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Originally Posted by Cmicasa the Great XvX
Power delivery is seamless. I will confess I normally ride around all day in "SPORT MODE" not shifting but letting it just sit in drive. The Tranny hooks up 10 times better and holds the gears a lot longer and with better results. I have gone up against an M5, M6, Z06, Vette like mine, M3, RS4, IS-F, Viper and E63AMG... and have only been bested by the Z06 and the Viper. Truth is my Vette will probably equal this Cadillac. Withteh mods I've done to my Vette I have taken out Z06s, albeit without their cars having Mods. I would not be able to beat my V if my Vette was stock... No way.  |
Good to know!
I've no doubt the LSA is powerful (hell, it's got 70lbs more torque than an LS7..)...it's great that it's also smooth, and seemingly flat.
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Originally Posted by Cmicasa the Great XvX
One problem I have with the CTS-V is that it's "sneaky." By that I mean it's not loud
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Bah -- that's nothing an exhaust swap (or delete) can't fix.
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Originally Posted by Cmicasa the Great XvX
This was because the NORTHSTAR was to be replace with the "Ultra V8" in 2010.. but it was killed due to CAFE. GM will now be kicking out probably two versions of the Gen V Small Block bot with DI, one with OHV config.. the other with OHC.  |
Yeah -- that was a rumor going around for a while, though I'm not sure how true it was. It's not easy to simply "switch" an engine from OHV to OHC, they would require two very different blocks, and two totally different heads.
I think whoever started that rumor misunderstood something. Given that the LSA is smooth as butter...I don't think there's even a need for a Caddy-specific engine lineup. I would simply engineer the refinement into all my V8s, if I were GM -- it would do nothing but benefit the rest of the brands.
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Originally Posted by Cmicasa the Great XvX
Vette people mind... U should see the Corvette Forum when U mention CAMARO. They don't go nuts because Chevy did the right thing by hobbling the LS3 to 426 (easily retrievable).. not to mention the Camaro weighs substantially more.
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Mm...not from what I've seen. You must visit some not-so-great Vette forums....The two I'm active on are relatively welcoming of the Camaro. Those who have an issue with it usually just say "it's not a Vette"...which is true.
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Originally Posted by Cmicasa the Great XvX
Love to be able to justify buying a Camaro as my everyday car in place of my G6. What a effin UPGRADE that would be. As it turns out... I'm at 92K miles on my Pontiac and will probably hit 180K by the time I replace it in 2012 with a VOLT  |
Fantastic plan, if you ask me!!!
I'm thinking I'll do the same when I replace the Cobalt. It would depend on what the other brands are offering at the time (Buick is looking
hot lately)....we'll see.