Cadillac on the Salt

[The Dark Side of Will]

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/12/vide ... ecord-for/

1800+ HP on *gasoline* on a production 2 BOLT block and production CAST crankshaft with ported production cylinder heads.

2JZ what?

[Emc209i]

How and where do you tune something like that?

[Atilla the Fun]

"a custom Cadillac V8 measuring 529 cubic inches (8.8 liters) in capacity, boosted by a pair of intercooled 88mm turbochargers, custom forged rods, solid roller cam, ported heads and oversized valves"
529 means stroker, and even if they offset-ground the original crank, that's still not a "stock" crank.
And considering what they were doing, they should have been de-stroking a 472.

[The Dark Side of Will]

It's not a *stock* crank, but it is a *production* crank. It's probably been nitrided and had a few other interesting things done to it as well.
It's offset ground *DOWN* to BBC journal size.
I think 1800 HP on a production cast crank is damned impressive.

[Fastback86]

First-hand account:

http://www.motortrend.com/features/perf ... index.html

[The Dark Side of Will]

"a custom Cadillac V8 measuring 529 cubic inches (8.8 liters) in capacity, boosted by a pair of intercooled 88mm turbochargers, custom forged rods, solid roller cam, ported heads and oversized valves"
529 means stroker, and even if they offset-ground the original crank, that's still not a "stock" crank.
And considering what they were doing, they should have been de-stroking a 472.

472 and 500 have the same bore. Absent regulations limiting displacement, bigger is better.
Also, the big block Caddy architecture has 4 head bolts per cylinder. Stock they are 1/2" bolts tightened to 105 ftlbs. I don't even want to know what size/torque the Spectre engine uses.

[Aaron]

Fastback's link was very entertaining!

"Word is that the intercooler is so efficient that air enters the intake plenum at a frosty 39 degrees Fahrenheit."

That's fucking amazing. I want.

[Emc209i]

Did you see how big it is? It's as large as the block.

[The Dark Side of Will]

It's basically an ice chest with air passages through it.

[The Dark Side of Will]

Didn't have a better place to put this:

http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/engi ... ewall.html