1966 Olds Cutlass

[jocko124]

I've been a member here for a while so I figured I would finally post about my project. I've owned my Cutlass for about 5 years now. Shortly after I bought it I had Bill Trovato drop a '68 455 in it.







My engine was built by Bill Trovato.
1968 455 Block bored 30 over
rotating assembly balanced
Edelbrock Heads
Edelbrock Torker Intake
KB 455 pistons/pins 14cc dish 10:1 compression
Cat H beam full floating rods
Comp Cams hydraulic roller cam
Comp Cams Aluminum roller rockers
CSR electric water pump
MSD 6AL Ignition
2" Kooks Headers (Swain Coated)--3" exhaust
850 Demon Carb
11" Competition Trans. converter (3000 stall)




Last summer I Dynamatted the interior:





Then I had some BMW M3 seats installed:





Next I decided to tear out the front suspension and install ATS AFX spindles & steering arms, SPC Pro-lite UCA's, and SPC LCA's. I replaced the inner/outer tie rods, the pitman arm & idler arm, and the center link. Also installed SPC performance springs and double adjustable Varishocks.






The entire front suspension and the steering box, intermediate shaft & steering column removed:




Wheels are off--getting ready for the Forgelines:

[jocko124]

I got some black SPC UCA sleeves from Marcus and reassembled the UCAs. I think they turned out pretty good.



and then attached my Upper & Lower Control Arms







Finally got the helical spacers in from SPC!



TADAAAAA: assembled the UCA, LCA, SPC springs, VariShock QS2 shocks, and ATS AFX Spindles.



Couple of goodies from Lee Steering:







Forgeline FS3P's:

[BanditDave]

Looking good Lee...now get that AZZ outta the air and some bigger brakes in the rear...you're gonna flip the car over with those monsters on the front...hahaha

[jocko124]

Originally Posted by BanditDave

Looking good Lee...now get that AZZ outta the air and some bigger brakes in the rear...you're gonna flip the car over with those monsters on the front...hahaha

Thanks Dave. The car's under the knife as we speak for a T-56 Mag swap and the guy doing the swap for me thinks the rear can come down without narrowing the rear end---so I'm on it!

[BanditDave]

How much rubber you stuffing under her?

[jocko124]

Fronts: 245/40/18's 18x8
Rears: 275/35/19's 19x10

[56pickup]

looks great! wheels changed the whole car for sure! once the rear end is down it will look great!

[jocko124]

Originally Posted by 56pickup

looks great! wheels changed the whole car for sure! once the rear end is down it will look great!

Thanks Tyler. I was talking to Tim tonight and he may be dropping the rear as early as this week!!

[mrgm]

love these oldsmobiles! Did the seats go in easy?

[jocko124]

Originally Posted by mrgm

love these oldsmobiles! Did the seats go in easy?

Thanks. I actually had a local guy in Portland put them in for me. I really like the seating position and I specifically got these because of the integrated seat belts.