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Longhorn Man · 08-20-2006, 08:37 PM

While the parts aren't cheap for a caddy... I've never seen a cheap part for a BBC either. Heck, I gave away my old 402 when i saw the prices of parts. PPl pay STUPID money for BBC stuff.
The cad motor you can have in almost any junk yard for 200 bucks or less. The heads really don't need replaced onless damaged, they flow fine. The headers is a sore spot to me... I love (good) headers and they are kinda spendy to have them in a caddy powered anything. However, manifolds do work fine, and many ppl prefer them. An aftermarket intake for a cad is 250 bucks... never bothered looking at BBC intakes, but I'm sure ther aren't a whole lot cheaper.
If you want low buck, bone stock is good, and still makes a butt load of power, and is drop dead reliable.
Or a small block chevy is cheap too.

08-20-2006, 08:37 PM	#6
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: caddy 500 vs gm crate 454 While the parts aren't cheap for a caddy... I've never seen a cheap part for a BBC either. Heck, I gave away my old 402 when i saw the prices of parts. PPl pay STUPID money for BBC stuff. The cad motor you can have in almost any junk yard for 200 bucks or less. The heads really don't need replaced onless damaged, they flow fine. The headers is a sore spot to me... I love (good) headers and they are kinda spendy to have them in a caddy powered anything. However, manifolds do work fine, and many ppl prefer them. An aftermarket intake for a cad is 250 bucks... never bothered looking at BBC intakes, but I'm sure ther aren't a whole lot cheaper. If you want low buck, bone stock is good, and still makes a butt load of power, and is drop dead reliable. Or a small block chevy is cheap too.