IF YOU HAD 90K WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE...

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LEX OR CADDY?

  • LEX

    Votes: 9 50.0%

  • CADDY

    Votes: 9 50.0%
  • Total voters
    18
jmacc916

jmacc916

Sicc OG
#41
Nov 11, 2006
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Arson said:
Your way off, the days of the northstar are long dead, the caddys have gm small blocks that are rated as the best overall engine.
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I had a 96 el dorado with a northstar, and never again. I had 3 different mechanics tell me the northstar was quite possibly the shittiest setup ever made by GM and its damn near impossible to work on. I had a timing belt go out, and they had to drop the engine just to get to the pulley to change the belt. Also went to replace the water pump, which should have been a 5 minute job, but the northstar's have a cheap ass housing for the water pump and the tabs that hold the pump in just snapped off. Come to find out, GM doesnt even manufacture that housing anymore, i had to go to every junk yard in vegas to find one.....yea fuck northstars
 
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DuceTheTruth

DuceTheTruth

No Flexxin No Fakin
#45
Apr 1, 2003
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jmacc916 said:
I had a 96 el dorado with a northstar, and never again. I had 3 different mechanics tell me the northstar was quite possibly the shittiest setup ever made by GM and its damn near impossible to work on. I had a timing belt go out, and they had to drop the engine just to get to the pulley to change the belt. Also went to replace the water pump, which should have been a 5 minute job, but the northstar's have a cheap ass housing for the water pump and the tabs that hold the pump in just snapped off. Come to find out, GM doesnt even manufacture that housing anymore, i had to go to every junk yard in vegas to find one.....yea fuck northstars
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I used to be all about the Northstar until learning about the premature headgasket failure in the pre 2003 engines. For such an advanced engine that was a big turn off. And still is. I'll take the 4.9L OHV anyday over an early Northstar. For anyone in the market I would stay away from a pre 2003 Northstar that hasnt been rebuilt and/or has been sitting for years. You'll be sorry, unless you plan for a rebuild in your budget.


GM's new 3.6L motor is supposed to be quite nice tho.
 
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jmacc916

jmacc916

Sicc OG
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One of the mechanics who helped me work on that car knew pretty much everything there is to know about Cadillacs, and he would always say GM made the northstar to be disposable on purpose
 
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