Build: Cadillac 500cid - Page 3

greencadillacmatt · #31 (**permalink**) 10-22-09, 06:25 PM

How bad is the rust in the cylinder? Can you post a pic? If it is light enough rust you may be able to hone it. Good luck!

csbuckn · #32 (**permalink**) 10-22-09, 10:44 PM

500 block.jpg

Slacker · #33 (**permalink**) 10-23-09, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by cadillac_al

I have been having a hard time to find engine mounts too. All the parts places have the frame mounts listed as motor mounts but no actual engine mounts. Every Google search brings up hundreds of frame mounts but no engine mounts. I don't know what else they would be called.

The places I've asked for the non-rubber side of the mount (just metal), they said you'd have to go to a junk yard to pick them up. I'm assuming this is because it's a part that normally wouldn't need replacing whereas the rubber can go on the other half of the mount.

csbuckn · #34 (**permalink**) 10-23-09, 03:32 PM

i was thinking that cadillac king guy would have some mounts. all those acres of cadillacs...he has to have something. i have a guy on my craigslist that has a 425 but he rejected my offer for the parts. maybe ill email him again

deVille33 · #35 (**permalink**) 10-23-09, 11:10 PM

What about the mounts that came with your 425? Would they adapt to your application?

csbuckn · #36 (**permalink**) 10-23-09, 11:53 PM

yea, I got mine from the 425 and they work. Do the ones from the 368 work also?

deVille33 · #37 (**permalink**) 10-24-09, 10:39 AM

Not sure. Have zero experience with 368. There are similarities with all these blocks and they may intrchange.

greencadillacmatt · #38 (**permalink**) 10-24-09, 04:01 PM

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that the 472, 500, 425, and 368 all use the same engine block, with different bores, strokes, and heads. The blocks are all physically the same. So it would make sense that the metal part of the mount should interchange between all of them. Just an idea.

outsider · #39 (**permalink**) 11-11-09, 10:31 AM

^ That sounds correct according to what I've read

csbuckn · #40 (**permalink**) 11-19-09, 09:48 PM

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here she is, back from the shop. Got a 454 TBI too. But I got a couple questions. If I use the TH400, can I still use the digital speedometer? Also, is there a stock driveaxle that will bolt up to the TH400/500? Maybe one that can be shortened easily. The shop still has the heads and they'll probably need guides and a valve job.

01devilledts · #41 (**permalink**) 11-19-09, 10:23 PM

Looks great, glad to see im not the only one with a black 500 block

86fleetwood541 · #42 (**permalink**) 11-21-09, 01:59 AM

hey man ou have helped me out a couple of times and told me to watch this thread im post poning my build till I get my suttlement from disability, how much did it cost to get it looking so beautiful?

csbuckn · #43 (**permalink**) 11-21-09, 10:35 AM

tanked, flux, decking, cyl hone, centerline crank/cam hone, cam bearings, frost plugs, drill extra oil drainback hole and paint for 200 at a small machine shop.

csbuckn · #44 (**permalink**) 11-21-09, 01:17 PM

Also, has anybody ever welded the spider gears to make posi? I heard its easy and cheap

**jayoldschool** · #45 (**permalink**) 11-21-09, 04:11 PM

Wow! Great price. What's the heads/cam/pistons/intake that you are going with?

Oh, don't weld up your spiders. It will not be fun to drive on the street. That is for drag only cars. To be perfectly honest, you only need posi if you are going to be accelerating at full throttle from a dead stop on a regular basis. I have a posi in my SS, and it gets used, but never really use the posi in my Caprice wagon. All my other cars have open rear carriers, and they are fine.