Cadzilla's are ok within certain parameters.....

I've had several people ask me why more people don't build modern day "Studilacs" -a popular swap in the '50's was stuffing a Cadillac V8 into a Studebaker coupe.  I saw an article in "Street Rodder" where a guy had put a 472 Cad V8 / TH400 in a '61 Impala. It certainly made it a nice driver, and the 472 moved the big car quite briskly-quicker than the 283 or 348 V8s that were available stock. I knew a guy who put a 500 Cad into his '79 Chevy Pickup. It was a great tow rig.  Another acquaintence put a 472 Cad into an '81 Firebird. I know other guys that put them in '78-88 "G" bodies-Cutlass, Monte Carlo, Regal, etc. It's a cheap easy power infusion to be sure-anything 472 or 500 cubes is going to have massive low-end torque. The downside is, these engines are not high revvers-I mean their pretty much done by 4,500 rpm. Edelbrock makes a Performer manifold for them, but that's about it. There's not a lot of hot-rod parts for them. Depending on what body your running-a 455 Pontiac or Olds or Buick would be a much better choice, for two reasons.  The BOP 455's are reliable up to 5,800 rpm. And there are heads, cams, headers, intakes, crank kits etc available for these engines. It would be a lot cheaper and easier to build a 500 hp Pontiac or Olds than it would a Cadillac. Further-LS engines are getting cheap enough and plentiful enough in trucks and SUV's in junkyards that they may be a better way to go, and their's certainly a ton of aftermarket parts for LS motors. I'm not saying don't do the 500 Cad swap, I'm just saying understand it's limits, and realize that their may be cheaper, better performing stuff available.  Mastermind