Bought my first CTS-V yesterday
07-12-2012, 07:44 PM
#1
On The Tree
Thread Starter
Bought my first CTS-V yesterday Flew out of ATL to Miami Int and drove home to GA. for it. I'm sure somebody has to know this car, although I've never seen anything about it on this forum. Think it stayed on Auto Trader .com for at least 4 months. There's pics of it on the Vengeance Racing web site. I would up load some pics, but it was raining when I picked it up, and rained on me almost all the way home and haven't had a chance to clean it up. I saw where some of you said to hold out for the color you wanted, and I did for the exterior, but I settled on the tan interior bc of the mods. The guy I purchased it from said he just paid to have the rear end replaced, but didn't know the part #, so I'm hoping that it's the forth one. Anyway, it's got a maggie, kooks long tubes, 224/228 .581/.588 lift cam, and whole lot of other mods. Drove pretty good all the way home, but I know I hear a light whine from the rear that changes with speed, but doesn't matter what gear. I hope I'm not going to be needing a rear any time soon. Any way, thought I would thank you gents for all the info I've gotten off this forum, and for somebody to say to just wait for the right car, even if I did have to fly to it and drive 600 miles home.
Trending Topics
07-13-2012, 03:41 AM
#10
On The Tree
Thread Starter
gearhead68, you are right black with tan. I would up load some pics, but I haven't had a chance to clean it up yet. This car is in Veagance Racing's gallery, if I knew how to post the link so you could see those pics, I would. Hope I'm not in mod hell, and hope I don't need a rear end. Know I'm going to need a front diff bushing though.
07-13-2012, 09:36 AM
#12
On The Tree
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Lewisville, TX
Posts: 101
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
you mentioned a whine from the rear, does it change pitch depending on what speed you go? Does it stop when you come to a complete stop? I thought my rear was whining but it turned out to be the center carrier bearing for the driveshaft. Sprayed some tri-flow on it this past weekend, no whine since. I would just check that before you spend a butt-load on a new rear (even though you'll prob have to replace it anyway haha)
07-13-2012, 12:29 PM
#15
On The Tree
Thread Starter
http://www.vengeancerd.com/zenphoto/...m=cadillac-xlr
If I did that right, it should take you to pics. Thanks andanieljohnson1. I love the info I get from computers and the internet, but mostly just read and don't interact much with it. My rear end whine could very well be drive shaft carrier bearings. It does change with road speed no matter what gear or RPM. I took some pics with my crack berry phone, I'm havening a hard time loading them, so maybe the link will work bc I know the thread is worthless without pics.
If I did that right, it should take you to pics. Thanks andanieljohnson1. I love the info I get from computers and the internet, but mostly just read and don't interact much with it. My rear end whine could very well be drive shaft carrier bearings. It does change with road speed no matter what gear or RPM. I took some pics with my crack berry phone, I'm havening a hard time loading them, so maybe the link will work bc I know the thread is worthless without pics.
07-14-2012, 07:08 AM
#17
On The Tree
Thread Starter
Some body said without any pics, it didn't happen. Well here are a few pics. I haven't had a day with out rain since I bought it, so it's still dirty.
07-14-2012, 01:41 PM
#20
On The Tree
Thread Starter
Thanks for the compliments to all... Wish I could say I built it bc I think it looks good too, but then I haven't seen any V on this site that didn't look good.