babrown18

So I'm wanting to mod out the V, and all I keep hearing is watch that rear end it'll break on you.. I wanna do a lot to the car but first I wanna fix the factory faults.. ie.. bushings, drive shafts, axles, and the rear end.. can can someone who has the work done or knows where to steer me in the right direction? Bushings arnt a major issue because I live in Alexandria VA near Lindsay Cadillac ( lucky me).. but the rear end and anti wheel hop axles are priority before I start even thinking about the motor. So please help me in any way possible thanks!!

ColeGraham

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for the diff it self, Gen 3s and 4s are holding up nicely. wheel hops fixes will help the diff. but you still put be able to truly launch to car with the wheel hop band aids.

you have 2 options:

#1: new axles, bushings, support braces, TCP gridle, etc. all in all, this can set you back a few thousands bucks without a new driveshaft.

Gforce Axles: 550
Gforce CTS-V Drivesaft: 1000
TCP gridle: 1500 full, 800 half (i think)
maybe a Gen 3 or 4 complete rear end: right around 2500 or 3000
plus install, unless you do it yourself.

#2: Gforce Fab IRS 9"
which you get all of the above, plus pretty much bullet proof diff.
installed for basic is a little over 7000, and up to 8 or 9 grand with different options Chris offer. ie, carbon fiber drive shaft, locker rear, etc.

with #1, you can still blow the rear, but it will become difficult.
with #2, if you blow that rear, you have over 1200rwhp.

option 2 is the only way to truely fix the rear. anyone else, please correct if my prices are off.

punishmentcycle

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Just read thru the forum man... google is ur friends and there's lik 2 threads on the rearend going right now on the board

babrown18

Thanks time to start saving lol

whisler151

Gforce axles. Lindsey Cadillac will even install them. Or you can drop $5500 and get the bullet proof axles, drive shaft and rear.

http://www.shop.gforce1320.com

babrown18

thanks dude im now in love with that website!! and how many inches did u lower your ''V''? It looks badass!!

Domsz06

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not sure the diff is all that bad... lots of people have pushed 500+ and still using stock diffs.

Search is your friend.

ColeGraham

iTrader: (8)

you are more then likely right. i think the biggest problem that most of us have is the history of the diff. so we are affraid to abuse it too much. i know i am a little bit apprehensive to really launch the car, because there is that feeling of the "what ifs" that always creep in to the back of the nugget. the closest i have got to a true launch was at a stop light when a ricer was messing with me in Cali. and i ended up roasting the tires into 4th gear. he stopped following me after that. haha

and by us, i mean us with the V1s. not you a holes with a V2 that throw 5 grand at the car and run in the 11s. haha

whisler151

$5k to hit 11s? All they need is $500 worth of drag radials, $500 upper pulley and intake and a $500 tune and they run 11s. Hell, $5000 will get them into the 10s.

whisler151

Me?

Did the Eibach springs. 1.6 in front and 1 in back. I also dropped the tires to 245/40 18 front and 275/35 18 rear.