Cadillac 429 rebuild

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flat said:
yeah i have, no worse than anyone else thats established on the forum, he doesnt endlessly chase them round their threads like you seem to do.

Ok maybe not reaming, but your like a dog with a bone.

So what if its his third motor, its his motor, if he wants to spend all his time dicking about and not taking advice then fine, if he didnt want your advice in the first place then why are you constantly trying to ram it down his throat?

let him make his own mistakes (or not) life is a learning curve, i for one find his madcap as hell projects quite amusing.
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It really is a case of not having any other goals in life other than to make an arse of himself


You know the rule mate america is always right no matter what!
 
fett said:
is this the same series with the 2 rv8's then?
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Yeah.......I got the RV8 running nicely in it but then my mate offered me this engine so it just had to go in


Thor1950 said:
There are several others giving advice on this. I got a little more experience on GM than Doc;) 405 was wrong and was trying to point that out. Kinda like fitting 1.8k parts into a td5:rolleyes::D.
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So what if it was wrong, I stated the correct one a few posts back but couldn't be arsed checking......
It makes no difference either wether its a 405 or 402 or a ####ing 440 the only thing that matters is the PCD on the flywheel
 
Dr_evil said:
Yeah.......I got the RV8 running nicely in it but then my mate offered me this engine so it just had to go in





So what if it was wrong, I stated the correct one a few posts back but couldn't be arsed checking......
It makes no difference either wether its a 405 or 402 or a ####ing 440 the only thing that matters is the PCD on the flywheel
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and dia and tooth count??

you may get lucky with a gm flywheel,but dont discount importing one from states, it really aint that expensive..save alot of grief maybe?
 
tooth count is 158 or 168 cant remember, diameter is 14" so it'll fit inside a small block bellhousing


It might do but the point is I'd still need to find one that has the correct PCD to match the crank
 
Dr_evil said:
tooth count is 158 or 168 cant remember, diameter is 14" so it'll fit inside a small block bellhousing


It might do but the point is I'd still need to find one that has the correct PCD to match the crank
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168 if it is a 14" Gm fly wheel 153 teeth on 12 3/4" fly wheel

Doc believe a 13 flywheel is the one for small block bell housing, for a 14" fly wheel you need a big block bell housing
 
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fett said:
sounds good, you not gonna leave it running after 2 years work u really gonna take it out again?

can you not find another one to put it in?
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Its only been a year so far :p



I'm so tempted to just bolt the R380 into it but I've got the bits I need for the conversion now bar flywheel. Gearbox is a much tougher one than the R380 and it'll mate up to the LT230 using a divorced coupling that and nothing says crazy like a 7.03L V8 :eek: :D


I've got all the bits coming my way now and should have just enough time to do this!
 
Dr_evil said:
no I just cant be arsed looking to see if its a 402 or a 405,


obviously they're not apple for apple but I have the important measurements so I can see if it'll be a close fit as well as the total tooth count so I can get a starter for it if it'll fit
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The tooth count has nothing to do with the starter. You only have a choice of 2 starters. That is determined by the bolt pattern on the engine block. The 2 bolt holes for the starter are either inline or off set.
 
I thought the new corvette motor was about that big crammed in to the size of a small block externally now? anyway it doesnt matter, I am just wondering what doc acutually has?
 
Thor1950 said:
The tooth count has nothing to do with the starter. You only have a choice of 2 starters. That is determined by the bolt pattern on the engine block. The 2 bolt holes for the starter are either inline or off set.
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Well no I have the choice of whatever starter I want as I can mount anything using an adaptor to the block or bellhousing
 
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