It rides really really smooth. Thats all it was built for. Oh and shitting out the head gasket on the 3rd owner at 170k
>used cadillacs
>evet
Are there ANY redeeming qualities to the Northstar V8? Any at all?
Chase Bell
Cooper Williams
Unfortunate. I really love the caddy's that come with this engine. It's a shame it's so terrible
Adrian Cox
Did the truth behind the giant micrometer ever come out?
Matthew Anderson
Their actually pretty neat, shame they are so unreliable.
I picked up a shitty $300 STS to run in a V8 enduro, I'm interested to see if it'll last.
Jonathan Lewis
Putting factory studs back in is asking for trouble. The aftermarket has already fixed the issue. IIRC the DIY kit to bulletproof the studs was around $600 or you can pay the shop to do it for around $1200-1500. Once this is done, they're apparently very reliable engines.
Last article I saw on it showed a 25% failure rate by 100k miles for 92-99 models and a 10% failure rate by 100k miles in 00-02 models.
Don't buy one with 400k miles that's had shitty studs put in it five times.
Go to a self service junkyard. They generally cost the same as any other block.
Bodging a 350 into a transverse Cadillac with a different transmission bolt pattern might not be as easy as you expect. The SBC, BBC, and 6.2/6.5 all share a pattern but the Northstar shares it's pattern with the GM V6 engines.
Jack Brown
That's some very helpful information user, thanks. When looking at a used one of these, what's the best way to tell if the head gasket is on the way out? Besides the obvious white smoke haha
Luis Bailey
May I present to you: The modern V8 Limpala
en.wikipedia.org
Goofy shit. Good luck finding one.
Oh. God dammit. 60 degree V6 pattern. My typin' outran my brain on that one haha
Hudson Reed
>transverse FWD LS
Jesus fuck.
It's almost as weird as VW deciding that the VR6 could do with one cylinder less and putting the resulting VR5 into all the things.
Parker Richardson
>Turbo V6 seville when
>muh ego-boost cadillac
Sebastian Diaz
What?