2004 Cadillac CTS: A better V-6 makes a better CTS

[NFS4]

http://www.thecarconnection.com/index.asp?article=6071&sid=183&n=157

 

[rubenswm]

now we just need a manual trans.

 

[Cfour]

Originally posted by: rubenswm
now we just need a manual trans.

I've read that a 6-spd is in the works. It needs to get done fast, too. But, 255hp with an auto is still better than no 255hp.

 

[isekii]

look how heavy that think is

I doubt 255hp would help it much from it's 220 3500lb curb weight

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

Originally posted by: isekii
look how heavy that think is

I doubt 255hp would help it much from it's 220 3500lb curb weight

I didn't realize that the CTS was just a few inches shorter than the 5-series. I guess the CTS competes against the Lincoln LS then.

 

[RyanM]

The new engine is better in virtually every way and?it?s less small. Called the Global V-6 by GM, the CTS? new 3.6-liter engine is overstuffed with buzzworthy technostuff. A full 60 degrees of space lies between the two banks of cylinders. The block is cast in aluminum. The DOHC cylinder heads use chain-driven camshafts to control four valves per cylinder and each cam is controlled by a continuously variable phasing system resulting in variable valve timing. Feeding those heads is a plastic intake manifold with a two-stage variable-volume plenum, and the throttle is electronically controlled. Throw in a bunch of other tweaks and the result is 255 horsepower at 6200 rpm and 250 pound-feet of peak torque at 2800 rpm.

Um....yum.

I'm a nut about 60 degree V6's. It's about time GM introduced a properly-powers DOHC V6 - The 3.4 was originally intended to put out 240 HP but GM couldn't get their distributors to engineer a tranny that could handle all the power on time for the launch date, so they dropped it down to 210.

255 is gorgeous....and 250 ftlbs or torque at 2800? Yowza.

 

[Cfour]

Originally posted by: isekii
look how heavy that think is

I doubt 255hp would help it much from it's 220 3500lb curb weight

Wait and see my friend 😀