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After owning 3 AMG's (2 E55's and an S55) I bought a CTSV sedan with a manual 6 speed. Really liked it. Had that for 2 years and bought a 2013 CTSV wagon, this one with an automatic. The reason I bought the wagon was for the automatic so I could throw more power to it.
Round 1 mods were a pulley change and 100 shot. Dyno said it was 698 hp.
Round 2 was a Formato blower ported blower, ported stock heads, 102 throttle body, BTR cam and a nicer nitrous system. Dyno said 700 hp and nearly 900 on spray.
It's an awesome platform and so similar to the E55. But it handles REALLY well!
After owning 3 AMG's (2 E55's and an S55) I bought a CTSV sedan with a manual 6 speed. Really liked it. Had that for 2 years and bought a 2013 CTSV wagon, this one with an automatic. The reason I bought the wagon was for the automatic so I could throw more power to it.
Round 1 mods were a pulley change and 100 shot. Dyno said it was 698 hp.
Round 2 was a Formato blower ported blower, ported stock heads, 102 throttle body, BTR cam and a nicer nitrous system. Dyno said 700 hp and nearly 900 on spray.
It's an awesome platform and so similar to the E55. But it handles REALLY well!
After owning 3 AMG's (2 E55's and an S55) I bought a CTSV sedan with a manual 6 speed. Really liked it. Had that for 2 years and bought a 2013 CTSV wagon, this one with an automatic. The reason I bought the wagon was for the automatic so I could throw more power to it.
Round 1 mods were a pulley change and 100 shot. Dyno said it was 698 hp.
Round 2 was a Formato blower ported blower, ported stock heads, 102 throttle body, BTR cam and a nicer nitrous system. Dyno said 700 hp and nearly 900 on spray.
It's an awesome platform and so similar to the E55. But it handles REALLY well!
The manual CTS-V can't handle the power or a pulley upgrade?
Stock manual gearbox is supposed to be good to 1,000 hp. One guy is over 1,200. He runs 1/2 mile events and his last outing was 176mph i believe. Daily drives it too.
The issue is the stock clutch. They are only good to 550-650 hp. Mine was slipping at 550 hp on drag radials so an upgrade was needed. rather than spend 2k on a clutch plus install, I decided to go with the automatic that is faster at the drag strip.
Thank you! It's a lot of fun and shocks a lot of people at how fast it is.
Originally Posted by ENV²
Nice power numbers!
This one is built up pretty far but there are always faster ones. Here is a quick video of a group of us driving through the Tail Of The Dragon this fall. I started the video where I was getting on it coming out of a couple of corners. As you can see it will overpower the tires fairly easily under 50 mph but the Michelin PSS's do a great job of limiting tire spin and hooking back up.
Skip to 1:45 of the video. I couldn't get it to start there.
14 E63, 05 E55, 03 Evo 8, 08 F250, 06 R6R, 92 Talon TSI, and instability
Strange. I actually test drove an 09 CTS-V the other day and wasn't wowed by it. I didn't dislike the car, but it didn't feel as planted as the E in the corcers, not did it accellorate as well. I really wanted to like the V but just couldn't quite get there.
Strange. I actually test drove an 09 CTS-V the other day and wasn't wowed by it. I didn't dislike the car, but it didn't feel as planted as the E in the corcers, not did it accellorate as well. I really wanted to like the V but just couldn't quite get there.
Buy a Benz then. I have no dog in this fight. Lot's of great cars out there including the BiTurbo Benz. All I know is my car pulls over 1G in corners, has phenomenal brakes and accelerates faster than my other AMG's I've had. I would guess a new Mercedes with a tune and a few mods would be a monster!
Strange. I actually test drove an 09 CTS-V the other day and wasn't wowed by it. I didn't dislike the car, but it didn't feel as planted as the E in the corcers, not did it accellorate as well. I really wanted to like the V but just couldn't quite get there.
14 E63, 05 E55, 03 Evo 8, 08 F250, 06 R6R, 92 Talon TSI, and instability
Originally Posted by Hotrod-Realtor
Buy a Benz then. I have no dog in this fight. Lot's of great cars out there including the BiTurbo Benz. All I know is my car pulls over 1G in corners, has phenomenal brakes and accelerates faster than my other AMG's I've had. I would guess a new Mercedes with a tune and a few mods would be a monster!
Originally Posted by ENV²
The 09 is meh, try the 13
Originally Posted by dchl21
I would do a 2012 cls63 or e63
Honestly, I think that' the directions I'm heading. That, or an sl65.
Exact same cars with exact same performance. Only differences I know of are Navigation and rain sensing wipers standard on post 2010's, options on 2009 and 2010.
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