There is a song called "caprice music" and the guy says his caprice has a 450 engine. Its driving me nuts, I may just be a girl but I know enough (or think I do) to know it certainly never came with one.....but even with mods...could someone really have a caprice classic with a 450????????? It doesnt seem possible to me. Just curious.
2006-09-26 10:29:17 · 17 answers · asked by kansasfarmergirl 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Chevrolet
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2006-09-26 13:30:39 · answer #1 · answered by Trump 2020 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the year of the Caprice. They have been around in various guises since the 1965 when they replaced the SS as the luxury model. It later became the Caprice Classic. When Chevy revamped the line in the 1977, it was still a rear wheel drive car and it was a general move to a modern nimble vehicle that still had passenger room for 6 and a large trunk. The largest engine in these was a 350 cubic inch small block V8. That car continued on in its basic form until the early 90's. However it was still a rear wheel drive car with some variant of a small block V8 until 1996.
The last big block, a 454, was offered in 1976. Hence the answer to your question is yes, because the factory offered it. In addition, many people added the big block engine to the Caprice without much of a problem. It had a very large engine compartment. Heck, we put big blocks in our Novas of the same era which had a smaller engine compartment.
The big block began as a 396, grew to a 402 and a 427 and finally became a 454. That was the biggest stock displacement Chevy installed in a car or truck. The usual guise was a 454, which was a stock displacement, but at present Chevrolet offers big blocks up to 572 cubic inches.
I loved the late 70's Caprices with big blocks because they looked like sleepers and were capable of surprising many other cars in a drag race. I love having a car that doesn't advertise that it goes fast, unlike the silly kiddies in their Mustangs.
2006-09-26 10:53:17 · answer #2 · answered by Bentley 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chevy Caprice Engine
2016-12-31 04:21:10 · answer #3 · answered by karachalia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chevy doesn't make a 450ci engine. they have a 454. With aftermarket parts, just about any engine size is possible, smallblock or bigblock. You can fit any chevy engine under the sun in the cavernous engine bay of a caprice. In modern times the largest engine was a 350, but plenty of caprices had 396s, 427s, and 454s back in the late sixties, early seventies. Maybe they mean 450 horse power. No factory caprice engines were rated this high, but it wouldn't be a difficult goal.
2006-09-26 10:41:06 · answer #4 · answered by isx650 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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There is a song called "caprice music" and the guy says his caprice has a 450 engine. Its driving me nuts, I may just be a girl but I know enough (or think I do) to know it certainly never came with one.....but even with mods...could someone really have a caprice classic with a...
2015-08-14 20:58:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-29 10:05:19 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answers above mine not withstanding, it's entirely possible for a Caprice Classic to have a big block in it, although it would be a 454. The answer to your question all depends on the year. Chevy never made a 450.
http://www.cfsclassics.com/ca_75caprice.html
http://www.classicmopars.net/1974_chevy.htm
http://www.chooseyouritem.com/classics/files/125500/125642.html
My guess is that those two just discovered cars about three weeks ago and all their knowledge is based on internet searchs.
2006-09-26 10:37:40 · answer #7 · answered by vwhobo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, they are stock with a 350, or a 5.7 L engine. Now, if you were to customize one, you could put an LS7 engine in it - which, I believe, is equivalent to a 427 - but I don't think there has even been a 450 engine (there was a 454, but not in the Caprice).
2006-09-26 10:31:12 · answer #8 · answered by gatesfam@swbell.net 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Not from the factory , But they made a 454 which you could de stroke and get 450 Ci or in the 1970s they made a 400 which you could bore and stroke and get 450 Cubic inches . engines are also rated by horsepower and you could have 450 horse power with performance modifications from a variety of engine displacements
2006-09-26 17:42:12 · answer #9 · answered by David R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can have a 454 in it. I bought a new 73 caprice. I didn't buy the 454, but it was offered as an option for several years in the seventies and possibly into the eighties
2006-09-26 10:37:48 · answer #10 · answered by wimpy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are these real mechanics and true car guys on here?!!?!?
HELL YEAH YOU CAN PUT A 450 in there!!!!!!! If its a Box Caprice, the King knows guys down here in the ATL, riding around now in Chevy Caprices with 502's in it!!!!!
Smoking Dodge Chargers, Salems, Svt's you name it!!
2006-09-27 13:32:31 · answer #11 · answered by The King 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋