4 Door Corvette ZO6

New daily driver. Retired a 3rd gen 4runner that I bought over 8 years ago at 180k miles. Has 290k now. Will become offroad only vehicle.

2004 Cadillac CTS-V (2509 units built)
LS6 5.7L v8 ZO6 motor, 6-speed tremec
73k miles, 1 owner, show room quality
Car is literally 99% perfect

Going to be a slow build with following.
Ford 8.8 rear end swap
Stage 4 cam
Upgraded valvetrain
Headers, exhaust, intake pipe, manifold ,90mm TB
150 shot wet nitrous kit
Monster clutch

 

Always wanted one of those. Hard to find one without 150k miles.

 

And if you do find one they want $20k!

 

Adding some pictures. Loving this car every second I'm in it.

 

That is a sweet caddy. Dumb question..why swap for a ford 8.8 rear end?

 

Thanks man. It's a fun family car for sure.

Caddy decided to keep the base cts rear end that barely can handle the stock ls6 HP which is about 360hp to the wheels. It also has major wheel hop. The stock 8.8 can handle about 600whp. Upgraded axles it can handle 1000+whp.

 

Ohhhh I see now. Guess GM was trying to save money by sticking the base rear end. 600 HP!! that will be a fast fun family car lol.

 

Yeah goal I'd about 470whp on motor and 600whp on the bottle. Decided to go nitrous instead of supercharger.

 

V with a legend Honda.

 

First oil change. Mobil 1 5w-30 full synthetic and AC Delco extra capacity oil filter. Need to clean out the garage. Burned the clutch a.little with my driveway incline and lift ramps. Lol.

 

Installed an intake. Dont add much but sounds good.

 

That CTSV needs aftermarket cyl heads and ported LSA blower that should get you about 850rwhp

 

Very nice!

 

I almost sold my 1996 4runner to buy a zl1 lsa charger but didnt do it. I think I might just do cam and bolt ons to get her near 500whp. It's more than enough for a DD.

 

Short throw shifter installed. Bronze shifter bushing. Poly shifter bushing. 1lb weighted SS shift knob.

 

New rear tires. 9.6" wide to 10.8" wide.

 

When you swap the Ford 8.8, are you going to use a solid axle or an IRS?

My Mustang has a solid 8.8 with 3.55 gears, and it had crazy wheel hop when I first bought it. After upgrading the upper and lower control arms and adding lowering springs, it's much more stable and does exactly what I want during "spirited driving."

Nice car!

 

Definently keeping it IRS. Using the early cobra mustang or Lincoln 8.8 and 1000hp half shaft axles. With few mods it will no hop much. Still want to keep that daily driver feel.

 

FWIW, you could also get the 8.8 IRS in the Thunderbird/Cougar, just in case you spot one at a salvage yard or CoPart.

I had a ‘96 Cougar that came from the factory with the 8.8 IRS with 3.27 LSD. I would always surprise people with that car by leaving a red light sideways.

 

Yea I will be looking at anything. I really need it to have the 373 and lsd to make the swap easier and cheaper. Those are cool cars though!