, back to the original statement. I think GM is trying to selling a lot more of these cars than the previous generation, hence most likely making an automatic available as stock, and a 6 MT as an option. Therefore, my original engine/price guess still stands. Damn, I hope I am right after all this...

[StealthCTSVJJL]

I agree with you on the price point lets hope it's not to far up the scale. But as far as a supercharger adding only 100 hp, thats an aftermarket SC added to an NA engine that has a very high compression ratio. The LSA on the 09 CTS-V is an engine designed for a supercharger. Even the blown Northstar goes from a stock 320 HP to 469 in the STS-V. Thats why I believe they should be able to get at least 550-580 from the upcoming LSA, without costing so much.

[caddyv8v]

did someone say 604 hp

[pietroraimondi]

The upcoming Corvette ZR-1 Blue Devil is slated to receive the supercharged LS3 engine otherwise known as the LSA. That engine is forecasted at producing 650 BHP.

As most know; the CTSV benchmark is the BMW M5 which is currently rated at 505 BHP. Bob Lutz was reported in a Motor Trend article after driving the new 09 CTSV that it would take a huge power step forward for the Bavarian offerings from BMW to be on par with the new 09 CTSV.

With that said; I don't see Cadillac simply raising the bar in BHP at just 10% over the current 505 BHP M5 that can be simply upgraded with some aftermarket tuning.

With the Blue Devil debuting with 650 BHP; I would forsee the new 09 CTSV debuting with the LSA engine displacing 600 BHP at the crank. A pulley swap and tune and we have Blue Devil BHP numbers.

[SLPR 6.0L]

575 and begging for a pulley swap!

[asrapid]

Corvette engine is called LS9. Cadillac engine will be LSA

[v84life]

Man I hope its 60k, then I'm back in.

[v84life]

Power 535hp 500tq 4000lbs beefy rear, huge 6pot brakes ,19in wheels michelin sport tires, maybe I'm getting ahead of myself here. One thing is for sure, this car will kick a@@.