2006 Cadillac Xlr V Convertible 2-door 4.4l on 2040-cars
Paramus, New Jersey, United States
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Cadillac's V-series is to that nameplate what AMG is to Mercedes or M is to BMW. It's the high-performance wing of the company, where the original product (and its price) gets kicked up some serious notches. It is also a pretty brave enterprise at Cadillac Details on the engine The 4.4-liter supercharged version of GM's Northstar V-8 is an
exceedingly sophisticated engine. Pressurized by a GM-designed and patented
Roots-type blower made by Eaton, the engine supplies prodigious torque throughout
most of its operating range. Continuously variable valve timing at all four
cams undoubtedly helps spread the available torque around so the car almost
always responds to a jab at the pedal with a surge of acceleration.
That blower is housed in a casting that is integrated
with the Laminova tube-type intercooler and the intake tract in one rigid unit,
and it works extremely well at reducing unwanted supercharger whine. The engine block is a unique casting that provides
improved coolant flow and has a new oil gallery to supply under-piston cooling
jets. Lower-compression cast-alloy pistons necessitated a rebalancing of the
crankshaft, and the accessory drive required a redesign and a new, wider
three-sheave pulley to power the blower. That's no small issue, since the
supercharger soaks up nearly 80 horsepower at maximum speed. Still, the engine manages to keep some of that extra power to
itself, punching out 443 horsepower at 6400 rpm, enough to propel this
3840-pound convertible to 60 mph in 4.7 seconds and through the quarter-mile in
13 seconds flat. More important to everyday users is the 414 pound-feet of
torque, of which 90 percent is available between 2200 and 6000 rpm. |
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