Cadillac 429 rebuild

This should make one hell of a series glad I can follow his post's even though he has blocked me. I do agree with Zen on the subject though. Looking forward to seeing this beast running!

I'm gonna pop into see Malcolm and ask him, if it'll work he'll know. The mans been working with engines for over 30 years!

If I'm lucky he may even have an old truck flywheel in similar size to the RV8 one that'll fit

Starter Motors and Flywheel Manufacturers for the Motorsport Industry | Ark Racing

flywheel maker..done mine

re what will work..anything will...its what is safe that counts...480 torques...before you boost it!...studs!! drilling flywheel..no.
use the money you would spend on the girlfriends xmas pressie to buy flywheel..fit and forget..simples..

or auto..same lenght anyway..well close

Had a look at that site now, they're saying use an 8mm adaptor well mines gonna be at least half an inch thick to clear the bell housing adaptorso it'll definitely take the strain as I'll use a high grade steel.

Will ask Malcolm tomorrow afternoon anyway to see what he knows, same with his mate that deals with HD gearboxes!

fett said:

you sure its only 40kg heavier and that its smaller than rv8?

That doesnt sound like a cast iron big block to me?

Also I though a 429 was a ford motor? you sure its not a small block chevy?

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Doc says it is a 71 caddy engine. Caddy only used a 429, 340hp from 64-67 models

They it was either a 472 or 500 cid in the 70's

No I said it was a 60's engine!

Dr_evil said:

No I said it was a 60's engine!

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you started it with saying was a 71 caddy. must not of seen you change/correction as to year and weight 600 lbs dry weight

well 595lbs is 270kg but I'll let you off on that one only 5 off yeah I thought it was a 440 as did he as thats what the V5 said but then we found the engine number

Dr_evil said:

No I said it was a 60's engine!

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No when you started crowing about your caddy engine you said it was a 71 and then I said that would be a 472 or a 500 cid then was mentioned the check engine ID to make sure. But this was on another thread. It is hard to keep track as you have so many threads about 1 project

Thor1950 said:

No when you started crowing about your caddy engine you said it was a 71 and then I said that would be a 472 or a 500 cid then was mentioned the check engine ID to make sure. But this was on another thread. It is hard to keep track as you have so many threads about 1 project

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Did you read the post above this before you replied

how are you going to pass the emission test for that V8

Why would I ? Its far too old to need anything more than low CO readout plus I know a garage

Dr_evil said:

Why would I ? Its far too old to need anything more than low CO readout plus I know a garage

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you got all the answers and no results.

We watch wheeler dealer (Brit show) and on one of there shows they bought a few US cars and 1 was a v8 muscle car passed california emissions test. Any way they shipped in back to the UK and fixed what needed to be fixed took it for testing and it failed the emission test.They got it to pass but it involved alot of extra work

AS that caddy will fail the emission test

As I said......I know a garage

Dr_evil said:

As I said......I know a garage

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That's ok having a "friendly" garage. but you might have to consider the possiblity of being pulled over and checked out by VOSA

i'm sure you could put measures in place to reduce the co2


if it does come to that, you never know it may be up to spec anyway

Freelaner said:

That's ok having a "friendly" garage. but you might have to consider the possiblity of being pulled over and checked out by VOSA

i'm sure you could put measures in place to reduce the co2


if it does come to that, you never know it may be up to spec anyway

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Wouldn't be hard I suppose, could always make it run a little lean too just for MOT

Dr_evil said:

Wouldn't be hard I suppose, could always make it run a little lean too just for MOT

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Voila

an engine only has to pass the emission tests in place art the time of the engine manufacture.

that is why we buy a lot of "crate" lumps from the states, but yu have to be able to prove date of manufacture.

From DVLA


Petrol vehicles used before August 1975 and diesel vehicles used before August 1979 are tested by sight. So I could actually run it normal, just make sure its not spitting flames or anything


Yet again, well played america

The easy option is just to test it on the regular limits for the age of your vehicle.

Pre '92 the CO limit is 3.0%, and you've got problems if it's running that bloody rich!

If yours is pre '75 you're all good anyway, but if you've not got a sniffer you want to get it on there for a tune up, although ideally get a Wideband sensor in there for road tuning