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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Stealth on October 21, 2005, 12:58:39 am
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I'm bored, and since i already have to replace a lifter in the 6.0 L engine in the cadillac, i decided i'm just going to bite the bullet and do a complete engine swap...
Which to do:
A) 500 c.i. cadillac engine (until recently, the largest V8 to ever go into a serial produced car. cadillac: 1970-76)
(http://www.mcsmk8.com/cadillacs/MVC-009F.JPG)
(http://www.mcsmk8.com/80CAD-500/80CAD-03.JPG)
B) 350c.i. Corvette LT1 engine
(http://www.wtfman.com/lolo/83coupe/12.jpg)
(http://www.wtfman.com/lolo/83coupe/n3.jpg)
the 500 is the easiest to swap, but the lt1 has the most performance upgrades, and the most 'potential', although getting it to fit, and modifiying everything else isn't going to be much fun. both are 500+ HP, 600+ ft lbs torque
what think?
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well I always say do things the hard way, especaly if it's the better way.
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i lik the 'vette engine, its probibly lighter. and i like the way the airflow off the supercharger looks.
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well.....for me the reason is practical....and i've always been a Big Block Man. you can get 8 miles to the gallon, or 8 miles to the gallon, and with the price of gas....go for the 350.
but damn if it ain't good to see a thread about a V8 instead of how to make a car sound like an angry bumblebee
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Um... best mpg one?
Of course, I just bought a Renault Clio, so maybe I'm not the best person to comment :)
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6.0 L :jaw:
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Originally posted by aldo_14
Um... best mpg one?
Of course, I just bought a Renault Clio, so maybe I'm not the best person to comment :)
Clio's good. Reliable. Had one for five years, 120 thousand Kms on it, never gave me trouble, never had to take it to the shop other than the scheduled check-ups. And I got an average of 17 Km/l out of it, and up to 20 Km/l on good, level roads.
Which model did you get? I suppose they don't sell the 1.0l models in Europe...?
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i know ive said this a million times
BRING BACK THE ****ING PINTO!!!!!
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Put a 1.8L B18c5 in there! :p
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Originally posted by aldo_14
Um... best mpg one?
Of course, I just bought a Renault Clio, so maybe I'm not the best person to comment :)
New?
And Stealth, I'd go with option B.
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to reply to all:
Nuke: Actually both are pretty close in weight... the 500 with an aluminum intake manifold will be really close to the lt1
aldo and shadow: remember this isn't supposed to be practical. it's going to be a weekend / rape 'ricers' and 'muscle' cars kind of car.
thing with the 500, is it will bolt right onto the engine mounts of the 6.0 i have at the moment. here's your trivia for the day: the four cadillac 'big blocks' of 1968+ were the 368, the 424, and 474 and the 500. all four engines had the exact same external dimentions... the block was identical, the only thing that was different was the bore size, etc... so the engine will drop right in the place of the 6.0, and bolt right up to the stock transmission (a turbo 400, one of the best transmissions in the world to date... still used on tons of hotrods). the biggest 'modification' i'd have to do would be replace the cooling assembly for the bigger engine. with the 350, there would be a lot more welding and modificating involved, and the cost would probably run me a couple thousand more.
either way i'd be suprised if either one ends up costing less than $8k
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Originally posted by vyper
New?
Used.
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Originally posted by Stealth
modificating
Word of the day. :D:yes:
And for $8,000, you could probably stretch to something like this:
http://www.novaload.net/features/viewfeature.php?ref=1274
You know you want to... ;7
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Originally posted by pyro-manic
Word of the day. :D:yes:
hehe you like that, eh? ;)
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go for the best gas mileage
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again, lol, i've got a little mitsubishi for gas mileage... this one i'm not worried about gas mileage... it's a car designed for fun. it's like not buying a lamborghini diablo just because of the gas mileage... :)
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Definitely put the Unreal engine in it.
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Originally posted by pyro-manic
Word of the day. :D:yes:
And for $8,000, you could probably stretch to something like this:
http://www.novaload.net/features/viewfeature.php?ref=1274
You know you want to... ;7
Wow, that debate underneath the picture is pure class.
Originally posted by Stealth
again, lol, i've got a little mitsubishi for gas mileage
And here I was moaning 'cos you had bought a bland jap-box.....
oh, proper motor:
(http://premium1.uploadit.org/magatsu1//Photo002.jpg)
(http://premium1.uploadit.org/magatsu1//Photo001.jpg)
got a ropey sill and only a few weeks MOT :shaking:
I'm going to college to do Body Work Repairs but the course is 3 years but hasn't even started yet, :shaking: :shaking:
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Originally posted by pyro-manic
Word of the day. :D:yes:
And for $8,000, you could probably stretch to something like this:
http://www.novaload.net/features/viewfeature.php?ref=1274
You know you want to... ;7
My god, it's neds on the net!
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:lol:
That is scary reading, is it really too much brainpower to figure out where all the required letters are?
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Shut tit youze, or ahl chib ye in the nut!
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The awesomeness of your car is inversely proportional to its MPG. Besides once we run out of petrol, we can always go back to whale oil.
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Originally posted by PhReAk
The awesomeness of your car is inversely proportional to its MPG. Besides once we run out of petrol, we can always go back to whale oil.
can't figure out if that's a compliment to my car or an insult... :p
do you even know what my car looks like?
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Originally posted by PhReAk
The awesomeness of your car is inversely proportional to its MPG. Besides once we run out of petrol, we can always go back to whale oil.
On the plus side, some of us will be able to actually afford our petrol bills :p
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Originally posted by aldo_14
On the plus side, some of us will be able to actually afford our petrol bills :p
hey my mitsubishi is getting 30 MPG :)
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47 :D
Having a pokey wee car has it's advantages. ;)
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Originally posted by Stealth
can't figure out if that's a compliment to my car or an insult... :p
do you even know what my car looks like?
yea its a giant black caddie - you've posted it a few times.
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Originally posted by PhReAk
yea its a giant black caddie - you've posted it a few times.
so you were insulting it..... ok.
h8 :-/
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i don't see where i insulted it. besides v8 = win.
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Originally posted by Flipside
:lol:
That is scary reading, is it really too much brainpower to figure out where all the required letters are?
's great, innit? :D
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Originally posted by PhReAk
i don't see where i insulted it. besides v8 = win.
oh ok, didn't know if you were being sarcastic or not :p
i'm actually thinking about getting the 500.
$5500 would probably be the total for the actual engine, that's a 550 HP, 650+ ft lbs torque engine, ready to go in... carbureted (850 cfm carb). i'm thinking about nitrous injection too... 150 shot.