Hi guys,

happy new year and best wishes from Norway!

The classic american car scene is booming over here and I am right on it. I just sold off my stock -67 Skylark, and I am looking to start a mild custom project. The car in mind is a -57 Cadillac that I have at hand, and the plans are app. the following:

- brand new drivetrain
- lowered with air ride
- shaved body
- nice rims and a nice paint job

Nothing too fancy but I guess I have to start somewhere (even with these modest plans I could be in over my head...). My experience with american cars are limited to the Skylark, which I mainly just kept in good stock condition.

Now to the point. Before I actually buy the Caddy I would like to have some sort of plan in place regarding the drivetrain, to make sure it will all fall within my budget.

The primary conserns are:

- gas mileage (gas is $6/gallon over here)
- high streetability/cruiseability
- nice idle
- low maintenance (dayli driver during the summer season)
- some perfomance. This is hard to quantify, but hopefully 0-60 in like 5-7 seconds?

Now, my engine and tranny budget is $10k. I am looking for a crate engine, as turnkey as possible. I have been surfing the web for SBC, BBC, LSand even crate caddy engines. To be honest i have no idea what I really need.
Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance