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Dyno’d: Hennessey V700 Cadillac CTS-V [w/video]

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Filed under: Aftermarket , Sedan , Performance , Videos , Cadillac Common view of the 2010 Cadillac CTS-V Hennessey V700 – Click above for a high-res image gallery We wouldn’t blame you if you threw a skeptical eye on the 2010 Cadillac CTS-V Hennessey V700 power claims. After all, more than 700 horsepower at the crank is hefty chunk of grunt, even from a supercharged small block. Fortunately, John Hennessey has been kind enough to allow the kids at Inside Line to stick his four-door beastie on the rollers for all to see. How’d it do

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Dyno’d: Hennessey V700 Cadillac CTS-V [w/video]

Quick Spin: Hennessey V700 is crazy, fast [w/video]

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Filed under: Aftermarket , Sedan , Performance , Videos , Cadillac 2010 Hennessey V700 – Click above for high-res image gallery There are two kinds of people in the world. The first kind drives Cadillac’s supercharged CTS-V , experiences the thrill of 556 horsepower paired with 551 pound-feet of torque and declares, “This thing is a monster. This is the fastest, most incredible American performance sedan ever made.” Then you have the other type of person, the kind that takes the 4,300-pound CTS-V to 60 miles per hour in just over four seconds, runs the quarter-mile in 12.5 seconds at 115 mph and says, “Meh.” Should you fall into that second category, John Hennessey has got a car for you. John’s calling it the Hennessey V700 and, as you might have ascertained, it’s a Cadillac CTS-V pumped up on the best auto-steroids available in the Houston area

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Hennessey’s Cadillac CTS-V ready for prime time [w/video]

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Filed under: Aftermarket , Sedan , Performance , Videos , Cadillac Hennessey Cadillac CTS-V – Click above to watch the video after the jump When we were fortunate enough to have a Cadillac CTS-V for a week to review , we said it was “one of the finest cars on the road today and one of the best vehicles ever built by General Motors.” Of course, there’s always room for improvement. At least Hennessey Performance thinks so, and they have come up with the V700 upgrade package that boosts the supercharged 6.2-liter V8 to more than 700 horsepower. What does it take to squeeze more than 150 more horsepower out of the LSA V8? Hennessey adds a cold air induction system, a smaller supercharger pulley, a new engine management system, long tube headers, three-inch exhaust system with high-flow cats, an upgraded intercooler, more aggressive cam, and high-flow heads.

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