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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Fort Worth
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Any kits for BB Cadilac Install in a 69 truck with 350
I have looked at Longhornman's site andit is good but I am more of a bolt on man and would like to know if there is a kit.
I have located an engine for 300 and I am considering this swap.
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1969 Chevy LWB - with shaved handles; 3 1/2 front/ 5 1/2 rear drop; (waiting to be put back together) |
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its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
Posts: 2,693
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Here you go. An online catalog for caddy info and parts.
http://500cid.com/mts/cat/index.htm |
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Olive Branch,MS,USA
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72 GMC Sierra SWB almost finished---- 84 Softail Olive Branch MS |
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Saukville, WI
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This is an easy swap, as far as swaps go.
Not quite bolt in, but not difficult as far as engine swaps go. I swapped a 500 caddy into a 78 malibu wagon a few years back. Only took about two weekends to do that - and that's a much tighter fit. A better source for info on the swap is found at the web site www.500cid.com There is a message board there dedicated to caddy motor swaps into all kinds of vehicles. MTS is the company that runs the board - They can sell you plates that bolt to the caddy motor mounts, but you still have to drill the plates to match your crossmember, and then weld the plates together. I used used some 1/2 inch plate, and drilled it to fit. Have fun, those suckers are truly torque pigs! If you're looking for more fun yet, take a 76 block and bolt on 1970 heads. The chamber CCs go from 120 to 76, compression jumps from 8.5 to 12. I run 108 octane in it, but man does it move! Have Fun!!! |
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its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
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That's a great way to blow up a piston or 8.
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Saukville, WI
Posts: 28
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You know, you should be right, but those caddy long blocks are amazingly stought (and cheap).
I have a couple of caddy 500 blocks sitting in my barn, so I really didn't care if it grenaded itself, but two years later its still running strong! |
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: missouri city, tx
Posts: 4,486
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you could sell those 500 blocks on the parts board!
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