Cutlass

[olds]

Hello all, I have been trying to find a site to keep lists and details of everything I've done to my project. This one seemed to fit my project the best. I'm 21 years old and have had an 86 cutlass supreme since I began driving. I don't drive it anymore, but it has transformed into an ongoing project.

I would like to include pictures later to show everyone.

I haven't touched the exterior yet, all modifications have been on the interior and the engine I am building. Here's the vision of the car -

Engine - 383 with AFR 195cc heads, dual plane intake, forged everything bottom end, 750 cfm Holley carb, etc.

Drivetrain - ford 9" rear with 3.70 LSD, aluminum driveshaft, 700r4 or 200r4, the goal is to use the 400hp at the wheels most efficiently (ideas here would help a lot)

Interior - completely custom. Nothing will be stock but the windows and a few side panels I will need to post pics of this later.

Suspension - the reason I picked this forum. If any olds buffs are on here, the FE3X was a concept for creating a 1980's G pulling car. The final result was a moded 442 which could pull .97 g's around a skid pad. This is my goal to reproduce the concept.

Exterior - will match much of the FE3X concept car. All black, like the grand national.

Thanks for reading, hope everyone is cool here.

[olds]

Engine work so far:

I began driving to Dallas from Houston for a gen 1 4 bolt engine which claimed to be rebuilt, cost - 800$. This was the first engine for me, and like a dummy I didn't take off the oil pan to check around. After getting the thing home, I checked it out and found the crank wouldn't turn, there was no valvetrain besides old assembled heads (which looked good). The most distressing thing was the engine was a 2-bolt, which I figured I could work with a block, but a 2 bolt wasn't what I wanted. I took everything out after looking at a few bearings which were new but scratched up. One of the main bolts was even missing.

It seemed someone threw some new bearings on and called it rebuilt. Oh well, lesson learned.

I took it to a machine shop and lucked out - these guys are the best, if you are in the north Houston area, will recommend them to you. I had them magnflux and mike the old block, which they said was salvageable but explained the cost of work that needed to be done.

They gave me a 2-bolt gen.1 block in better condition for FREE. Although I did pay around 400$ for the machine work.

Block work:
gen 1 chevy 350, 2 bolt main
boiled, magnafluxed, line honed
clearance for 383 crank, bored .30 over, honed with 300/350 grit
brass plugs, (ARP main studs and windage tray in future)
painted Olds gold - they didn't have the color so I painted it myself

They did such a good job on the block, I brought it back to them for the bottom end assembly. I am currently waiting on prices and will choose the best 4340 kit for the money. The reason for the kit is, in theory, there won't be any clearance issues as if I had bought the pieces separately.

More to come later on the interior...

Here is the look I am aiming for:
http://www.fe3xolds.com/DOWNLOADS/dvII.jpg

[XcYZ]

Cool, welcome.

[ProTouring442]

Welcome! I had an '86 442 for a while, until some lady ran a red light...

Post some pics of your project!

Shiny Side Up!
Bill

[RomsMotors]

Good Choice in project car. Here the link to my cutlass project. I also attach a few pic of the car.

https://lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=4070

[89 RS]

Sounds good, look forward to seeing more on your project.