Caddy

[michburt]

Received my Corvette Magazine this week. In in was an article about a new Cadilac coming out later this year. STS-V. 0 - 60 under 5 seconds. supercharged, inter cooled, 4.4 liter, 4 cam V8 with a 440hp and 430 lbs-ft of torque.

Certainly is not my Father's Cadilac.

Mike

[MarauderMark]

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=58 25
Cadillac STS-V


Is 440 horsepower enough to keep up with the German hot-bloods?
BY CSABA CSERE
February 2005


Cadillac is determined to make inroads into the luxury market that's been dominated by the Germans for the past 30 years. The Detroit brand has steadily been introducing strong new products over the past three years. And like the premium automakers in Germany, Cadillac has established a performance division to attract wealthy hot-bloods as well as enhance the appeal of the entire division.

The first of these hot-bloods was the Corvette-engined CTS-V that appeared last year. Now Cadillac has unveiled a hot-rodded version of the STS, the division's newest product. This STS-V eschews the pushrod Corvette V-8 in favor of the well-established 32-valve, four-cam Northstar V-8, one that is, for the first time, energized by a Roots-type supercharger.



Spinning at 2.1 times crankshaft speed, the supercharger, which displaces two liters of air with each revolution, creates 12.0 psi of boost in the intake system. The inevitable temperature rise produced by this compression is ameliorated by four Laminova cooling tubes with closely spaced fins within the intake manifold. This intercooling system has its own dedicated heat exchanger in the STS-V's nose.

The Northstar engine gets the expected changes and upgrades demanded by this supercharging. This includes increased cooling flow within a reinforced block, oil-cooled pistons with a reduced 9.0:1 compression ratio, stronger rods, and a bore reduction from 93 millimeters to 91, reducing displacement from 4.6 to 4.4 liters for improved fuel economy.

To make the most of the supercharger's forced feeding, the Northstar SC, as it's called, also gets a low-restriction intake and exhaust system and Extrude Hone exhaust ports (imagine a really thick and highly abrasive toothpaste forced through the ports to smooth any rough edges).

All of this adds up to 440 horsepower at 6400 rpm and 430 pound-feet of torque at 3600 rpm. That's a useful 120-hp improvement over the standard STS V-8, but it doesn't exactly set new standards for the class. The R versions of the Jaguar S-type and XJ have 390 ponies. The Audi RS 6 had 450 horses. The Mercedes E55 has 476 horsepower. And the upcoming BMW M5 will have 500.

[bigjon]

damn that is one nice car. it will probably be a little pricey though. :D

[CRUZTAKER]

I said the same thing to myself today.....

Had the Marauder not become a reality, I'd be saving my pennies for one of those.

I have seen them race on speed vision. They are the fastest on the road courses making mince meat of hi-performance Audis and Vipers.

I am not ashamed to say...bad ass...very bad aaaassss.

[Fourth Horseman]

Received my Corvette Magazine this week. In in was an article about a new Cadilac coming out later this year. STS-V. 0 - 60 under 5 seconds. supercharged, inter cooled, 4.4 liter, 4 cam V8 with a 440hp and 430 lbs-ft of torque.

Certainly is not my Father's Cadilac.

Mike

If I was a rich man I'd seriously consider one of these. Very impressive.

[ADE 1000]

I was drooling all over the black STS-V they had at the Chicago Auto Show. Very sweet. I would love to have one in a couple of years.

[Mike Poore]

Received my Corvette Magazine this week. In in was an article about a new Cadilac coming out later this year. STS-V. 0 - 60 under 5 seconds. supercharged, inter cooled, 4.4 liter, 4 cam V8 with a 440hp and 430 lbs-ft of torque.

Certainly is not my Father's Cadilac.

Mike
What do you think, Mike; 55 -60K?

[rumble]

What do you think, Mike; 55 -60K?

I would guess at least in the 80K range.

[Patrick]

Nice Caddy but styling not for me. Its should be in the 55K range I dont think the 80K range. Still not bad!

[Donny Carlson]

That would put it easlity in the $70's if there are option packages. Usually these specialty cars are loaded out and have few options.


http://www.autoweek.com/article.cms?articleId=101519

http://www.autoweek.com/files/weekart/2005/0110/0110stsv_engine.jpg

http://www.autoweek.com/files/weekart/2005/0110/0110stsv_rear.jpg
http://www.autoweek.com/files/weekart/2005/0110/0110stsv_interior.jpg

[michburt]

What do you think, Mike; 55 -60K?
I think you are about right. I don't think they will want to push it to far past the Vette.

Mike:banana2:

[ADE 1000]

I think you are about right. I don't think they will want to push it to far past the Vette.

Mike:banana2:


A fully loaded regular STS V-8 costs $60K. The STS-V will be 70K or close to it.

[blackf0rk]

Waste of money if you ask me (I know no one did).

It doesn't look like the kind of car that would go 0-60 in 5 sec. The wheels wells and the area around the weels look Vibe GT-esque. The wheels themselves look dinky IMHO, the engine compartment looks no better than my old 3.4L Impala (ICK!), and the interior looks like a slimmed down honda acura with fake stone/wood applique - boring....

Save your $70 grand! Take out 6 and put a supercharger on the Marauder and then spend the other $64 grand on something more usefull than a Caddilac STS V - like a golf cart!

[de minimus]

Waste of money if you ask me (I know no one did).

It doesn't look like the kind of car that would go 0-60 in 5 sec. The wheels wells and the area around the weels look Vibe GT-esque. The wheels themselves look dinky IMHO, the engine compartment looks no better than my old 3.4L Impala (ICK!), and the interior looks like a slimmed down honda acura with fake stone/wood applique - boring....

Save your $70 grand! Take out 6 and put a supercharger on the Marauder and then spend the other $64 grand on something more usefull than a Caddilac STS V - like a golf cart!
Hear, Hear. It looks like GM has been designing cars by committee. Again an unsolicited opinion.

[Big House]

I give that motion a solid third. Although FMC has been lagging in the power department forever, FMC cars still look better.

[michburt]

Waste of money if you ask me (I know no one did).

It doesn't look like the kind of car that would go 0-60 in 5 sec. The wheels wells and the area around the weels look Vibe GT-esque. The wheels themselves look dinky IMHO, the engine compartment looks no better than my old 3.4L Impala (ICK!), and the interior looks like a slimmed down honda acura with fake stone/wood applique - boring....

Save your $70 grand! Take out 6 and put a supercharger on the Marauder and then spend the other $64 grand on something more usefull than a Caddilac STS V - like a golf cart!

Article said it had 18" wheels

[hbarrett]

I agree with you. Looks like Cady is just trying to grab onto the ricer crowd-front wheel drive junk that looks like an acura. So it will smoke the front tires? WOW
Waste of money if you ask me (I know no one did).

It doesn't look like the kind of car that would go 0-60 in 5 sec. The wheels wells and the area around the weels look Vibe GT-esque. The wheels themselves look dinky IMHO, the engine compartment looks no better than my old 3.4L Impala (ICK!), and the interior looks like a slimmed down honda acura with fake stone/wood applique - boring....

Save your $70 grand! Take out 6 and put a supercharger on the Marauder and then spend the other $64 grand on something more usefull than a Caddilac STS V - like a golf cart!

[blackf0rk]

Article said it had 18" wheels All the more power to them. They still look dinky ;) :depress:

It's really because of the way the car sits on the wheels, AND the spacing in the wheels wells - why is that the foriegn car companies have only caught on that proper distances in every way really makes the car look great!

Well, at least American car companies have figured out tires offsets and are starting to get rid of that humungous ugly gap between the outside of the wheel and the outside of the fender well.

Case-in-point - look at all the late 90's buick models, you could hide a whole other car in there! LOL