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strokercutlass
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 12:06 am |
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Joined: Mon Jun 09, 2003 12:17 am Posts: 378 Images: 13 Location: Wis
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What performance modifications have you done to your ride, if any?
are there any future performance mods you'd like to do, or are planning on doing?
_________________ Shawn's Auto Repair and Performance, SW Wis.
www.shawnsautorepair.procarcarezone.com
69 Olds Cutlass S
70 Olds Vista Cruiser Wagon
72 Olds Cutlass S, 12:1 470 stroker, JM40 solid lifter cam, TH400, 3500 10" PTC stall, 4.11 posi
74 442 455/TH350
79 Cutlass 455/TH375 sleeper
'97 GMC Sierra Ext Cab 9" lift w/ 37's
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Psyco Diver 69
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 12:40 am |
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Joined: Sun Sep 21, 2003 1:20 am Posts: 207 Images: 8 Location: South NJ
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Man your starting to kill me with all these threads
Well heres what I have right now:
350 Rocket
Holley 650 spread bore w/ mech. secondaries
Black Jack headers
TH350 tranny with B&M stage 2 shift kit
3.73 posi
Near future:
Lunati 214/224 cam
TH200r4 OD tranny w/ D5 converter and shift kit
Jet Hot coat my headers
Maybe a Edlebrock Performer RPM intake
Either 2 1/4 or 2 1/2 mendal bend dual exhaust
Future:
I'm getting a set of #5 heads off a 67 442 in my friends woods, their getting rebuild, slight port and polish and port matched to my intake
Replacing the weakest parts in my tranny
4 wheel disc brake coversion (I'm thinking of using Camaro disc brakes all the way around but I'll need bigger wheels)
If the compression in my engine is still 8.1 I'm upping it to 9:1 or 9.5:1, I'm not sure if it was changed when the guy rebuilt the motor
B-body spindle conversion
W25 ram air hood, not sure if this can be considered performance or looks.
_________________ Jake 19/m
1972 Olds 442 - 350/th350/3.73 posi - Project "C6 Killa"
1985 Olds Cutlass Supreme - 231/th200c/2.41 peg leg - winter beater
1972 Olds Cutlass- Parts car
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88delta88
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 5:24 pm |
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Joined: Mon Jun 09, 2003 5:06 pm Posts: 2415 Images: 40 Location: Canada
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That really depends on what you want to know! Otherwise, just copy the design layout for the actual console...
But you'll need a cheap laptop, at least 100mhz pentium. If you want a color screen, make sure you like how it looks, because in daylight, a lot of laptop screens look like crap. This one isnt too bad in the daylight, at least I can read it, but at night, wow does it look good!
Anyways, talk to me, let me know what you have in mind, and what you need to know!
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strokercutlass
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 8:21 pm |
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Joined: Mon Jun 09, 2003 12:17 am Posts: 378 Images: 13 Location: Wis
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lol psyco...i know...i know...but...it gets people talking, and thinking, and planning, and sharing ideas, and thats why we're all here, isnt it?
_________________ Shawn's Auto Repair and Performance, SW Wis.
www.shawnsautorepair.procarcarezone.com
69 Olds Cutlass S
70 Olds Vista Cruiser Wagon
72 Olds Cutlass S, 12:1 470 stroker, JM40 solid lifter cam, TH400, 3500 10" PTC stall, 4.11 posi
74 442 455/TH350
79 Cutlass 455/TH375 sleeper
'97 GMC Sierra Ext Cab 9" lift w/ 37's
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73Delta88
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 9:33 pm |
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Joined: Sun Jun 08, 2003 12:28 am Posts: 1020 Images: 14 Location: Western Massachusetts
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Right now the 73 is pretty much stock
350, 2bbl, single exhaust (stock except for the muffler)
future mods (this winter) dual exhaust system (probably 2 - 2.5"?) and whatever mufflers will work out best for me (I'm not looking to wake the neighborhood up, but it could stand to be a little louder <-- any suggestions? and the "true dual" sound is tough to beat) I'll need to block the crossover hole on the passenger side exhaust manifold, but it can be done.
If I still have any money left to my name, it's gona be a new intake and 4 barrel carb. Probably go with Edelbrock on both of those.
That's about all I would want to do to this car as far as performance mods go, if it were a real sports car I'd go deeper but she's more of a cruiser at heart..... it'll just be a cruiser with a bit of an attitude
Last edited by 73Delta88 on Wed Oct 15, 2003 10:02 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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88delta88
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 10:01 pm |
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Joined: Mon Jun 09, 2003 5:06 pm Posts: 2415 Images: 40 Location: Canada
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hey 95cierra...
are you prepared to rip the laptop apart? I needed to detatch the screen, remove it from its casing, and bolt it, and the screen's inverter to my console. The laptop lays directly underneath the screen. Anyways...
My car has a hump in the middle of the car aswell, and it was no problem... Build around it. I will remove the console from my car and take some pictures of it to get a better idea for you...
Maybe we should start our own thread... Looks like stroker wants us to be discussing mechanical things in his thread
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Primer Death
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Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 6:52 pm |
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Joined: Sun Jun 08, 2003 4:11 pm Posts: 99 Images: 6 Location: Maine
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Well I have a stock 305 V8 210 bhp... gonna put a flex-lite cooling fan (a fixed fan can rid you of up to 22 hp so electric is the best )on...remove the A/C... change to Serpentine belts... I added a Chrome air cleaner (14")... my carb is a M4ME Rochester (I rebuilt it today, it was BAD!) and I'm told it is a 800 cfm... :? the secondaries are big enough to shove your fist through...she does 0-60 in about 5 seconds... added Marvel mystery oil to the mix to clean the valves ect.
YES SHE IS A LEAD SLED but she still smokes 'em! with ease...
It has all new brakes...(to stop the Lead Sled) 12" rotors up front and I think 9 or 11 drums up back... not exactly like stroker's wagon but I still like mine! 8)
_________________ The Lead Sled has arrived!
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Primer Death
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Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 6:57 pm |
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Joined: Sun Jun 08, 2003 4:11 pm Posts: 99 Images: 6 Location: Maine
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73Delta88 wrote: Right now the 73 is pretty much stock 350, 2bbl, single exhaust (stock except for the muffler) future mods (this winter) dual exhaust system (probably 2 - 2.5"?) and whatever mufflers will work out best for me (I'm not looking to wake the neighborhood up, but it could stand to be a little louder <-- any suggestions? and the "true dual" sound is tough to beat) I'll need to block the crossover hole on the passenger side exhaust manifold, but it can be done. If I still have any money left to my name, it's gona be a new intake and 4 barrel carb. Probably go with Edelbrock on both of those. That's about all I would want to do to this car as far as performance mods go, if it were a real sports car I'd go deeper but she's more of a cruiser at heart..... it'll just be a cruiser with a bit of an attitude
get a Quadra jet intake from a junkyard, with the carb... Edlebrock does however have carbs that bolt right up to the stock manifold... you might be able to get an adapter for you car also...
_________________ The Lead Sled has arrived!
http://members.rankmyride.com/primerdelta
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No53Alero
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Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 9:42 pm |
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Joined: Mon Jun 09, 2003 10:30 pm Posts: 156 Images: 42 Location: CINCINNATI, OH
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Would love to do a L67 swap, but i'd need to get a different car. i could get that 1988 International and do it that'd be awesome! As for the Lowrider I think I'm done w/ it and odds are I'm going to sell it around Februaury some time I got one offer for $2000 so anything more than that will do.
_________________ One and Only Airbagged ciera!!
Final 500 Alero website
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strokercutlass
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Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 1:32 am |
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Joined: Mon Jun 09, 2003 12:17 am Posts: 378 Images: 13 Location: Wis
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lol 88, its all good....most of my performance mods and plans are in the other 2 topics, and i'm NOT gonna try to rewrite em again...lol..especially the cutlass stuff...
73 delta...with your engine being basically stock, you could probably get away with 2.25" exhaust, although 2.5" might not be a bad idea, especially with the size of your car, and in case you DO decide to upgrade the cam anywhere in the future,or do any other little performance mods. Your biggest issues will be the crossover blockoff, making sure your car has the dual exhaust crossmember, and finding someone willing to bend tailpipes for your car, as theyre alot more difficult to do than a leaf spring car, having many more bends to clear the 4 link rear suspension. For mufflers, you could go the cheaper route with Dynomax turbos, which have a nice mellow sound, or if you want a longer lasting muffler, perhaps a Flowmaster 50 series or another of their quieter series. As these have a fully welded case, and not a crimped case like the cheaper turbo mufflers, they tend to outlast the cheaper types, but will be a bit more expensive.
As far as the intake and carb, you could go stock 4 barrel intake with an Edelbrock quadrajet, as Primer said, Or go with an Edelbrock Performer intake with a #1406 Edelbrock 600 cfm 4 barrel. Being that your car is a cruiser, you shouldnt need more carb than this, i think the 750 may be a bit too much for your stock 350. You wont need to go with the Performer RPM intake, due to the fact that your car wont see much higher rpm useage. Another cheaper way to go would be to find a factory 4 barrel aluminum intake off a newer 307 engine. Basically the same flow as a stock 4 barrel, but with the weight savings of an aluminum intake.
_________________ Shawn's Auto Repair and Performance, SW Wis.
www.shawnsautorepair.procarcarezone.com
69 Olds Cutlass S
70 Olds Vista Cruiser Wagon
72 Olds Cutlass S, 12:1 470 stroker, JM40 solid lifter cam, TH400, 3500 10" PTC stall, 4.11 posi
74 442 455/TH350
79 Cutlass 455/TH375 sleeper
'97 GMC Sierra Ext Cab 9" lift w/ 37's
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