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Re: Whoa...

Mr. Stuckey wrote...

Personally, although an aluminum pushrod 350 would be fine, my choice
would be the Northstar V8, which is aluminum, and extremely compact 
for
what it contains.  Since the centre of gravity for the engine would be
closer to the front axle, you would have a lower polar moment of 
inertia
for the whole car.  The available power far exceeds anything the I-5 
could
achieve, and the smoothness and economy would be fantastic.  
Furthermore,
the Northstar revs much more freely than the I-5, and runs smoother 
all
the way to the redline, which is higher than the I-5.  Win-Win-Win-Win

Later,
Graydon D. Stuckey
'89 Thunderbird SuperCoupe
'86 Audi 5000 CS Quattro
'86 Mazda RX7 GXL 2+2
'85 Mazda RX7 GS


I have been dreaming about this conversion ever since I drove an STS. 
This is what the v8 should have been. Also you should have mentioned 
great reliability and good parts availability

The biggest problem may be in the electronics, I don't know the best 
way to do it (ie keep some Audi stuff, try to integrate it with the 
Cadillac, or go with Cadillac for everything, a major rewire) .

Another possibility would be to use a Buick v6 from a Grand National, 
a lot more power, but a lot of turbo lag.....

Graydon, why don't you try the conversion, and work out the bugs for 
us..... :)