95oldsVan Posted February 3, 2006 Report Posted February 3, 2006 Was just curious if anyone has ever done a V8 swap into a W body. Or maybe even the 4.3 V6 or larger etc.if so any info or links?Im just curious and want to read about it.Not going to do it myself though. Thanks! Quote
Prospeeder Posted February 3, 2006 Report Posted February 3, 2006 Some one did a northstar V8 and RWD swap into a 96 Grand Prix GTP Quote
95oldsVan Posted February 3, 2006 Author Report Posted February 3, 2006 Some one did a northstar V8 and RWD swap into a 96 Grand Prix GTP Damn mustve been expensive.What about a FWD V8?Anyone know? Quote
Crazy K Posted February 3, 2006 Report Posted February 3, 2006 I have heard of installing 4.9 caddy engines! But those engines are horrible, IIRC they are all aluminium and wear out the bores or rings, thus suffer from low compression, and have poor headgskets. I've also heard that from the these motors require a alumaseal stopleak additve from the factory. A company calles ASG in indianapolis takes and blueprints the 4.9 caddy engine and uses stronger components and calls their built engine ASG 5.0 and you must upgrade to a electronic tranny too. read!!! http://www.angelfire.com/stars/mycaddy/asg.htm Quote
TeeJay3800 Posted February 3, 2006 Report Posted February 3, 2006 There was a guy on this forum who had a Lumina Z34 with the ASG 5.0/4T60E swapped in. I haven't seen him on here in over a year or so... Quote
White93z34 Posted February 3, 2006 Report Posted February 3, 2006 i really wonder if that asg 5.0 is worth the effort, i don't know what those caddy engines put out from the factory, but it looks to be a TBI setup ( i could be wrong though ) i'd think it would net you about the same power as the 3.4 thats riped out to swap it in. i know i've seen a caddy northstar swaped into a second gen grand prix, but i do believe those engine bays are larger then our first gen cars. Quote
mfewtrail Posted February 3, 2006 Report Posted February 3, 2006 There was a 95+ Monte or Lumina posted on clubgp a while back that had a 300hp Northstar swapped into it. If it was a Monte, I'm sure you could find it on the MyMonte site. EDIT: I believe this should be the thread over at MyMonte w/ the car I mentioned. http://www.mymonte.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?t=5702&highlight=northstar+swap Quote
SigEpCutlass Posted February 3, 2006 Report Posted February 3, 2006 Some one did a northstar V8 and RWD swap into a 96 Grand Prix GTP Damn mustve been expensive.What about a FWD V8?Anyone know? I believe there's a guy with a 95 ot 96 Monte Carlo that swapped in a Northstar as well. You might try looking that up on MyMonte.com Quote
Rocketman Posted February 3, 2006 Report Posted February 3, 2006 I saw this on cardomain a while back, looks like he updated it recently. This is what I want to go with my GP only with a turbo 3.8 http://www.cardomain.com/ride/665715 Quote
Tru2Chevy Posted February 3, 2006 Report Posted February 3, 2006 The ASG 5.0 caddy motor is supposed to be good for 300hp. Much improved from the factory numbers IIRC. - Justin Quote
Euro Posted February 3, 2006 Report Posted February 3, 2006 There was a guy on this forum who had a Lumina Z34 with the ASG 5.0/4T60E swapped in. I haven't seen him on here in over a year or so... i think we kinda chased his ricer ass outa here Quote
joey b Posted February 3, 2006 Report Posted February 3, 2006 300 hp maybe, but it still runs barely under 15's in the 1/4. And for that price you could get a nice L67, which is a better engine, gets better MPG, and would beat that ASG up and down. If you want a V8 just to have it, but have less power as a result, go with it. Quote
AWeb80 Posted February 3, 2006 Report Posted February 3, 2006 Some one did a northstar V8 and RWD swap into a 96 Grand Prix GTP That is Travis, SoccrplayrGTP on Clubgp. he is cool Quote
92LuminaRS Posted February 4, 2006 Report Posted February 4, 2006 i think we kinda chased his ricer ass outa here Was that the white car with the black stripes and ghetto spoiler? EDIT: http://video.2fast2real.com/Player.aspx?fileid=F5A431DC-53D1-42DB-AE56-631E50ECE09F :worship: :worship: Fuck Yeah! :worship: :worship: Quote
dohcfiend Posted February 4, 2006 Report Posted February 4, 2006 i seen a second gen gp be4 with a n*, talked to the owner too. he sold it on ebay for a measly 6k. some1 got a fuckin deal. edit:oops i mean 5th gen. Quote
95oldsVan Posted February 4, 2006 Author Report Posted February 4, 2006 I saw this on cardomain a while back, looks like he updated it recently. This is what I want to go with my GP only with a turbo 3.8 http://www.cardomain.com/ride/665715 That car is badass but damn thats alot of work!At least hes having fun making all the changed as he goes.Should be a nice set up when its all finished. Ive heard of people doing FWD caddy swaps with them older 4.9 V8's and i never liked them engines much.They leak all the time and the ones I worked on years back at the Caddy dealer always ran a bit too hot.Didnt have alot of power for a small V8 anyways,not by today standards either. Id rather do a decent FWD swap with the best V6's out there or a small V8 that packs a punch.However,even though I used to own a 86 Corvette with a modded engine and rear,and have always been a V8 guy,theres something to be said about making a V6 fast too. Quote
Turbocharged400sbc Posted February 4, 2006 Report Posted February 4, 2006 we would love to have two of the new 440 Hp supercharged/intercooled 4.4L N* V8's from the new CTSV for the 442... whether its a Aspirated V6, Turbo V6, or a nifty V8...if one is good... TWO is better 4 wheel drive doesnt hurt either Quote
Turbocharged400sbc Posted February 4, 2006 Report Posted February 4, 2006 Oh and ya cant ferget this Lumina! (Grandma's car on crack lol) http://video.2fast2real.com/Player.aspx?fileid=F5A431DC-53D1-42DB-AE56-631E50ECE09F&p=0 :shock: Quote
92LuminaRS Posted February 4, 2006 Report Posted February 4, 2006 Oh and ya cant ferget this Lumina! (Grandma's car on crack lol) http://video.2fast2real.com/Player.aspx?fileid=F5A431DC-53D1-42DB-AE56-631E50ECE09F&p=0 I already posted that link, but those pics are sick Quote
95oldsVan Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Posted February 5, 2006 That GN Twin turbo set up,RWD is what GM should have offered as well.I love FWD cars but they just didnt have enough RWD cars in their line up back in the 90's.That Lumina RWD conversion set up is truly badazz! Quote
brianteel Posted February 5, 2006 Report Posted February 5, 2006 i would love to try adn install the LS3 into a w-body Quote
92LuminaRS Posted February 5, 2006 Report Posted February 5, 2006 i would love to try adn install the LS3 into a w-body I'll let you install one in my car as a test run Quote
brianteel Posted February 5, 2006 Report Posted February 5, 2006 go buy the setup for 4k...there is one always on ebay that comes with the pedal Quote
GnatGoSplat Posted February 6, 2006 Report Posted February 6, 2006 LS4 is the only V8 worth attempting to install into a W-body if you plan to keep it FWD. Caddy pushrod V8's were not good engines. The Northstar is overly complicated, difficult to work on, and too much work to fit into a gen 1 W-body, although they fit easily into the 2nd gen from what I've been told. Quote
brianteel Posted February 7, 2006 Report Posted February 7, 2006 yeah the LS4 is what i was thinking of.....the GXP motor Quote
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