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  • 2013 Cadillac CTSV – Intercooler & Tune

    Jason just picked up this beautiful MT6 Thunder Gray ChromaFlair 2013 Cadillac CTS-V, and brought it in because it felt a little down on power. Upon investigation, we discovered two things: one, power was definitely off for the modifications performed, laying down only 536whp/542lbft. That, and with IAT2s at nearly 200° F, we knew what must be going on: collapsed intercooler brick, which we verified shortly thereafter.

    Once we installed the repaired/reinforced intercooler brick, power came up to 575/565lbft, and then after dialing in the calibration via HP Tuners, power jumped to 633whp/639lbft! 97whp/97lbft gain from correcting a cooling deficiency, and a performing a proper calibration. Wild results!

    Two, this V is sitting on a set of reworked OEM wheels — the exact setup which we pioneered back in 2010! This basically entails widening the front wheels to run on the rear, moving the rears up front, and all the bits-and-pieces necessary to execute. Check out the original build thread from 2010: https://ls1tech.com/…/1280217-national-speed-2009-cadillac-…

    Overall a killer car, and fantastic results!

  • Cadillac World Thorium Fuel Concept [Cadillac WTF]

    Well here’s one that’s rather off the wall.

    National Speed - Cadillac WTF

    Created by Loren Kulesus, the Cadillac World Thorium Fuel Concept (WTF) is designed to last 100 years without any normal maintenance. That means tires, gas, oil, or anything for that matter. How would they go about achieving this, you might ask? Apparently they’re using something called “Thorium” (Element #90 for those of you that failed chemistry like me) to use as a Nuclear Fuel powering the batteries. That sounds rather sketchy. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather not be sitting inside of a nuclear powered cheese grater every morning.

    National Speed - Cadillac WTF Rear

    As far as tires go, well, there aren’t any. No rubber, at all. In fact, there’s 6 individual wheels located at each corner of the car, making a grand total of 24 wheels in total with an induction motor for each wheel. WTF Indeed…I somehow doubt this nuclear powered, 24 wheeled, nonsensical, monolithic pile of fail is going to make it out of the concept stage, but that just might be me. Here’s to the Cadillac World Thorium Fuel concept…WTF?!?