Thread: BB chevy in a 67 cad

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Why does he want to do it, has a bunch of money laying around and doesn't know what to do with it? MIKEY DON'T DO IT! That Cad motor is the not only what belongs there, unless he spends some time on the 454 performance he will be disappointed.

Why is it the Chevy is ALWAYS thought of to be better some how?

If the excuse has the good running 454 and the Cad motor is shot, heck sell the 454 (there is a line around the block for it) and rebuild the Cad motor. Unless it is a bolt in (don't know) it is ALWAYS easier to work with the original motor. And that Cad is a good one.

Good to see you over here Mikey!!

Brian

Thanks halftanked, HI Brian ,
Here's the deal. A kid who hangs around next door bought this caddy from a car lot. It had some kind of warrantee.

The motor went away, and the dealer messed around with it for a while until they decided it was a bad idea for them to fix it.

So they give the kid back the car with a check for 4G.

He already has a running 454 and came and asked me if I wanted to help get the motor in the car. I told him I would look into what was involved. I did some searches about it, found nothing other than how blasphemous it was to consider anything but a Cad in a Cad.

So I posted this thread.

I am not familiar with caddy motors or 67 cadillac frame structure at all so I figured it was easier to post here and call upon the CHR members vast knowledge, than for me to drive to hollister with a tape measure and crawl around in the dirt for hours .

I will tell the kid to sell the BB and pool that cash into a rebuild of the 429..(although I don't know if the block is trashed. That was never discussed )

Thanks for reading this, mikey