Minor bolt-ons, 601 RWHP

[HOTCIVIC]

Nice numbers - how much boost?

[Rice Killer]

Originally Posted by hognutz

I want to see what this setup runs on stock tire. this is kind of the mod package i am looking at but I am not going to drive around on DR all the time.

Originally Posted by KD Innovations

It barely hooked at all with no mods. We will only run this setup on the DR since it will go up in smoke without. We have an extra set of wheels for this.

So are you saying this isn't a good package unless you plan on running DRs? I too am interested in a kit like this but do not want drag radials as I will probably never take it to the strip, only once or twice if I do. Personally, I would like to see you make runs on both stock and DRs for comparison.

[KD Innovations]

13 PSI.

[SGOS252382]

Originally Posted by Rice Killer

So are you saying this isn't a good package unless you plan on running DRs? I too am interested in a kit like this but do not want drag radials as I will probably never take it to the strip, only once or twice if I do. Personally, I would like to see you make runs on both stock and DRs for comparison.

601 rwhp (basically close to 700hp at the crank) and stock street tires would not work all that well for drag racing.

You could cruise around town without any issues. But if you tried to go wide open off the line or from a low speed roll, you're most likely just going to smoke the rear tires.

A stock ZL1 with drag radials would most likely beat a 601 rwhp ZL1 with stock tires in a drag race.

[jleews6]

Originally Posted by KD Innovations

13 PSI.

Are you going to run it this weekend?

[KD Innovations]

These cars hook pretty well on the street, especially for a 20 mhp roll. The cts-v is not too bad at all with 600 rwhp and we have done dozens of them.
At the strip you need tires to race or why go? Et is what it's all about, even with an otherwise stock car.

[KD Innovations]

Originally Posted by jleews6

Are you going to run it this weekend?

Probably Wednesday night.

[1st Gen Forever]

For those ZL1 owners that don't know, Keith and Damon have been modifying LSAs for Cadillac CTS-V owners for quite a while. If you search any of the Cadillac CTS-V forums, you find nothing but positive feedback on Keith and Damon of KD Innovations. I'm betting they'll become more well known around this forum now that we have the LSA in our ZL1's.

I'm working with them on my own ZL1 and I'll post up results to the forum as well as I go.

[hognutz]

Originally Posted by SGOS252382

601 rwhp (basically close to 700hp at the crank) and stock street tires would not work all that well for drag racing.

You could cruise around town without any issues. But if you tried to go wide open off the line or from a low speed roll, you're most likely just going to smoke the rear tires.

A stock ZL1 with drag radials would most likely beat a 601 rwhp ZL1 with stock tires in a drag race.

the same logic applies to 580hp in all reality. there was a guy who ran 11.40 on slicks. people run 12.2-12.4 on street rubber. does not stop you from running the car on street rubber at the drags.

I drive my car on the street alot. if this package on street rubber ran ~11.5 I would be like sold. it may expose traction issues though.

at an NHRA event at my local track if I did not want to get kicked off for tech I would be better off bringing an 11.5 second car on street rubber.

<11.5 with a manual requires a scattershield. As cool as 10.5 on dr would be they would not let me run.

[nanokpsi]

Honestly, with this much power you need to look at something like the toyo r888. This is about where my gt500 is at currently and the car is way more enjoyable on the street with r compound rubber. I never launch it, but the car would get sidewaysfrom second gear rolls before.

I understand running race gas for the best times, but I am more interested in pump gas power. I gave up on the race gas when I parted out ny dsm, lol.

[alex33x]

Do you take cores to reduce costs on the cusotmer's end for the porting? This is something I would be interested in doing, do you need a tune after the porting or can you just bolt it on?

[Mike TexaSS]

Dyno graph?

[richtor]

Blower port is a minor bolt on?

Good numbers but those mods are a little more than minor imo.

[xx_ED_xx]

Pics? I cant wait to see an e85 setup on one of these cars should help temps a bunch