Is that a 500 caddy motor?

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/4580263429.html

in the bed of an S10..

Nothing wrong here boys.

I approve! I think it's the perfect location for the engine.

It is pretty cool. I applaud them for using a vintage style Cadillac air cleaner on, of all things, a Cadillac engine.

I bet it does hella wheelies.

That looks pretty well done. And it's reasonably subtle with the tonneau cover on.

I pick-up with zero load capacity. Gotta love the design irony. I am guessing an Eldorado FWD stuck in the bed?

Incomplete project, needs an identical powerplant up front.

In reply to Kenny_McCormic:

Both of them making the late 70s 190 hp for laughs.

IIRC, the 500s can make serious powah. That chassis has no idea what it's in for.

The earlier 500s made serious power dead stock, the 70 was 400hp and 550 ft/lb, with 10:1 compression.

all that and the radiator is in the bed too?

Kenny_McCormic wrote: The earlier 500s made serious power dead stock, the 70 was 400hp and 550 ft/lb, with 10:1 compression.

That and it doesn't weigh any more than an all iron Chevy 350 small block, I believe. Both are around 600 pounds.

In reply to dculberson:

And being a very wide motor, as I recall, tossing the giant iron intake lightens it up considerably.

I remember reading in Hot Rod when I was just a wee lad, they combined one model year junkyard caddy short block with another year cylinder heads and ended up with something like 12 or 13:1 Compression ratio. They shoehorned it into a ragged out chevette and took it to the strip. They had like $500 in the whole rig.

Kenny_McCormic wrote: The earlier 500s made serious power dead stock, the 70 was 400hp and 550 ft/lb, with 10:1 compression.

Gross. Not SAE net until '72. Want to see how they stack up? '72 and '71 engines are virtually identical. Look at how much bigger '71's numbers are.

Kenny_McCormic wrote: In reply to dculberson: And being a very wide motor, as I recall, tossing the giant iron intake lightens it up considerably.

Yes it does. Edelbrock makes an intake for it, it's pricey compared to, say, a SBC or SBF manifold. But the intake and a set of tubing headers shave a LOT of poundage from the motor. Yeah they are BIG motors too. But they were way overbuilt, they just don't seem to break.

Holy. Shist.

Thanks, thanks a lot.

Now I've spent the last few hours researching these engines, parts, and if I can swap it into my car.

I hate this place sometimes.

Carro Atrezzi wrote:

Kenny_McCormic wrote: The earlier 500s made serious power dead stock, the 70 was 400hp and 550 ft/lb, with 10:1 compression.

Gross. Not SAE net until '72. Want to see how they stack up? '72 and '71 engines are virtually identical. Look at how much bigger '71's numbers are.

They dropped compression in 71, and emissions was quickly slowing them down at the same time, not a very fair comparison. Gross is more or less what the longblock is capable of, I don't care what it actually made with extra lean jetting, breathing 200*f air, restrictive exhaust, and a huge old AC compressor.

Yet another Challenge idea. I know its been done, now its time to do it bigger!

Honestly for 3k it's a pretty awesome toy