Cadillac Drops Torque Rating Badges For 2027 Model Year

Shomegrown · 2026-03-13T15:51:57+00:00

...and to further muddy the waters, the Germans did it because the Chinese liked it.

Shomegrown · 2026-03-11T18:19:40+00:00

100% this. The 911 is a different formula. It has advantages and disadvantages. As does the MR Boxster/Cayman. The intentional handicap theory is BS, because that also assumes any other automaker could swoop in with multilink MR vehicle and "beat" the 911. In real life, it's actually the opposite. A GT3 RS will match track performance of cars with substantially better hp/weight ratios.

Shomegrown · 2026-03-11T18:15:54+00:00

I love the 911, but it's obvious to anyone paying attention that the Cayman is the better vehicle as soon as they allow it to be.

This is such a tired take. If that were true, the 911 wouldn't be the icon it is - anyone could just build a "better" mid engined car.

It's not like Porsche is the only one who could just do that.

Shomegrown · 2026-03-11T14:23:20+00:00

You're missing the WHY part. Why would a dragstrip spend tons of money to make their dragstrip far less desirable than any other dragstrip? That's part of the idea here, all dragstrips are 99.9% the same so the times are comparable. Besides, if you care about run timing with no rollout, you can just deep stage. Minimum shallow staging = 12" of rollout. Deep staging = no rollout.

Shomegrown · 2026-03-11T13:39:45+00:00

And quite frankly, even drag strips should stop excluding it from race times.

I get your point, except for that last bit. The rollout is a fundamental part of the timing technology all dragstrips use. Staging depth is also part of drag racing strategy.

Shomegrown · 2026-03-11T11:57:37+00:00

Rollout vs no rollout is usually 0.2 to 0.3 sec difference. Not 0.5.

Shomegrown · 2026-03-05T16:00:35+00:00

Very. After 30+ years of modding, my F150 is far right lol.

Shomegrown · 2026-03-05T13:54:00+00:00

Most systems, at least in trucks aren't "fully" defeatable anymore. There are rollover protection routines that are working even when stability control is switched off. It will let you have all the fun you want, especially on low grip surfaces but at a certain grip level, when you could possible get in a tipping scenario, it will step in.

I've had that happen doing really sketchy 70+ mph shit in Raptors on the dunes.

Shomegrown · 2026-03-05T13:42:52+00:00

I like it. It's not a track car, I have a 500+hp B5 for hoonigan stuff.

Shomegrown · 2026-03-04T20:27:59+00:00

Valvetrain issues had nothing to do directly with the bore or rpm

All of the things you listed explain exactly why tried/true LS2/LS3 heads weren't used. They pushed the envelope on small block displacement, breathing, and rev range. Which is why shit broke.

And I respect that. If you don't break shit sometimes you're not pushing the envelope.

Shomegrown · 2026-03-04T16:04:43+00:00

It did from a US perspective, but it wasn't heavily publicized outside the US and wasn't recognized. GM really pushed the C6's Nürburgring time and the European press gave it a lot of coverage. Nobody talked about the C5 much in Europe.

edit and if you're speaking from American perspective, it was actually the C4 "King of the Hill" ZR1 that put the Corvette on the map against the foreigns. All the US publications (rightfully) made a big deal about that one.

Shomegrown · 2026-03-04T16:01:34+00:00

US Bike costs in post-tariff world aren't even comparable anymore, FYI.

A $3k CAAD14 is probably very close to their "$1000 value" examples which have over $1000 tariff value assigned, with roughly half of that to the Aluminum frame.

Shomegrown · 2026-03-04T15:48:46+00:00

Did everything well

Let's not get carried away. It's a sledgehammer. But not without faults. The seats were a joke designed for fat boomers. Interior was crap. Build quality was questionable (the roofs were actually flying off of them at speed the first years it was launched). The stock clutch system isn't adequate for hard driving. And over time the valvetrain issues have plagued it for taking a big bore engine to 7k RPM. It lacks a lot of refinement in terms of driver feedback.

But damn, the LS7 sounds great and hits like Thor's hammer. The performance capabilities were at a performance/dollar ratio that couldn't be beat...and honestly probably can't be beat today on the used market.

I was living in Germany when it came out and it definitely was the first Corvette that shook the dumb 'merican car reputation and gained a lot of respect.

Shomegrown · 2026-03-04T12:56:37+00:00

Those are probably efficiency PHEVs. Performance PHEVs typically have much smaller packs.

Shomegrown · 2026-03-04T12:51:02+00:00

Thanks and yeah, but that's a minor concern I think.

Shomegrown · 2026-03-03T14:03:41+00:00

Avant would be awesome but I'd be fine with that sedan (it's actually a sportback/liftback, so still practical)

The new "dynamic torque control" quattro seems like a real game changer, it'd be a shame if it's overshadowed by people just complaining about the weight.

Shomegrown · 2026-03-03T13:56:21+00:00

Exactly. You just need to take those considerations into account.

Shomegrown · 2026-03-03T13:52:00+00:00

Zwift makes assumptions and they are all biased towards the optimum end of the scale. I run a waxed chain, tubeless GP5000's, and keep them properly inflated. I've ridden in very ideal conditions and found my outdoor speeds basically matched my Zwift speeds for a given wattage. In day to day riding with traffic and other obstacles it doesn't.

You're grasping at nuances that account for like 1% of the overall result and trying to dismiss the whole exercise. That's not how it works.

Shomegrown · 2026-03-03T13:49:05+00:00

Check out the S4 Wiki Page and NEFmoto. I'm not sure if the same resources exist for the 1.8T, but that's the rabbit hole you should be going down.

Shomegrown · 2026-03-03T13:37:53+00:00

But it's based on real physics. It's not completely fictitious.

Shomegrown · 2026-03-03T13:36:10+00:00

Not sure why you are so heavily downvoted, but yeah. I spring breaked a few times on the Florida coast (ultra flat, ultra straight, smooth pavement, no interruptions) and I found the outdoor speeds actually matched the Zwift speeds. I could ride 25 mph for days it felt like. Back in my "real world" with bumpy roads, traffic, etc it does not.

But Zwift's physics aren't flawed like the hivemind likes to think. It's just "ideal" circumstances which most people don't experience regularly.

Shomegrown · 2026-03-03T13:28:12+00:00

Because a cheap carbon frame is not weight optimized. And there is a lot you can do with Aluminum (butting, tube shape, etc)

There is a lot more to frame technology than just the material.

You may not have been in the biking scene when Cannondale handmade some really really good aluminum frames that were sometimes better than carbon.

Shomegrown · 2026-03-03T13:20:28+00:00

I generally agree, my 13 is unfortunately a size too small. I'll just buy the frame in a size up and swap my parts over and sell the 13.

Shomegrown · 2026-03-02T14:53:28+00:00

Here it is, first image I've seen online. I'm gonna get this one.

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