Rear Engine Mazda pickup with a turbocharged Cadillac Northstar

This is a bone stock Cadillac Northstar engine I mounted in the rear of my little 1990 Mazda pickup. Im still in the building stages so I've got a lot of bugs to get out and a lot of dolling up to do.
The turbo is pushing 9 pounds of boost . Im kinda scared to go any more with this stock engine without scatering parts all over the place. A good friend of mine (AJxtcman) helped me configure a LS1 ECM to run the engine with the turbo tune

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• Fast
• little
• Mazda

[mazda1949]

Yea man, sure you can come by. I'll see you when you get here.

[mazda1949]

Thanks pimp, I got my engine out right now . The turbo and nitrous blew the rings out of the old one, Too much blow by. Oil leaking every where!! I built me a new one with performance cams and a good port and polish on the heads. I looked at your build and its pretty neat. Exactly what engine is that and what computer system are you going to use?

[mazda1949]

It Was a 1996 Cadillac Sedan Deville. I have since added a 100HP shot of Nitrous to it since I made the video. It doesnt spin comming of the line now but it waits till about 60 or 70 feet and then lights up the tires. This thing is bad fast now. I have built a new engine with ported and polished heads and 4 new performance cams. I cant wait to see what it will do when I have time to install it.. Probably another 200HP or more I would guess.

[cadnorths10]

Very nice job! I am doing the same thing and wonder if I could get some pointers?

[mazda1949]

Yea man I'll give you all the info you need. Just tell me whats on your mind and I'll help all I can. This thing is really fun to play with. I love it !!!!!

[applesaucebi]

i hope you did a headstud or timesert job on the block, because with 9psi of boost it is only a matter of time until the headbolts pull from the block.

[mazda1949]

I cranked the boost up to 15lbs and she's still together !!!! Its bone stock and has never been torn down before. I'd agree with you if it had ever been torn down before. Pulling the bolts out for the first time is usually what strips them out.

[340i]

@mazda1949

(sorry i just realised i replied on my other youtube account. this is nick from pimppalacecustoms. cheers)

[340i]

@mazda1949

(sorry i just realised i replied on my other youtube account. this is nick from pimppalacecustoms. cheers)

[340i]

@mazda1949

thanks. ive got a 1uzfe Lexus V8 (four litre quad cam) and it will get a Link ECU (its an NZ product, pretty popular down under but im not sure if they're so well known or available in north america). i look forward to videos of it after the rebuild, it sounds like it will be fast! :)

[dumptruckwilly]

I wrote back and forth with you almost a year ago about my son and I putting a N* in a 52 Chevy PU. We're ready to start. We have friends we're going to see in Powdersville,SC in the next little bit, would there be a chance of stopping in and looking at your set up on the way? Thanks, Barry and Son.

[pimppalacecustoms]

nice truck, looks like it goes really well! im also building a mid engined turbo v8 powered mazda truck, but a bit different, which ive got some videos of the build that is in progress. ive just found this and think we might be the only people who have done conversions like this to mazda minitrucks?

[nocki5oh]

This is so AWESOME!

[Viper10cyls]

@mazda1949 

[lobelifter]

@mazda1949 You are going to have a screamer on your hands... I have one running south with a 700r4 in a '52 chevy hardtop. It's fast and smoothe.

Good luck!

Lobelifter