Question on a V8 swap

*sighs* If i were you, i would put on your flamesuit…


I will offer some advice… Just go to hybridz.org

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who needs a v8 8)

someone who grew up around v8's and misses it? Might sound sacrilegious to some of you to put a v8 in a z31, but i love my Z and want to make it unique.

EDIT: And thanks bleakdragonmage, i completely overlooked hybridz, my bad.

Hate to tell you, but you might be more unique than most, but there are still a couple of us around that have v8 swapped Z's.

Myself
Alf
ChapparelZ
and i believe someone is even stuffing a 500 Cadillac engine in a Z31, although i forgot his name.

Alf has a mini write-up that covers some stuff.

After you purchase some of the stuff, if you run into any snags, you can PM me and i can help as well.

Well first off, O_O to the 500 cadillac engine being stuffed in one xD.

And yeah I know people have done it, it would be pretty ignorant to think that it's never been done :lol:

It's going to be a pretty long term project as well, so when I get into it more i'll probably end up PM'ing you about it. Thanks for the help man.

Yea, that was my response. I don't think it will fit, its too big. The exhaust manifolds will probably hand over the frame-rails. But hey, i guess we'll see.

More power to him is all i have to say xD I'm couldn't even imagine trying to wrangle that thing in there.

Yeah the Cadillac 500ci has one hell of a world record under it's belt, it's been in the fastest gas internal combustion engine powered car. Would certainly make for a hell of a Z, sounds like it might take some major cutting and maybe even some welding to widen and lengthen the bay.

That'd be Trbulnt. I am releasing no further details :twisted:

He hasn't updated his thread in like 3 weeks. I still don't think it will fit without modifying the frame rails. I could be wrong though… Would be cool to see, but that 500 cadillac is such a big engine.

Wasn't the caddy 500cui motor in a fwd car?

For the 1970 model year, the Eldorado introduced the new 500 cu in (8.2 l) V8 engine, the largest-ever production V8, rated SAE gross 400 hp (298 kW) and 550 ft·lbf (746 N·m) in 1970, that would be an Eldorado exclusive until it became standard on all full sized Cadillacs in the 1975 model year

El Dorado - FWD
Fleetwood - RWD
Deville - RWD
Calais - RWD

So yes originally it was but it was also found in quite a few RWD cars as well. The weird thing is I'm looking at pics of ElDorado engine bays and the engine is facing forward. Wonder what the curb weight is on these things. They'd make for great drag cars if they were lighter :lol:

If your going v8 go with the LSX 6.0L VQ9 with the 4L80E auto trans. Turbocharged of coarse.

Only a 6 liter? LS7 7L :nanan?re