WELL.....Holdener blew the sucker up!
I've been waiting for months, .... for that? Hell, talk about disappointment.
What, no intercooler, no E85 or racing gas as with countless other engines? I wonder what head gaskets he was using. Hopefully not the ones from David Freiburger. If budgets are/were that tight I would have fronted the money for a set of head gaskets.
This is the funkiest time of the year for many of us to get projects worked on. The weather sucks in most of the country, the pandemic doesn't help wherever you are, money is tight, ... so pick any other negatives you want to finalize this rant:
Why was it OUR engine that seems to have been treated as the red-headed step child?
The above is just one man's frustrations showing. Sorry. I'm sure that Richard has had other brands show less well than they might have. This engine was built over in New Mexico by those with Cadillac experience so it's safe to expect that attention was given to the details. So, what the hell happened? Inquiring minds want to know. Builders of other Cadillac big blocks
would love to know. Hell, my 18 years project NEEDS To KNOW. It all begs the question, why???
For those who may be reading this, please forgive me but I keep coming back with edits. This one involves the "other" Cadillac engine that was boosted in New Mexico with a ProCharger. That engine not only lived, but excelled! It was also subject to 9 pounds of boost, but really showed it's stuff when improved exhausts headers helped expel the hot gases. It has me wondering if the back pressure from the small turbo, combined with likely higher cylinder pressures due to a smaller camshaft, might be the culprit. Anyway, take a look at the horsepower and torque numbers provided by the Procharger engine.
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(No offense intended to any red-headed step child living or dead.)