Cadillac DeVille 1985 to 2005 including: 1985-1992 Fleetwood, 1993 Sixty Special, All FWD ForumForum for discussions regarding the front wheel drive 1985 to 2005 DeVille, 1985-1992 Fleetwood and 1993 Sixty Special.
I love my DTS. Its a serious step up (handling wise) from full sized cadillacs of the past. It has decent power (although I want more) and it's spacious and luxurious. As I said, I would like more power, but that's an issue I addressed in the Northstar technical section. What I'd like to discuss here is handling and braking. I said it handles better than some past cadillacs and I think that's true. But I'd really like a bit more. My brother has an Audi A8L, and by comparison, that car feels a lot more buttoned down. The DTS is a bit drifty. It feels like if you toss it around too hard it'll lose it. And if it weren't for stabilitrack, this would be true. The tires are too small. It rolls too much. Turn-in is sloppy and not very progressive. What I would like to do is lower the car, stiffen it a little and put thicker sway bars on it. I don't think it'd have to ride much stiffer, to accomplish this. One thing I've been considering is borring springs and bars off of an STS but I haven't been able to find specifications on those yet. Has anyone else done suspension or brake modifications on one of these cars yet? Is anyone else interested? What do you think the car needs? Any ideas where we could go to get it?
The only input I can give is the obvious...The cars weigh nearly the same I believe So it would be a matter of wether or not the suspension components would fit....YES?
Lymann, does the DTS have the CVRSS? I dont think they do. If it does, and you want it firmer, you could probably take it to a dealer and have them reprogram it.
Actually, if you take it to a dealer, they can play around with the computer in just about anyway that you want. They have a nifty little device called a TECHII. BTW, dont plan on buying one of these puppies, their upwards of 3000. I heard that if you want to, they can reprogram the message that says "apply brake to shift" to anything like HELLO SCOTT.
Actually, i know that on the CVRSS when the sensors go bad, then the strut goes to full stiff. So im sure that there would be a way to program that.
Cool. I'll have to call the dealer up and check it out. I'd love to stiffen up the shocks a bit. I wonder if I can get the training literature fr the techII so I can know what they're capable of doing.
Sweet. I didn't find pricing info on that website. Is that the same as the one that they use, or is it...like...a clone? I looked for one on Ebay, but couldn't find one. I have an OBDII datalogger (autotap) which I run on my laptop. It's good for getting info, but you can't change anything. I wonder if there's similar software which would let you do all that the Tech2 does, but on a laptop.
I know there isnt pricing information, but i have a VERY GOOD source that told me that it was that much. They use that one. I dont think there is anysort of software that could do that, because the dealers would be using that!
hmmm. I'll have to see if I can befriend a service tech at the local dealership and get them to do some re-programming work on my car. I'm going to look through my Helm's manual in a minute and see if it has any information about that.
