Cadillac 429 rebuild

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Just a bit of dimensioning for you lot too!


While I'm at it


Rover V8 is definitely bigger measured up today



The caddy block is



570mm tall
560mm wide rocker to rocker
460mm wide at the base of the bellhousing
The block itself to the end of the water pump pulley is 690mm long
The block from the back to the end of the fan if I keep it on there is 775mm





Now the Rover V8 is

705mm long from the back of the block to the end of the pulley (on a short nose TVR)
540mm tall from base of the sump to top of the rocker
500mm wide rocker to rocker
843mm long from the end of the clutch cover to the front of the fan


So the Caddy is a little wider but it is a bit shorter too, not much but every little helps on this build! the flywheel makes no odds as that'll be inside the bellhousing anyway and the fan will probably be lost so I can make it a bit shorter!
 
Hay Doc, forget about your ****ty little cadi engine, put this one in, think you will need a bigger gearbox as well:D:D
















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Rubins4 said:
Doc, this is an insane engine swap. Fair play to you and best of luck :cool::thumbup:
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whats insane about it??still less powerfull than my rrc..perfectly sane..though there are plently better more powerful engines out there..but not at the price doc got his for!
 
Nothing to do with power or price. It seems to be a less than straight forward job and he's cracking on with it despite various set backs. I dont see many others chucking unusual engines in their series either, myself included.
 
true..but in their range rovers yes...more mad than docs...and disco's
 
Rubins4 said:
Nothing to do with power or price. It seems to be a less than straight forward job and he's cracking on with it despite various set backs. I dont see many others chucking unusual engines in their series either, myself included.
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Well it does need to be ready in a couple of months so pace is the game ;)
It'll be awesome when it's in though! :D
 
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Is it being 4x4 how? Ive lost track already
And why the time scale?

Asking out of interest not taking the **** ( although the seat link may have been):D
 
Yeah its selectable 4x4 but will be running rear wheel most of the time :)

Time scale as it needs to be done and through the mot by feb due to it being needed for a laning trip ;) once the engine is welded in place that's me done! Gearbox to transfer adaptor is dead simple and then all we need to do is rebuild the body work :) gearbox tunnel and inner bulkhead then plumb the rear mounted rad and temp gauge needs sorting too!
 
discomark10 said:
What you got in yours?
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6.2 turbo..

and a 4l quad cam superchargerd..custom flywheel.homemade all of it except flywheel..but thats was the easy bit..putting it on air,running aftermarket ecu's lsd,s fitting late interior..etc.in a suffix a both of dem..
 
are you fitting a elec helper pump to aid coolant circulation.

I had a rear mounted rad and header tank in my series1 , although it cooled it down I felt a pump would have helped alot
 
Spunka said:
are you fitting a elec helper pump to aid coolant circulation.

I had a rear mounted rad and header tank in my series1 , although it cooled it down I felt a pump would have helped alot
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Nah be reet, using the caddy rad and it'll be running two fans so properly cooled!


Helper shouldn't make much of a difference but if its needed at a later date I can just cut a pipe and fit one
 
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