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Re: [GMCnet] new engines for the GMCs [message #316599 is a reply to message #316595] Tue, 25 April 2017 13:25 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Ken Henderson is currently offline  Ken Henderson   United States
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'Way, 'way back, Pete Pappas bought a Northstar front end and spent many
hours contemplating its possibilities for the GMC. I sat with him through
some of that. Neither of us could visualize any way to meld the two;
certainly not without a new front frame clip.

He abandoned the idea and instead RV'd an RTS bus. Seemed think that was
easier, even if it did take him a couple of years. :-)

Ken H.


On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 1:24 PM, Kerry Pinkerton
wrote:

> Since the title of this thread is new engines and not just LS conversions,
> let me throw this out.
>
> Has anyone looked at the Caddy Northstar. The supercharged version had
> gobs of horsepower and torque and bolted up to a modern FWD overdrive
> tranny.
> I don't know anything about the rear end ratio but the performance
> versions of the Caddy could really scoot so I'm thinking multiple ratios
> were
> available.
> --
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