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The 5 Coolest Cars With Cadillac 500 Engines

The Cadillac 500 engine is a rare engine that not many know about. Used throughout the 1970s, it initially debuted with 400 horsepower and 550 lb-ft of torque — however, those numbers would drop significantly. This 8.2L isn’t commonly used in builds, but when you do find one, it’s a unicorn of a project. Here are the five coolest Cadillac 500 engine builds.

Buick Powered By A Cadillac 500

This Cadillac 500 build puts out a jaw dropping 806 horsepower and 747 lb-ft of torque. It powers a Buick Regal that nips at 200 mph in the standing mile. It features a stock crankshaft, Scat 6.750” connecting rods, and JE forged pistons — build specifically for the 13.0:1 compression ratio engine. It also has a sizable camshaft and massive 1,050 cfm Holley carb. This build proves that the 500 is a beast of an engine that can handle tons of power on a stock block and crank.

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MTS-Built Cadillac 500

This modified engine is built by MTS and the whole build is featured on PowerBlockTV.

Some mods include:

Cam with .550-.590 valve lift range
7.1 billet connecting rod set
76cc aluminum heads
Single plane aluminum intake
Fully adjustable roller tipped shaft rocker system
Undersized main bearings
ARP main studs
Forged .030 pistons
Cloyes timing chain and gear set
Melling oil pump

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Dick Miller Torque Monster

This 541 cubic inch engine is based on a Cadillac 500 block. It makes 649 lb-ft of torque and 526 horsepower and has a fully built bottom end, top end, and sophisticated oiling system. As you can imagine, since it’s a Dick Miller build, no detail has been overlooked!

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Nearly 10 Second Car Powered By Cadillac 500

This monster is powered by a 060 over 514 Cadillac, ported stock head castings with 2.19/1.84 valves, and forged 11.7 to 1 compression probe pistons. It has forged rods and a balanced bottom end, an Edelbrock performer intake, 850 speed demon carb, howards solid flat tappet cam 260@ .050, .642 lift @ valve on a 108 LSA, and roller rocker arms.

Cadillac 500 On A Dyno

Here’s an awesome opportunity to see one of these powerful beasts in action, sans car to power. Watch this 492 horsepower/572 ft-lb torque engine run through the RPMs on an engine dyno. Some of the mods include an MTS roller cam, tri-y ported heads, rebuilt O-Jet carb, Edelbrock intake, and MTS headers.