Re: duece engine conversion

From: Patrick Jankowiak (recycler@swbell.net)
Date: Thu Apr 13 2006 - 16:44:28 PDT


Cadillac 500? made for the cubes and reliability, not a bored and stroked
454. I think one year has peak torque of 500FT-LBS at 1800RPM. Be sure
whetever, that you buy an engine with the torque curve you need, down low,
not a high-revving drag motor.

PJ

SETOYOTA@aol.com wrote:

> Has anyone ever put a 502 big block or the like into a M35 or M135 series
> truck. Would like to use one of those crate engines. I have been thinking of
> doing this to a M211 and installing a newer auto trany. I think this would be
> a fairly good tow vehicle with a decent road speed.
>
> Any thoughts on this.
>
> Chuck Herbert
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