Re: [Chevelle-List] caddy motor part 2

2002-05-13 Thread malibuSS
www.mortec.com/ is a good site for decoding numbers for big or small blocksheads. John - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send

Re: [Chevelle-List] caddy motor

2002-05-13 Thread michael andrews
--Thanks guys, the caddy motor is a 1968 472 with 375hp @ 4400 and 525 torq at 3000 rpm and 10.5:1 compression ratiowow, thats stock! oh no, somethings going to brake ;) Is it true that a caddy motor only weighs about 40lbs more that a 350? and that a caddy weighs in at around 5000 lbs

Re: [Chevelle-List] Caddy Motor

2002-05-12 Thread michael andrews
--Hey, the 72 ended up having not a 425 but a 472 caddy motor! any one have any specs on this motor? how much power stock and torq?? any help would be great guys! mike - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To

Re: [Chevelle-List] Caddy Motor

2002-05-12 Thread Kelly C. Hanna
At 07:28 AM 5/12/2002 -0700, you wrote: --Hey, the 72 ended up having not a 425 but a 472 caddy motor! any one have any specs on this motor? how much power stock and torq?? any help would be great guys! Good deal, don't know the specs, but that's a much better motor. Kelly Jana Hanna

Re: [Chevelle-List] caddy motor

2002-05-12 Thread LXVIISS
Michael, I hope you have an older Caddy engine than Sarah lists below. The 1969 version of the 472 had 10.5:1 compression, 375 HP at 4400 RPM, 525 lb-ft torque at 3000 RPM. The 1970 version had 10:1 compression, same HP and torque rating (hmmm?). The 1971 version had 8.5:1 compression, 345

Re: [Chevelle-List] caddy motor part 2

2002-05-12 Thread michael andrews
--I know this is a chevelle list but the caddy motor is in a chevelle! I have another question to ask about ithow do I tell what year the motor is? I know by the numbers on the block but is there a site to decode this? thanks again michael On Sun, 12 May 2002 22:49:07 LXVIISS wrote: