The modern age of horsepower is the golden age of horsepower. It’s true. By the time you’re reading this I’ll be at Beech Bend, making the first passes down the dragstrip in a Chrysler that should have never seen a modification to see if a few bolt-ons and a set of heads is good enough for a high-twelve. LS-powered Camaros are running eleven-second quarters with little more than a turbocharger or a healthy dose of nitrous. Mustangs all across the world are running harder than ever. And just in case you had any ammunition against my argument, I present the “ILWALKU” Cadillac CTS-V coupe. It’s one mean mother, but what all has been done to it? According to BigKleib34, the Caddy has a cold air intake, a supercharger pulley swap, meth injection, a cat-back exhaust, a cam swap, a five-gallon ice chest and an “eBay heat exchanger”, slicks, race seats, and a tune. Nothing too radical, no engine swap, and no major gutting of the car, yet here it is, running a best of ten-flat at Cecil County Dragway. That would’ve run just off of the competitive pace of the 1970 Pro Stock class, and unlike those cars, this one has all of the bells and whistles, plus license plates and insurance. A ten-second Cadillac. Some day, we will be telling our kids and grandkids all about these machines..
