2004 Cadillac CTS-V Race Car - Project Badillac

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The final Lexan install looks great, but again, all of this work only dropped 9 pounds. We still like these removable Lexan windows for the rear, as they can be unbolted without breaking the glass or needing special cutting tools, which we needed to attack...

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Even the two "flex" feed lines from the master cylinder to the ABS brick (which we purchased new for an S550) had to be cut for new S197 tube nuts (both were the larger M12 sizes) and re-flared. This wrapped up the plumbing for the brake system and the ABS...

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Project Update for September 20th, 2022: The last update here was April '22 and I'm updating it again in September - only a five month gap - so we're getting caught up on many build threads. I used one of the boring "sea days" on board a cruise (Sept 17th) to write much of this update, and...

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This unique aluminum manifold below was spec'd and ordered, which has three threaded openings for 1/2" NPT fittings. Two are for the two common sizes of heater hoses used on this LS7 water pump: 5/8" and 3/4" hose barb. These stainless steel fittings...

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Next up was the fuel filter - which was tiny unit that was hard to access (behind the now much taller intake). Nobody knew how old that filter was so we convinced Jason to allow us to change to a better design.



This Radium Engineering...

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Project Update: September 5th, 2022: The CTS-V owned by Jason McCall is still here at Vorshlag, but it has been driving for some time. Some "scope creep" happened, and continued supply chain / manpower / tuner delays drug things out a bit. It is nearly done now, as you can see below.
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NEW BRAKE LINES FOR NEW ABS

Once the ABS pump was mounted we were stuck waiting on a lot of fittings and stainless 3/16" line - some fittings took weeks to arrive (welcome to 2020). The brake hard lines were in rough shape on this car with lots of...

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Project Update: December 2, 2020: The 2020 year was pretty crazy for us here at Vorshlag. We had some people leave, hired and trained new people, and got side-tracked on the Vorshlag building construction and the addition of another CNC machine. Most of our "project build threads" have not...

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Project Introduction - May 6th, 2020: This road race car entered our shop during the global pandemic, when we (thought we) had an opening for another build. The owner is a friend of mine that I went to college with, Jason McCall, and he had been trying to get this car into Vorshlag for years. He bought...