On or around Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:36:00 GMT, Graham Jones enlightened us thusly:
I imagine that future V8s will have a blue oval badge, not green, on the engine at least.
mind, the caddy northstar would be a handy unit for a Rangie, 'bout 300 ponies ISTR.
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"After two years of development, Cadillac is taking a twin-turbocharged racing version of the Northstar V8 engine into international endurance and road racing in the Cadillac LMP, which is campaigned as a "works" team by Riley & Scott and as a factory-supported European partner by the internationally-known DAMS team from France. In its first iteration (during a three-year development plan), the twin-turbo LMP V8 produces in excess of
600 horsepower and revs to 7500 rpm. The ultimate goal? Victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the most prestigious endurance race in the world."600 bhp and 7500 rpm. now *that* would go nicely in a 101...