'71 Deville 472 cam and header help

[mclife]

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum, but I have been reading through a lot of the posts, and it sounds like there's a lot of knowledgeabe folks in here.

I just bought a 1971 Cadillac Coupe Deville. I has a rebuilt 472 from a '74. It runs pretty good right now, but I am going to give it a solid tuneup. So here are some of my questions.

1. I definitely want to switch to HEI, and leaning towards the Pertronix Ignitor. Any reason to get the Ignitor II instead? Worthwhile to upgrade to Flamethrower coil?

2. Anyone run a performance cam in their 472? Which ones are good, any links or names would be helpful.

3. Header suggestions? Heads suggestions?

I guess I don't want to go too crazy or expensive with the engine mods. I won't be racing it or anything, just nice to have a little power and a good sound. and a good ride. Thanks.

--Matt

[Allante North *]

I've seen some nice chrome shorty headers on Ebay under Cadillac in the exhaust section. They can be had for about $125.00. Cam is a different subject. There are some Caddy speciality dealers out there that can get you what you want with just a bit of info. Potter Automotive in Chattanooga

http://www.cadillacperformanceparts.com/ Also

http://www.cad500parts.com/index.htm


and http://www.hwforums.com/2089/ . Lux Hauler know a guy that he got some parts from that is pretty good with Caddys. Maybe he will chime in(I think his name is J Walker)

Good Luck

[lux hauler]

Yeah.....John Walker (Torque Inc.). Let me know if you'd like to talk to him. I can get you his email and/or phone number.

Do a search here about headers......I've posted about those chrome ones before.

[davesdeville]

Originally Posted by Allante North *

http://www.hwforums.com/2089/

Are we allowed to post links to other forums now?

http://www.***************/forum/

No, apparently not.

[mclife]

Anyone know if those block hugger headers on ebay will fit a 1971 coupe deville?

[Angela Desmond]

as for your cam question, it depends on what RPM range the engine will run in. If you put a high lift, long duration cam in an engine running stock manifolds with no port work and stock compression, you'll end up with a horrible running engine that you'll hate to drive. Slightly wilder than stock cam with a good 2-plane intake and the shorty headers will give you a much more drivable vehicle. For some simple cam choices, check out MTS's site...

[jammie]

Originally Posted by lux hauler

Yeah.....John Walker (Torque Inc.). Let me know if you'd like to talk to him. I can get you his email and/or phone number.

Do a search here about headers......I've posted about those chrome ones before.

Well, I would like to talk to him considering I have payed him an engine two years ago that he never delivered. Now I can not find him to make him return my money, so if you have contact that he can be reached for real it would help me a lot.
Thanks,
Jammie

[Hooligan63]

Originally Posted by davesdeville

Are we allowed to post links to other forums now?

http://www.***************/forum/

No, apparently not.

You need to make a certain amount of posts first before you can post links to other sites.