Thats a heck of a combo. Im going to use either the 7 inch olds rods or the 6.735 inch olds rods in mine. You say mid 12's in the Coup Deville? Thats probably a 4500-5000lb car, so they say drop a second of your et for every 1000lbs of weight. That would make a Gremlin(providing good traction) run somewhere in the mid to upper 10's! On pump gas! John, you ever need Caddy info, go to www.500cid.com Click on the largest Cad forum and then go to the message board. Its filled with tons of info. Rod - In gremlintime@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "John Ferguson III" <liberty_valence@xxxx> wrote: > Well, I'm not sure, because I bought the engine used (from a rolled > Chevelle). Here's what I know: 1973 472 Fleetwood block, 1971 Eldorado > heads, 1971 500 crank, offset-ground to a 4.625" stroke, BB Chevy rods. > Intake is the Edelbrock Performer, with an 800cfm Quadrajet. The Caddy runs > mid-12's on the motor & 12-flat on the bottle. > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "hemmigremmie <hemmigremmie@xxxx>" <hemmigremmie@xxxx> > Reply-To: gremlintime@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: gremlintime@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [gremlintime] Re: 500 cu.in Cadd-O-Grem 540 stroker > Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 23:51:23 -0000 > > 540 stroker! Ive read about them. I bet thats a fun ride even in a > bigger car. What did it cost ya? Im thinkin bout using either the 7 > inch or the 6.735 inch Olds Rods since the Caddy Rods are the weakest > link. I thought about calling it "THE GREMILLAC" Im hoping for a fun > ride in it. Hey, At least its loosing the sbc! HG > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus