2011 CTS-V 690 HP Stage 1 build has begun. Pics/specs. "update post #60"

**evilsrt8** · 03-14-2012, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by Cam

Id like to know who filled ur knoggin with thoughts of 22psi + out of a 2.8 kb. Lmao

I was talking about the whipple. I am not sure about the KB. A few guys running 22psi on their V with no problems. I didn't read it right lol

**evilsrt8** · 03-18-2012, 03:03 PM

Everything is installed. The first start up is first thing tomorrow and they start tuning tomorrow

. Will post a video of the start up sound with the kooks/corsa and hopefully hopefully they will finish fully tuning it tomorrow so I can post numbers and videos.

**evilsrt8** · 03-19-2012, 09:04 PM

Hey everyone,

They started tuning today but they got to it really late, an hour before they were closing. They will start again tomorrow and probably finish it by the end of tomorrow or first thing Wed day. They were able to do a start up tune and I was able to snap a few videos. Only thing that is left is for the wheels to get back from the powder coating by tomorrow or the day after that.

Here are a few videos, enjoy

. Not full throttle yet, just a few revs and idle sound.

Sorry for the bad quality, phone video... and for some reason when I uploaded one video.. the picture was sideways... no idea how that happened

Here are some pictures of the headers. I can't stress how beautiful these things are...

Will have more updates and videos tomorrow. I am just waiting on the freaking wheels to get there. I don't want to to WOT tune and do dyno pulls with the car sitting on M5 wheels.

**SpeedysrtC** · 03-20-2012, 11:10 AM

Sounds great! Even Ron gives his approval, just dont tell anyone...
Looking foreward to seeing this thing in a few days!

Fredrik

**GIJoe2010** · 03-20-2012, 11:32 AM

Oh sweet baby Jesus. I'm gonna avoid Arizona so as to not be embarrassed on the streets by that beast. Nice job, beautiful sound.

**Tugboatchad** · 03-20-2012, 11:37 AM

How did I miss this thread? What a sweet ass ride!!!!

**crbeck** · 03-20-2012, 12:17 PM

man i need to move to Arizona, where there is no mod police like here in CA, sick as ride man, hoping to make the jump one of these days, just going to have to get an aftermarket seat, i dont fit in them very well

**8yourM5** · 03-20-2012, 12:31 PM

mod police suck, but it is possible to avoid them just look at me

**evilsrt8** · 03-20-2012, 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by SpeedysrtC

Sounds great! Even Ron gives his approval, just dont tell anyone...
Looking foreward to seeing this thing in a few days!

Fredrik

Thanks bud. We have a problem. The wheels are not here yet and the guy still didn't give me an answer :/. If I don't get the wheels by today or tomorrow I high doubt ill be coming :(. I am not showing up to spring fest in a V that has M5 wheels on it.... lol.

Originally Posted by Tugboatchad

How did I miss this thread? What a sweet ass ride!!!!

Thanks

. It's almost done, I am going back to the shop while they are tuning at and hope for the wheels to get here today. Planning on getting it out today .

Originally Posted by crbeck

man i need to move to Arizona, where there is no mod police like here in CA, sick as ride man, hoping to make the jump one of these days, just going to have to get an aftermarket seat, i dont fit in them very well

haha don't get an after market seat, just get the regular seats not the recaros. The regular seats remind me a lot of the 5.7 300c.

**mofoninja** · 03-20-2012, 03:39 PM

I love the look of newly installed headers/exhaust.

Looks fantastic, sounds incredible, uuuhhhhg! so sick!!

**crbeck** · 03-20-2012, 06:18 PM

i think i sat in one without the recaros seats during the san diego auto show, my head almost hit the roof and my knees hit the bottom of the steering wheel, and the coupe, well the coupe was worst :-( *tear*

**evilsrt8** · 03-20-2012, 07:53 PM

At the shop right now for the 4th wot run. they are saying it's heat soaked but they are still trying to get power out of it. Best run so far was 550rwhp I think. He said he is still tweaking it. This is just a safe conservative tune. I know I can get it to 570ish because we still can go up to 16psi and I think we are at 12psi. I'm leaving now and will post videos and dyno charts when I get back

**smackdownsrt** · 03-20-2012, 07:59 PM

I can't believe I missed this! What didn't you like about the other forums?

Anyway, looking really good. The black on white is the way to go.

**evilsrt8** · 03-20-2012, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by smackdownsrt

I can't believe I missed this! What didn't you like about the other forums?

Anyway, looking really good. The black on white is the way to go.

To be completely honest with you? I just don't like how freaking biased they are man..... when I was on there for the short amount of time, every single time I post a thread asking a question the answer was the same. TALK TO KDI! KDI! KDI KDI KDI! KDI!!!!! I mean I know it is probably a really good shop but when I post anything about comparing products.... if KDI doesn't carry it then its trash..... I just want opinions and feed back :(. There was no way for me to get actual answers to my questions other than "get everything from KDI." I know you really really like those guys man but that was just my personal opinion on that forum and I would appreciate it if you don't go blasting me on that website saying that I am talking smack about them... because I am not. I am saying it is a very good shop with great products and results, its just the forum itself is very biased.

This is hypothetical and I am only using this name as a hypothetical example. Picture is if the lxforums was all about paramount performance... every time someones asks about comparing paramount transmissions to SHR transmissions... lxforum members won't answer that question. Rather, they would just say forget about shr!! TALK TO BILL! PARAMOUNT IS THE BEST! and that's all you need to know.

**evilsrt8** · 03-20-2012, 08:58 PM

Just came back from the shop and here is where it stands. The end of the day's best run was 552rwhp and 512rwtq. It was heat soaked and running on a conservative tune. Tomorrow they will tweak it just a tad bit to see if we can cross the 560rwhp+ mark from stage 1. Like I said earlier there is still 30rwhp left on the table by upping the boost and changing the upper pulley and porting the TB and snout. I like to call that stage 1.5. We figured out what upper pulley we need and will be ordering that tomorrow. Should finish stage 1.5 in a week or two. But as of today, my best run was this. Tomorrow should gain a little bit more.

Enjoy

Here she is strapped on to see what she is made out of