V-8 Conversions

[Brett Dikeman]

At 9:16 PM -0500 4/2/02, Ray Rollins wrote:
>How about a Northstar to Type 89 or 44. 300hp 32valves 4 or 4.6 leters,
>lightweight/compact, can be controlled with a cheep Holly computer and there
>is an adapter to connect it to the Quattro drivetrain. I have been thinking
>about this swap for a while.

Well, among other things, Caddy V8 reliability and build quality
doesn't really score up at the top.  Remember the fiasco with the
engine fires etc?  I seem to remember some head warping/coolant
related problems as well?  I think it's partly why they came up with
Northstar...much easier to add a few lines of code to the ECU to shut
off every other cylinder when the engine starts to overheat than to
actually fix the real problem :-)

Brett
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