[Gmecm] What's the 500

[Jason M.]

He read my list of cars on the last reply.  I'm putting a 1976 Cadillac 8.2L 
(500ci) engine in my '85 caprice "resto mod" project.  From similar engine 
builds it should put out between 350-400 hp and somewhere around 500-550 
lbs/ft at the crank.  The eventual plan will be to build a port fuel 
injection system for it and ether twin turbo or a larger belt driven 
supercharger.  At the same time a custom crank, rods, and pistons would be 
used so the parts would be forged instead of cast and displacement would 
rise to around 540ci.  Max on these engines is ~570ci.

And yes I plan to break a couple 700r4's.  The first one going behind it is 
the original to the car, I do plan on replacing the servo with ether the 
"corvette" or the sever service servo, maybe some other stuff.  At the very 
least I'm going to destroy the clutch and bands, but I expect to blow apart 
the planetary gear cage.  Going to try to take it easy...

Next summer I'm hoping to have the body work done, car painted, drive train 
mocked up... possibly running.  Doubt it since I also have to build a 305 
and possibly convert a car to fuel injection, and the Cadillac needs to get 
freshened up.  Also have to install a 4 link frame clip on a friends '73 
omega.

Jason
1965 galaxie 500, 352FE
1982 "el caprice" 350 olds power
1985 caprice, 500 Cadillac
1992 caprice, 305
1973 cb350, 325cc

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <burntkat at sc.rr.com>
To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 1:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Gmecm] TPS for diesel


> BTW-- what's a 500? We're talking about a 350-- 5.7L V8. There's lots
> of people running the 700R4 behind them, with no problems at all. Last
> I checked the 5.7 only puts out about 270 ft/lbs of torque-- WELL
> within the comfort range of any decent 700R4 build. Many gasser 700's
> live with this sort of torque on them with no problems-- even more
> torque, in fact. Ft/lbs are ft/lbs...