this one takes the cake, best mark viii listing ever!

[timothyr]

yeah...that was just wrong....although if it had the mustang front end it would be like the late 80's el camino's that had a camaro front end.

 

[The omen]

yeah i hear you geno. Give me a call when you get it in.

 

[MediumD]

The ETC Mark VIII debate ends when the Mark VIII owner does a few mods and the Cadi owner is left with none....

We'll see in a few years when I finish my ETC's RWD/LS1/T56 conversion. Then we can have a modular vs LSx debate! That project is on the furthest back burner that there is, though.

 

[MonsterMark]

They're factory ratings, so they don't mean too much, but my Mark VIII is rated at 280, my ETC is rated at 300. IIRC from my time on cadillacowners I would usually see L37 (the 300hp N*) dyno around 235whp - the 4T80e is said to lose about 24%, so that's pretty close. They do have 3.71 gearing and a bit more aggressive first (2.96 vs 2.84,) but they also shift at 6500, and the stall 'seems' even lower (maybe ~300-400rpm) than that of the 4R70w... As for stock vs stock acceleration, the ETC does have an advantage - but if I only cared about stock I wouldn't own a Mark VIII...

Most accurate comparison between a Mark and Caddy. Congrats. All the info you posted is dead on. Gearing, everything.:Beer

 

[kustomizingkid]

My HP rating is 290 thank you very much...

 

[Joeychgo]

WHATTTTTT!! Well you know there IS mercury in the NJ water system?

That explains alot about you Geno

 

[MediumD]

My HP rating is 290 thank you very much...

Yep, I did say "my" Mark, after all. But with that 10 extra HP, you'd think Gen 2s would be faster than Gen 1s. :N

Most accurate comparison between a Mark and Caddy. Congrats. All the info you posted is dead on. Gearing, everything.:Beer

Well, I do have one of each, so I'd hope I know what I'm talking about. It sure proves I spend too much time on these types of forums

 

[kustomizingkid]

I would bet $20 that if you strapped a brand new Mark VIII from every year on the Dyno that the base model 93 would have more HP than a 98 LSC....