Thread: 92' Caprice "Enforcer?" Engine.

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I currently own a 1992 Chevrolet Caprice that was a retired Police drug enforcement car. It has around 179,000 miles but runs extremely smooth overall. I heard some peers throwing around terms such as, “Police Enforcer engine” and how it was “balanced and blue printed”. After a time consuming online search I’ve came up with virtually no information on this topic, so I was hoping someone could enlighten me as to what these terms mean and with the difference between for example a 3.5, 5.0, 5.7 liter engine is? Thanks much.

GnuVince.

Ok, ur engine is nothing more than a mildly better version of the new 1987 and up 350. 3.5 is a 6 cylinder ( I belive ) 5.0 is a Ford 302 or Chevy 305 and a 5.7 is a Chevy 350 and a 5.8 would be a Ford 351. Balancing is just balancing the rotating assembly so it is not off balance, this is done by a machine calculating stuff when crank and weights ( equivilant to the pistions and rods weight combined ) are rotated at a fair amount of speed, and the computer tells u what size hole and where to drill it in the crank shaft, which balances the engine. I'm unshure of Bluprinting.

Thanks. So do you have any (or does anyone for that matter) know anything about the “enforcer engine” term. I can’t seem to find anything about it online really. I’ve test drove another same year, same engine Caprice that wasn’t a retired cop car, and for whatever reason my car seems to have more power and speed. Maybe its just me but it just seems to run to the maximum RPM’s within half the time of the other Caprice I toyed with, it also accelerates a lot better and just overall seems to have better capabilities. Any ideas on this, and is there a correlation with this and mine being a retired police car? Once again, Thanks for the help.

GnuVince.

Yeah, the police car engine has a police package which includes upgrades to the engine, sometimes suspension and gas tank gards ( I do Belive ). I don't know if ur engine has the high pressure set up so it could take spray like some police cars were set up for. If u don't know what spray is, it is a short term for nitrousoxide, as commonly reffered to as NOS.

Thanks for the information.

GnuVince.

blueprint is nothing more than the building of an engine to exact specs.

I have a book aout Chevys police cars and it say that its a 205hp 5.7l RPO=LO5 tranny 4spd AOD Axle 3.42
Thoses infos come from the 1992 vehicule testeing and evaluation program los angeles county sherrif department

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The package included a Y-pipe,collector and exhaust pipes with less restrictive catalytic converter that made the backpressure drop from 21 inches of mercury to 15 inches.
Also had a fresh air intake to allow cooler more dense air and allow more spark advance before detonation occur.

Finally in 1992 they tested a motor that will be later use in the Camaro B4C 1993 and in the Caprice 1994. It' the LT1 that is sequentially injected,tuned port 350,dual exhaust. This motor devellop 280hp.The 1994 Caprice with the LT1 package go 2 seconds fater than the 1992 Caprice with the LO5 package so think about it at your next swap

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drive a 93 caprice with a rebuilt 305. I figure it could use some different gears as it's kinda doggie but only 3700 pounds- not much heavier than a camaro (or vette)
damn ordered a cam but the crate rebuilt had a stock roller already i hadn't planned for that, cam i ordered wouldnt fit ;(