Dear Car World, if you’re unaware, don’t discount the CTS just because it has four doors and is a Cadillac. See that little V attached to the name at the end? Yeah, V stands for “really sodding fast.”
For the longest time, the Cadillac CTS-V has been the performance car for the brand. It’s rather healthy V8, combined with the overall good looks made it a cult automotive hit.
This week’s Dyno Blast video features a Buick Regal that has been painted up to look like a Buick Grand National and rather than the GN’s turbocharged V6, this blacked out Regal packs a twin turbocharged V8.
There’s no way around it, fourth generation F-bodies are timeless. Back in high school, I would have killed for one, and I can still remember how noteworthy they were during their heyday. Seriously, nothing short of a supercar could touch a modified 4th Gen. I like all 4th Gens., but a few hold a special […] More »
Long gone are the days of when wanting to go fast meant strapping a honkingly great big blower to a honkingly great big engine. The days of our parent’s mean ass street machines with intakes and scoops are no more. Now is the realm of the turbo. Specifically the twin turbo setup. And that’s a […] More »
The quest for 800 plus horsepower in Formula Drift is making guys look into engines that can do it reliably and many are choosing GM pushrod power plants to do it. Wrecked Magazine’s Joey Redmond and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center takes a look into the V8s of Formula Drift. A few of these guys we’ve introduced […] More »
It’s one thing to modify your car’s engine to make more horsepower. It’s another to do it all over again after that motor floats a valve and craps out. “LS1Tech member cadivette is a patient man” is an understatement. The first power plant he twin-turboed in his 2005 Cadillac CTS-V went the way of […] More »
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