4.9L OHV Cadillac V8 swap, will it fit?
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:13 pm
WhiteWolf, I have a 3100 in my car stock, so a 3400 would not be any bigger at all. The Q4 engines take up a lot of room too, you just have more space behind and in front of the motor.
nocutt: Yes even at just 200hp, having a flatter torque curve of a V8 would defiantly smoke. I rode in a 4door caddy with the 4.9 and I think it was the deville, not sure but it's bigger than the one I'm looking at, and I know it had a 4.9 pushrod in it as I saw it. But anyways with all that weight that vehicle could get up and move. It blasted off the line and flew! Mind you this was with 3 adults in the car too!
I'm not sure that weight would be increased much. It's aluminum block so probably weighs about the same as the 3100... Suspension probably wouldn't have to be re-worked since I already have done that before.
nocutt: Yes even at just 200hp, having a flatter torque curve of a V8 would defiantly smoke. I rode in a 4door caddy with the 4.9 and I think it was the deville, not sure but it's bigger than the one I'm looking at, and I know it had a 4.9 pushrod in it as I saw it. But anyways with all that weight that vehicle could get up and move. It blasted off the line and flew! Mind you this was with 3 adults in the car too!
I'm not sure that weight would be increased much. It's aluminum block so probably weighs about the same as the 3100... Suspension probably wouldn't have to be re-worked since I already have done that before.