A V8 Alero

i agree...take what you have and make it faster!!!!!!

I just saw the post where you mentioned the shop class, as in high school shop? Man that could take all year to do that. If you really want this done, I would to a race fabrication type of shop. You know, somebody that builds race cars for a living.

[SilverBullet256]

and like he said, throwing it in there would throw everything off, after you add that the car would barely be a driveable car, well i mean you can drive it, but it would only be good for racing or a show car, has no practical purpose unless you plan on racing or doing shows hardcore, and like he said, it could take you a very long time to do it and i dont think a shop class would be able to handle it in any way, sorry man

[AGT]

Originally posted by mike2002@Feb 2 2005, 09:08 AM
i love people's first posts.......they always have such big plans.....lol

Exactly...besides is a caddy engine the best to use? I think I would rather the money into our engines like springs

[springs fastest alero]

Originally posted by flalero@Feb 4 2005, 10:14 AM
I just saw the post where you mentioned the shop class, as in high school shop? Man that could take all year to do that. If you really want this done, I would to a race fabrication type of shop. You know, somebody that builds race cars for a living.

it would take a while even if its a dedicated project from a professional shop
I'll easily have 1000+ hrs into my car when done
granted its not just an engine project.
building the car to handle that kind of power is not a fast task.
I've seen what having my car to 300 hp has done to things on the car
so I have an idea what needs to be done to handle the new goals.
if you are starting to build this much power for the first time, you are going to break all kinds of exotic parts.
not meaning to discourage but its not just as easy as bolting the motor in running some wires and callin it a day.
if you dont want this car to fall apart, you will have to do some serious work

[SilverBullet256]

my thoughts exactly, cant just throw it in :thumbsup:

This may be stupid question because no one has asked it yet, but yoru you goign to convert it to RWD or keep it FWD, im pretty shure theres a FWD northstar thou.

it gonna be hella lotta work, but there was one thread started about a guy putting a Northstar into an MR2 on here and maybe you could email him for advice. Grouch you have the thread somehwere? I can't help it.

[Spilner521]

Originally posted by RAVAGE214@Feb 16 2005, 12:42 AM
im pretty shure theres a FWD northstar thou.

there is..its in the aurora. big ass engine though. my mom has it in her aurora. i was lookin at it the other day...i'm not sure the whole thing will even fit in an alero.

Originally posted by Spilner521+Feb 16 2005, 02:41 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Spilner521 @ Feb 16 2005, 02:41 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-RAVAGE214@Feb 16 2005, 12:42 AM
im pretty shure theres a FWD northstar thou.

there is..its in the aurora. big ass engine though. my mom has it in her aurora. i was lookin at it the other day...i'm not sure the whole thing will even fit in an alero. [/b][/quote]
I thought the aurora had its own V8? The same one they use in the Indy cars that dominated only those used methenol

[SilverBullet256]

ok for one, they have to northstars which are fwd in the aurora's and if i remember correctly even a caddy northstar would work, but you just have to get the fwd tranny to match, idk, if i were you i would go AWD, with a certain caddy engine, you know what im talking about john :thumbsup:

[mike2002]

like the old fart next door "just throw a 350 in it" his awnser to all questions to life, the 350, gods gift to man lol, anyways

did someone say shop class? i doubt your shop teacher has the know how to pull this off, engine transplants like this are about 100x more complicated than taken that 305 out of your monte for a 350 back in the day. and to top it off, the northstar and 4t80e are the most complicated setups in gm's lineup...

fyi, the aurora 4.0 "northstar" shares the same physical dimensions as the cadillac 4.6 northstar. its just de-bored, only difference (of course the heads are different, combustion chamber size...but you get the idea) the aurora is a 4.0 version of the "sls" motor

[SilverBullet256]

thats what i was thinking, and yes a northstar will fit, gm did it themselves in the 442 alero :thumbsup:

[SilverBullet256]

this si the picture i believe